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 Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • the great Holmes 1645 Rent334
  • Holmes 1757 Hlm

Etymology

, the great Holmes 1645Rent 334, Holmes 1757 Hlm , v. holmr ' a water-meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name