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Holmston Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Humpstones in Darley 1671 Sheaf
  • Holmestone Hall 1831 Bry 1842 OS
  • Hulmeston Hall 1845 TA

Etymology

( 110–603627 ) [ ˈhoumstən ] , Humpstones in Darley 1671 Sheaf, Holmestone Hall 1831 Bry, 1842 OS, Hulmeston Hall 1845TA , a p.n. which occurs elsewhere in Ch , presumably meaning ' a hump of stones , humped stones , stones on a hump or hillock ' , from hump and stān .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site