St Benet of Holme
Early-attested site in the Parish of Horning
Historical Forms
- Holm 1037,1050 T c.1100 ANG c.1200 Gerv c.1250 MP
- Holme 1050 T 1327 Cl
- Sce Benet de Holm 1127–34 BS
- (abbas, etc. de) Holm 1126–7to1168–75 Holme 1159,1165 P
- (abbas de) Holmo 1179 ib
- (Abbas/conventus, etc., de) Hulmo 1086 DB 1134–40etfreqto1200–1214 Holme 1158etfreqto1230 P 1159 RBE 1202 FF 1213 Cur 1259 Cl 1275 RH 1302to1428 FA
- Hulme 1345,1477,1505 Pat
- Cowholm 1845 White 1907 OS6-InchMap
Etymology
The site of the abbey of St Benet is on the north side of the Bure, on Cowholm (1845 White 480, 1907 OS 6-Inch Map), v. holmr , holmi . St Benet's was founded by King Cnut c. 1020. For its early history, v. Holme II 190 ff. Very little of it is left, and what is left is not early. The gatehouse, into which an 18th-century windmill was built, is the most conspicuous of the remains. There are also fragments of the church (v. Pevsner 191).