English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Westholme

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Westholme 1595 FMap 1595 FMap
  • a Mawre called Westholme c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

Westholme 15951, 15952, a Mawre called Westholme c.1638(v. west, holmr; itwas a saltern or salt-hill to the west of Northolme supra)