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.

Holmes Copse & Holmes Knapp, Holmesdale

Other OS name in the Parish of Dalwood

Etymology

, cf. Gt Holmes , Lr Holmes &Middle Holmes , Holmes 1845TA , from holm ' holly ' or a surname from this word .