Holme House Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ince
Historical Forms
- Alrichesholm c.1184 Chest 1209,1279,1310 ib
- Alfrichesholm 1209 Bun, Whall
- Aldricheholm 1279 ib
- Alwricheshulm 1338 Sheaf
- Holm e13 Chest 1260 Court
- le Holm 1250–1320,1265–91 Chest c.1554 Whall
- le Holmehous 1440 Rental
- the Holme House 1584 ib
- Holmhouse 1724 NotCestr
- Holme-house 1784 Sheaf
Etymology
'Ælfrīc's island or meadow', from the OE pers.n. Ælfrīc and holmr, with hūs . This place is shown by 6″ OS (1912) as in Ince, by Bryant (1831) as in Thornton-le-Moors 258infra , but in 1844TA 372 it is a district of Stoke parish (326infra ) lying in Eddisbury Hundred. Anciently it was in Little Stanney township, Stoke parish, Wirrall Hundred, the location of 'all the land of le Holm next to the mills of Ynes (cf. Thornton Mill 258infra )…as contained between the water of Teruein ('Tarvin Water', v. R. Gowy 126) and the ditch', cf. villa de Staney cum le Holm 1270–1316 Chest. The boundary between Wirral and Eddisbury Hundreds appears to have followed the new course of R. Gowy when the river was diverted from the east to the west side of Holme Ho about 1279–1350 (v. ChetNS lxxxii269–270, Nᵒ 448 and addenda), thus removing the place from Wirral to Eddisbury hundred. The adjacent Thornton Mill 258infra appears to have been equally within the forests of Wirral and Delamere in 1357.