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.

Hollingthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Holynthorp, Holinthorp 1297,1307,1316 WCR
  • Hollinthorpe, Hollynthorpe 1548 WillY Jas1 Surv
  • Hollingthorp(e) 1567 WillY 1709 WMB

Etymology

Hollingthorpe, Holynthorp , Holinthorp 1297, 1307, 1316 WCR, Hollinthorpe , Hollynthorpe 1548 WillY, Jas 1Surv , Hollingthorp (e )1567 WillY, 1709 WMB. v. þorp 'outlying dependent farmstead'. The first el. is holegn 'holly'.