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.
Survey of English place-names
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Ryedale Wapentake
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East Ness
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Waterholmes
Waterholmes
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hovingham
Historical Forms
Waterholm(e)
1243
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Etymology
From OE
wæter
'water' and
holmr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Howthorpe
Stocking
Major Settlement
Airyholme
Coulton
Fryton
South Holme
Hovingham
East Ness
Scackleton
Wath