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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.

Holme Bank, Holme Shay, Holme Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Holme Shaw 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Holme Shaw 1843 O.S. , 1843 O.S. , v. Holme supra , banke , sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name