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.

Holt

Major Settlement in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Winburneholt 1185 P 1225–6 FF
  • chase of Wynberncholt(h)' 1199 CartAnt
  • liberam chaciam…de Wsselay et de Wynberneholt(h) 1199 Ch 1233
  • Wynburneholt 1221 ClR
  • Wimburn(e)holt(e), 'forest and chases of Wimburneholt' 1230 FF
  • chacia de Wymburn(e)holt(e) 1288 Ass
  • Wumburnehold 1252 Misc
  • Wymbo(u)rneholte 1416 Cl
  • Wymbo(u)rne Holte 1468 MinAcct
  • Holt(e) 1286 Ch 1313 Pat 1307
  • Chacee de Holte 1468 MinAcct
  • le Holte 1427 HarlRoll 1524 AddCh
  • Hollt(t)e 1523,1524 1551 DLCt

Etymology

'The wood near Wimborne,, v. holt , Wimborne M. par. infra , Wysselay infra . Most of the early references are to the royal chase and forest, first mentioned as foresta de Winburne 1086 DB in the entry for Horton (VCHDo 381), Holt Forest infra .

Places in the same Parish