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 Styes

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Holmesleys (sic) 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Holmesleys (sic)1843 O.S. , v. holmr , stīg ' path ' , but more probably ' pathway to Holme' (269infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site