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.

Hollybred

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Baddow

Historical Forms

  • Halybredes(croft) 1511 Ct
  • Halibreds 1589 Mowden
  • Hollybridge Wood 1772 ERxl
  • Holly Bread Wood c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Halybredes (croft )1511Ct ,Halibreds 1589Mowden , Hollybridge Wood 1772 ER xl (survives in Holly Bridge Road), Holly Bread Wood c. 1840 TA . Probably land which provided an endowment for purchasing the ' holy bread ' distributed after the mass ( PN Nth xlix ) .