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.

Holmhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chithurst

Etymology

Holmhill (6″) must be where Godefridus ate Holme lived in 1296 (SR). holm is the common Sx form of OE  holegn and in this name we doubtless have reference to some prominent holly-tree.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement