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.

Keldholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Moorside

Historical Forms

  • Keld(e)holm 1170–86 Dodsvii.157 1201 ChR

Etymology

'Water-meadow near the spring' v. kelda , holmr .