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.

Holmrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Drigg and Carleton

Historical Forms

  • Holmronk (sic) 1332 SR

Etymology

is Holmronk (sic)1332 SR (p) , Holmcrooke FF , Holmrook 1647 CW x. If the c is correct , the second element is krókr , ' bend . ' Holmrook lies by a bend in the Irt . v. holmr .