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.

Holme

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • Holm(e) 1086 DB 1184–90 Cockers 1190 Kendi,2 1190–5 LaCh 1208 Cur 1777 M
  • Holm(e) in Kendal(e), Holm(e) in Kendell 1359,1390 Kendii,293–4 1382 FF 1465 Pat
  • Holm(e) in Burton 1543 FF
  • Hulme 1608 ib

Etymology

v. holmr 'water-meadow'. Cf. Holmescales (i, 127infra ).