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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • le Holm(e) 1332 SR 1370,1629,1636 Kendii,406,412–3 1719 PR(Md)

Etymology

Holme, le Holm (e )1332SR (p), 1370, 1629, 1636 Kend ii, 406, 412–3et freq to 1719 PR(Md), cf. also Holmsideric 1180–1206 Kend ii, 400, Holm houses 1584 CW xxiv, 128. v. holmr 'water-meadow', here low- lying ground by the Rawthey; Sideric may be a pers.n.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site