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.

Dane Holme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Daventry

Historical Forms

  • a le Dane t.Ed3 SR

Etymology

Dane Holme is possibly to be associated with Henry a le Dane (t. Ed 3SR ), but as there is no valley here and the form dane is not found in Nth the name must in that case be manorial in origin.

Places in the same Parish