Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Holt Hy1 Dugd a.1150 Peake 1166 RBE 12 Peake

• Holt Abbotes 1316 FA

• Holt iuxta Medburn' 1425 Peake

• Holt iuxta Meddeb'rn 1443 ib

• Holt iuxta Medborn' 1444 ib

• Holte a.1250 Peake 1299 LCDeeds 1308 Peake 1444,1447 1559 Pat 1572 Peake

• Holtt 1526,1537 ib

• Holth a.1250,13 Peake

• le Holt(e) 1302 Ipm

• the Holt(e) 1537,1542 Peake c.1545 Leland 1690 Deed

• Hout' e.13 Peake

• Johannes Nevell in 1520 ib

• Thomas Nevell in 1537 ib

• abbas de Burgo Sancti Petri 1316 FA

• ~ Abbotes 1316 FA

Etymology

'The wood', v. holt . Thomas Nevill ', Thomas Nevyll held the manor in 1498, 1502Peake , Johannes Nevell in 1520ib and another Thomas Nevell in 1537ib . Earlier it was held by abbas de Burgo Sancti Petri 1316 FA (i.e. the Abbot of Peterborough), hence ~ Abbotes 1316 FA, v. abbat . The township lies one mile north-east of Medbourne. Note MLat  iuxta 'next to, by' in the early suffix.