South Holme

{{short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

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| civil_parish = South Holme

| country = England

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

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| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

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| population = 31

| population_ref = (2001 census)

| area_total_km2 = 3.66

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South Holme is a settlement and civil parish about 17 miles from York, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 31.[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790486 Neighbourhood Statistics] The parish touches Barton-le-Street, Fryton, Hovingham, Nunnington and Slingsby.{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000021255|title=South Holme|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=20 November 2020}} South Holme shares a parish council with Slingsby and Fryton.{{cite web|url=https://www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk/parish-council-and-community/|title=Home|publisher=Parish Council and community|accessdate=20 November 2020}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Landmarks

South Holme has three listed buildings{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/south-holme-ryedale-north-yorkshire|title=Listed Buildings in South Holme, Ryedale, North Yorkshire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=20 November 2020}} and three working farms.{{cite web|url=https://www.ryedale.gov.uk/images/PDF/Local_Plan/Slingsby_SHolme_Fryton_VDS_SPD_Adopted_Sept_2016.pdf|title=Slingsby, South Holme and Fryton Village Design Statement|publisher=Ryedale District Council|accessdate=20 November 2020}}

History

The name "Holme" is Old Norse and means 'Island', South Holme may have been the first place in the area to be properly cultivated,{{cite web|url=https://www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk/history-of-the-parish/|title=History of the parish|publisher=Parish Council and community|accessdate=20 November 2020}} the "South" part to distinguish from North Holme.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20NR/South%20Holme|title=South Holme Key to English Place-names|publisher=University of Nottingham|accessdate=20 November 2020}} South Holme was recorded in the Domesday Book as Holm/Holme.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7313092|title=Place name: South Holme|publisher=The National Archives|accessdate=20 November 2020}} South Holme was a township in the parish of Hovingham,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12918|title=History of South Holme, in Ryedale and North Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=20 November 2020}} it became a separate parish in 1866.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10433472|title=Relationships and changes South Holme Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=20 November 2020}}

References

{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/ryedale/E04007633__south_holme/|title=South Holme|publisher=City Population De.|accessdate=20 November 2020}}

Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire