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.

Holmgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Clay Lane

Historical Forms

Holmgate 1594 1659 Bemrose

Houmgate 1680 DbAxxi

Etymology

, Holmgate 1594 ib, 1659Bemrose , Houmgate 1680 DbA xxi , v. holmr , gata .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Clay Cross

Other OS name