Holmpton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Holmpton
Historical Forms
- Ulmetun 1086 DB
- Humeton' 1209 FF
- Holmeton(e), Holmetona 1086 DB
- Holmetune 1160–2 YCh t.John AddCh 1547 FF
- Holmton(e) 1283 Ebor 1566 FF
- Holyngton 1316 NomVill
- Homylton 1407 YI
- Hompton 1542 NCWills
- Humpton 1529 FF
- Holmton als. Humton 1566 ib
Etymology
'Farm near the shore-meadows,' v. holmr , tun . The sense of holmr must here be that of 'meadow near the shore' which is found in Iceland, rather than the more common 'river-meadow': there is no stream, but Holmpton is near the sea-shore.There are traces of ODan hulm in the first two forms and the modern pronunciation may reflect this. Cf. Introd. xxiii, xxxi.