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.

Hollinrake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Holingerake Holme 1536,1558 Stansf
  • Hollerake 1558 HAS
  • Hollinrake Hollins (in Stansfield) 1565 Stansf
  • Hollynake Holm 1586 HAS

Etymology

Hollinrake (lost), 1719 Stansf, Holingerake Holme 1536, 1558 Stansf, Hollerake 1558 HAS 33, 27, Hollinrake Hollins (in Stansfield )1565 Stansf, Hollynake Holm 1586 HAS 7, 223. 'Rough path near the holly-tree', v. holegn , hraca ; cf. Hollindrake 277, Hollin Rakes (Cowling) pt. vi infra , cf. also Salt Drake 149supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement