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.

Holtby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Fleetham

Historical Forms

  • (H)eltebi, Holtebi, Boltebi 1086 DB

Etymology

With the same forms and interpretation as Holtby (Bulm) 9supra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site