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.

Enholmes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Easington

Historical Forms

  • le Inname 1260 Rental
  • le Inhammes 1339 Extent

Etymology

Enholmes (field) is le Inname 1260Rental , le Inhammes 1339Extent . Probably a compound of OE  in and OScand  nám , used of a piece of land 'taken in,' perhaps 'enclosed,' as opposed to an ofnám (cf. infra 327). For the sense we may compare dial inlands 'enclosed and cultivated lands.' For the corresponding English term cf. s. n. Inholms (PN Sx 29).

Places in the same Parish