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.

Hobro Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wolverley

Historical Forms

High Holborough 1601 QSR

Holbro c.1830 O

Etymology

'Hollow hill,' v. holh , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Wolverley