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.

Hole, North and South

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Hola 1086 DB
  • Hole 1310 Seld20
  • Southhole juxta Stok 1364 Ass
  • Northehoole 1566 DA

Etymology

There are two farms called Hole, one in the extreme north and the other in the extreme south of the parish, the latter being the DB manor. Both lie in hollows.