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.

Hollam

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Holnham 1086 DB 1330 SR 1346 FA
  • Holnam 1242 Fees788 1345 Ass
  • Holham 1303 FA

Etymology

'Holly ham(m),' v. holegn .

Places in the same Parish