Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Acreholes 1150–60,1160–66 Dane Hy3 HarlCh 1327 SR

• Akerholes c.1160 Newh Ed1

• (Bercarie de) Akerholes John HarlCh

• (grangia de) Akerholes e13 CottCh eHy3 HarlCh

• (Grangie … de) Akerholes Hy3 Hy3 CottCh

• (Grangiam de) Akerholes c.1250 HarlCh 1332 SR 1365 Bodl

• (dominium siue grangiam uulgaritur nuncupatur) Akerholes 1527 HarlCh

• Akyrholes 1401–2 FA

• Akeroles c.1200 RAiv

• (grangie … de) Akeroles e13 HarlCh

• (grangie … de) Hakerholes m13 ib

• (grangie … de) Akerhol' Hy3 Newh Ed1

• Akerhols l13 HarlCh

• Acreholm 1155–66 ib

• Akerholme alias Akerhowse 1539 LPxiv

• Akerholme als Akerhouse 1609 Foster

• Acre howse 1569 Yarb

• acer howse 1577 Terrier

• acer house c.1580 ib

• Acrehowse 1571,1628 ib

• Acrehowse alias Acrus 1629 Yarb

• Acrehows 1587 ib

• Acrehouse 1602 YDiv 1628 Yarb

• Acrehouse (in the parish of Claxbie) 1648 Inv 1652,1663 Yarb

• Acre House 1700 PR 1779 Yarb 1824 O 1828 Bry

Etymology

ACRE HO, Acreholes 1150–60, 1160–66 Dane, Hy3HarlCh , 1327SR (p), Akerholes c.1160 (Ed1) Newh , (Bercarie de ) Akerholes JohnHarlCh , (grangia de ) Akerholes e13CottCh , eHy3HarlCh , (Grangie … de ) Akerholes Hy3ib , Hy3CottCh , (Grangiam de ) Akerholes c.1250HarlCh , 1332SR (p), 1365 Bodl, (dominium siue grangiam uulgaritur nuncupatur ) Akerholes 1527HarlCh , Akyrholes 1401–2 FA, Akeroles c.1200 RA iv, (grangie … de ) Akeroles e13HarlCh , (grangie … de ) Hakerholes m13ib , (grangie … de ) Akerhol 'Hy3 (Ed1) Newh , Akerhols l13HarlCh , Acreholm 1155–66ib , Akerholme alias Akerhowse 1539 LP xiv, Akerholme als Akerhouse 1609Foster , Acre howse 1569Yarb , acer howse 1577Terrier , acer house c.1580ib , Acrehowse 1571, 1628ib , Acrehowse alias Acrus 1629Yarb , Acrehows 1587ib , Acrehouse 1602 YD iv, 1628Yarb , Acrehouse (in the parish of Claxbie )1648Inv , 1652, 1663Yarb , Acre House 1700 PR (St Martins, Lincoln), 1779Yarb , 1824 O, 1828 Bry, and cf. Akyrholesbusckes in campo de Normanby 1330CottCh (v. busc in a Scandinavianized form), acre hous Cliffe 1601Terrier , the acrehouse land 1644, 1662ib , acre house closses 1717LPE , Acrehouse close 1768Yarb . The earlier name is derived from OE  æcer 'a field, a plot of arable or cultivated land' and the pl. of hol 1 'a hollow'. There are numerous deep hollows here, as well as modern chalk diggings. It was a grange of Newsham Abbey in Brocklesby, PN L 264. There are three forms in which the second el. is holmr 'an island of land, a water-meadow', which seems singularly inappropriate here. By the 16th century -holes had been replaced by house . The grange itself was situated in Claxby parish, the buildings being demolished during the last century and the present farm built to the east in Normanby parish, v. further DB xlvii.