Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (pratum apud) Holmebrygge 1530 Weld1

• Holmebrydge 1531 ib

• Holm(e) Bridge 1535–43 Leland c.1628 Strode 1811 OS

Etymology

, (pratum apud ) Holmebrygge 1530Weld 1, Holmebrydge 1531ib , Holm (e )Bridge 1535–43 Leland, c. 1628Strode , 1811 OS , ' the bridge nearHolme ' , v. brycg , E Holme par . and W Holme both supra ; the bridge , which crosses R . Frome and was described in 1535–43Leland as having four arches , has given its name to the hamlet of Holmebridge .