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.

The Holmes

Other OS name in the Parish of Doncaster

Historical Forms

  • the Holme(s) 1279 YI 1578 DoncD 1588 DoncCrt 1843 TA
  • the Great Holmes 1578 DoncD
  • Doncaster Holmes 1843 TA

Etymology

, the Holme (s )1279 YI, 1578DoncD 96, 1588DoncCrt 40,1843TA , the Great Holmes 1578DoncD 87, Doncaster Holmes 1843TA , v. holmr ' water-meadow ' .