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.

Holmes

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Great & Little Holme 1714 WYEnr

Etymology

, the Great & Little Holme 1714WYEnr 104 , v. holmr ' water-meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name