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.

Sweet Holme

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Sweeteholm skarre 1652 WilsonL

Etymology

, 1714RatesE 26 , Sweeteholm skarre 1652 WilsonL , ' sweet, pleasantwater-meadow ' , v. swēte , holmr , sker ' scar ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement