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.

Great Holts

Other OS name in the Parish of Boreham

Historical Forms

Ald(e)holte 1278 Ass 1358 Waltham

Howlt(e) 1527 Hope

Etymology

is Ald (e )holte 1278Ass ,1358Waltham , Howlt (e )1527 Hope . ' The old wood , ' v. eald , holt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Boreham