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.

Respholm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Boltons

Historical Forms

  • Respholm 1285 For

Etymology

'Sedge holmr.' The first element, found also in Reston We, is an unrecorded OE word cognate with OHG  hrispahi ; G  Rispe , MLG  rispe , 'brushwood' (DEPN).