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.

Holmegate

Other OS name in the Parish of Warwick

Historical Forms

  • Holmeyeat 1641 MH 1683

Etymology

is Holmeyeat 1641 (1683) MH . Cf. Holmemyr 15th Weth , Holme Myre 1794 H . v. holmr , mýrr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement