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.

St Mary's Holme

Other OS name in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • Sancte Maryholme 1537 AOMB
  • (the) Maryholm(e) 1685,1717 PR(Laner)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sancte Maryholme 1537AOMB , (the )Maryholm (e )1685, 1717 PR (Laner) v. holmr . Lanercost Priory is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene .