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.

Holt

Major Settlement in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Holt 1086 DB
  • (in) Holto 1202 FF
  • Hout 1205 FineR 1250 Ass 1254 NfA 1257 Ass 1275 RH
  • Holt 1210to1333 FF 1210 P 1243 Fees 1253 Ch 1253,1336 Cl 1269,1286 Ass 1275 RH 1286,1302,1376 Ipm 1302,1316,1346 FA 1310 Ch 1333 SR 1363,1471 Fine 1382 Pat
  • Holte 1257,1269,1286 Ass 1535 VE
  • Holtmarket 1373 FF 1376,1377 Pat 1380 Inq 1445 AD
  • Thinghou 1203 FF

Etymology

The town of Holt gave its name, from OE  holt 'wood', to the hundred (v. supra ). The field-name Thinghou 1203 FF 'assembly hill' under (b) infra is worthy of note.