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.

Holmdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rye

Historical Forms

Holm(e)dale 1279 Ass

Etymology

Holmdale (6″) is possibly Holm (e )dale 1279Ass (p). 'Hollytree valley,' v. holegn , dæl .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Watchbell Street

Major Settlement

Rye