English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Holmes Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirk Sandall

Historical Forms

  • Holme 1379 PT

Etymology

, Holme 1379 PT (p) , v. holmr ' water - meadow , a piece of higher dry ground in marshland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement