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Survey of English Place-Names

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Waddingham Holmes

Other OS name in the Parish of Waddingham

Historical Forms

  • Hlom (sic) 1212 FF
  • the holmes 1662 ib
  • Waddingham Holmes 1824 O

Etymology

, Hlom (sic)1212 FF, holme 1223, the Holmes 1625Terrier , the holmes 1662ib , Waddingham Holmes 1824 O , v. holmr ' an island, higher ground amidst the marshes ' chiefly in the pl .