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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hallytreeholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leven

Historical Forms

  • Halitreholm 1175–90 Bridl c.1200 YD early13th,1290,1312 Bridl 1290 Ch
  • Haltreholm late12th Bridl
  • Halitruholm 1243 Ebor
  • Halytreholm(e) 1293 QW 1525 Test
  • Halletrome 1664 Deposition

Etymology

Hallytreeholme is Halitreholm 1175–90 Bridl, c. 1200 YD, early 13th, 1290, 1312 Bridl, 1290 Ch, Haltreholm late 12th Bridl, Halitruholm 1243 Ebor, Halytreholm (e )1293 QW, 1525 Test, Halletrome 1664 Deposition. 'Water-meadow with or near a holy tree,' v. halig , treow , holmr . The holy tree may have been one with properties of a charm or it may, like Holy Oak (v. NED s.v. holy ), have been a tree where the gospel was read; it is near the township boundary. Cf. Hallatrow (So), and other references to holy trees as þa halgan æc (BCS 883), and quendam fraxinum quem imperiti sacrum vocant (ib. 476).

Places in the same Parish