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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.

Hollin Fms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rock

Historical Forms

  • to þam gemære æt þam holignan, of ðam holigena gemæra c.957 BCS1007 11th
  • Hollim 1086 DB
  • Holin, Holyn 1275 Ass 1389 IpmR 1527,1538 LP
  • Holine 1275 SR 1308 Ipm 1327 SR 1408 IpmR
  • Holland 1643 Townsend
  • Hollyn 1649 FF

Etymology

v. holegn . holignan is a late form of the dat. pl. holegnum and it is clear that this place was originally known as '(at the) hollies.' Cf. Holling Fm supra 63.