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.

Holt Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • atte Holte 1296 SR

Etymology

Holt Fm is the Holte next Passyng , i.e. Patching (1322 SAC 40, 107), and was the home of Ralph and Roger atte Holte in 1296 (SR), v. holt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement