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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

Holt(e) t.Hy2 Shaston 1242 Fees

la Holte 1257 For

Holte juxta Bradford 1332 FF

Hol, Holte, Houlte t.Eliz WMii

Hoult 1637 Phillipps

Etymology

'Wood,' v. holt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name