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

Other OS name in the Parish of Owston

Historical Forms

  • Holm(e) 13 Nost147d 1274 DodsN 1293 QW 1408 YDvi

Etymology

, Holm (e )13Nost 147d, 1274 DodsN, 1293 QW, 1408 YD vi , v. holmr ' water-meadow ' .