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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hole Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • (the) Wholehouse 1587,1715 PRBrn
  • Hole house 1707 ib

Etymology

, (the ) Wholehouse 1587, 1715 PRBrn, Hole house 1707 ib , ' house in the hollow ' , v. hol 1 , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name