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.

The Holmes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stevington

Historical Forms

Holm 1279 RH

Etymology

v. holmr . The 'holmes' are small islands in the Ouse.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Stevington