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.

Holt Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Nevill Holt

Historical Forms

  • Holtwode 1377,1425 Peake
  • Holte wood 1572 ib
  • Holt Wood c.1800 Map 1824 O 1919 Sale
  • boscum de Holt 1395 Peake

Etymology

, Holtwode 1377,1425Peake , Holte wood 1572ib , Holt Wood c.1800 Map, 1824 O, 1919Sale, boscum de Holt 1395Peake ( with MLat  boscus ' a wood ' ) , v. wudu .