Origin of the name HOLM Back

Origin

DURHAM : Local. Acoording to Bailey, this word is derived from the Saxon Dun and holm, a town in a wood. It seems rather to come from the British Dour, water, and holm, land surrounded mostly by water. It may be derived from Dovre, which, in the British and Celtic, signifies a woody place, abounding in oaks; hence Doireholm or Dourham, that is, the place or town surrounded by woods.

OLMSTEAD : Local. A place or town by the green oaks, from Holm, an oak, and stead, a place. Holme, low lands on a river, an island.

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