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.

The Holme

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA
  • le Holmis Edw1 Rut
  • le Holme 1352 Rut

Etymology

The Holme (le Holmis Edw 1, le Holme 1352, cf. holmforlong' e. Hy 3, Hy 3, 13 (e. 15) (v. furlang), v. holmr)