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.

Holmbush

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Home Bush Md 1841 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Home Bush Md 1841TA , from holm ' holly ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement