Holmesfield
Also known as Holmesfield, Derbyshire, Holmesfield, North East Derbyshire
Holmesfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971. The name "Holmesfield" means "raised pasture-land" and is of Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin. Viking influences are also evident with many road names suffixed by "gate", the old Norse word for "way".
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- Locality
- North East Derbyshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 753
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Holmesfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971. The name "Holmesfield" means "raised pasture-land" and is of Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin. Viking influences are also evident with many road names suffixed by "gate", the old Norse word for "way".
==History== Holmesfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of the manors belonging to Walter D'Aincourt.
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