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.

Betty Holmes Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirmington

Etymology

, cf. Holmes Fox Cover 1832Yarb ; the name may well have been taken from the Elizabeth Holmes , who is recorded from 1794 to 1803BT .