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Survey of English Place-Names

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Holme (now Sudbrooke Park)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sudbrooke

Historical Forms

  • Holme 1086 DB 1281 FF
  • Holm c1115 LS Hy3 Barl Ed1 FF 1267 AASR 1502 WillsStow 1669–71
  • Holm' 1212 Fees 1327,1332 SR 1388 Peace
  • Holme by Sudbroke 1376 AD
  • Holm in parochia de Sudbroke 1376 Orig
  • Holme in the p. of Sudbroke 1376 Fine
  • Holme juxta Langwath 1431 FA
  • Holme juxta Sudbroke 1502 Ipm
  • Holm juxta Sudbroke 1502 AASR
  • Holme Grange 1531–6,1538 WillsStow 1537–8 Dugdvi
  • Sudbruke Holme 1535 VEiv
  • Sudbrooke Holme 1539,1563,1673 WillsStow 1609 WillsA 1642–60 ChancP 1677 VisitN 1824 O 1842 White
  • Holme Grange by Barlings 1542,1543 WillsStow

Etymology

'An isle; an area of higher ground amidst the marshes', v. holmr .