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.

Holme Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • WYD, Folly als. Upper Holmhouse 1774 HAS

Etymology

, The Holme 1710 WYD , Folly als. Upper Holmhouse 1774 HAS41, 29 , v. folie , holmr ' water-meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name