HOLM (Sax. hulmur, insula annica), an isle or fenny ground, according to Bede; or a river island. And where any place is called by that name, and this syllable is joined with any other in the names of places, it signifies a place surrounded with water; as the Flatbolmes and Stepholmes in the Severn near Bristol: but if the situation of the place is not near the water, it may then signify a hilly place; holm, in Saxon, signifying also a hill or cliff.