Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Averencheholm 1210–12 RBE

• Avericholm 1362 Fine

• Averisholm(e) 1340 Cl

• Averesholm(e) 1344 1531 FF

• Averish-holm 1563 Todd c.1686

• Averisheholme 1600 Border

• Avericeholme 1620 Rose

• Haveresholm 1362 Cl

• Haverisholm 1362 Fine 1362 Ipm

• Havereysholme 1381 IpmR

• Amersholme 1552 March

• Ambrose Holme 1678 PR(Crosby)

• Amorous Holme 1774 Donald

Etymology

The first element in this name is clearly ME  averys , NCy average , 'eatage of arable land after harvest,' v. average sb. in NED. This carries the word back some 200 years earlier than the earliest form hitherto noted in PN ERY 319, s. n. averys . 'Marsh land where average is found,' v. holmr . The form in RBE, as is often the case, is a bad one.