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.

Old Grange Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swalcliffe

Etymology

Old Grange Fm (6″). Cf. (grange of) Olewelle late 12thAOMB , Holewelle c. 1166 Madox, (grange of) Holewelle 1278–9 RH. The early name means 'spring in a hollow,' v. holh , w(i)elle. There is a spring in Hill Bottom a little to the south. For other occurrences of the name, v. supra 325.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement