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.

Holland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Honeland(a) 1086 DB 1284 FA
  • Honelonde 1330 SR
  • Hunelaunde 1242 Fees794
  • Honylond 1467 IpmR

Etymology

'Hūna 's land.'