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.

The Holmes

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem

Historical Forms

  • le Holmes 1540 Dugd

Etymology

, le Holmes 1540 Dugd , ' the marshes ' , v. holmr .