Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Holne 1086 DB c.1107 AddCh 14 MontC 1107–22,1159,a1165 Cur 1221 FA 1431

• Holne in Purbyk 1374 Cl

• Holna 1086 Exon Hy1 AddCh 14 BMI c.1106 AddCh c.1107 MontC 14 AddCh c.1121 MontC Steph Cur 14 Cl a1165 1214 1290

• Hulmo (prior de) 1206 P

• Houme, Hounne 1214 Cur

• Holm 1218 FF 1306 Pat

• Holme 1280 Ass 1337 Cl 1512 Ct 1535 Hutch3 1546 Ct

• Holum 1287 Ch 1313 Cl 1409

• Estholn(e) 1288 Ass 1426 1427,1463 Weld1 c.1500 RoyRoll

• Estholm(e) 1288 Ass 1512 Ct 1535 Hutch3 1575 Saxton

• Esteholme 1545 Hutch3

• East Holme c.1586 Tres

Etymology

'(At) the holly tree', v. holegn , -e 2 ; for the change n > m cf. Holme YW 2269, ModE  holm-oak and dial. holm (Barnes 73); East in relation to West Holme in East Stoke par. infra where some of the early forms may strictly belong, v. ēast . For the former Cluniac priory here, v. Holme Priory infra .