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.

Homer

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Torrington

Historical Forms

Holemere 1281 Ass

Etymology

is Holemere 1281Ass (p) . ' Pool in thehollow , ' v. holh , mere .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Little Torrington