English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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South Holme

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sougholme 1575 PRHfx
  • Sough-Holme, Soughoum 1776,1783 PRHtsd

Etymology

, Sougholme 1575 PRHfx, Sough -Holme , Soughoum 1776, 1783PRHtsd , cf. the Sough Mires 1756 Watson 574 , v. sogh ' a swamp ' , holmr ' water-meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name