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.

Baldwinholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Baldewinholme 1278 Ass
  • Baldewineholme 1279 ib
  • Baldewyn(e)holm(e) 1366 GDR
  • Baldinholme t.Hy5 Orton
  • Boldyngholme 1486 ib
  • Bawdyngholme 1507 ib
  • Bawdingholme 1552 March
  • Bathenholme 1570 FF
  • Bawdynholme 1573 ib
  • Baldingholme 1580 ib
  • Badinholme 1670 PR

Etymology

The probabilities in this case are that it is continental (cf. Forssner 41–2). Hence 'Baldwin 's holmr.'

Places in the same Parish