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.

Holmley Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Dronfield

Historical Forms

  • Holmeley comon 1650 ShefLrC

Etymology

, Howmelay and the Comon both 1561Survey , Holmeley comon 1650ShefLrC , cf. Midle Holmeley 1609ShefWC , v. holmr , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement