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.

Snaizeholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Snaysum 1280,1285 YI 1283 Rich
  • Snaysome 1423 Baildon

Etymology

From ON  sneis 'a twig' (dat. plur. sneisum ), found in the Norw  p.n. Sneis (NG ii. 66); cf. Rysome (YER) and Lealholme 133supra with practically the same meaning.