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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.

Holmfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Holme 1431 Kendi,42
  • high & low Holme 1836 KCR

Etymology

, possibly named from Holme 1431 Kend i, 42, high & low Holme 1836KCR , v. holmr ' water-meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name