Holme on the Wolds
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- Not to be confused with Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
| Holme on the Wolds | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Holme on the Wolds | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE967464 |
| Location: | 53°54’18"N, -0°31’45"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beverley |
| Postcode: | HU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01430 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Holme on the Wolds is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, about six miles north-east of Market Weighton and five and a half miles north-west of the market town of Beverley. The village sits to west of the B1248 road.
The village forms part of and is run by the Dalton Estate, which is owned by Lord Hotham.
Holme on the Wolds was listed as "Hougon" in the Domesday Book. The name is believed to derive from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hills or mound.[1]
In 1823 Holme on the Wolds was noted a village and parish in the Harthill Wapentake. The population at the time was 138, with occupations including five farmers, a boot and shoe maker, a blacksmith, and a shopkeeper.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Electronic Edition of Domesday Book - place-name forms" (PDF). http://keithbriggs.info/documents/DB_place-name_forms_alphabetic.pdf. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823)
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.