Holmes may refer to:

Name

Holmes (surname) Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins. The name can be a variant of the surname ''Holme''. This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Mid ...

* Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland *

Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond Christopher Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 15 October 1971) is a British former swimmer and life peer in the House of Lords. He won a total of nine gold, five silver, and one bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. Holmes represented Great ...

(born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer

Places

In the United States

* Holmes, California, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Iowa, an unincorporated community *

Holmes, Kentucky Holmes is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Ill ...

, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Holmes, a hamlet within

Pawling (town), New York Pawling is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Its population was 8,012 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Catherine Pauling, the daughter of Henry Beekman, who held the second largest land patent in the county. A misprint ...

* Holmes Township, Michigan * Holmes City Township, Minnesota *

Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio Holmes Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,339. Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Lykens Townsh ...

Holmes County, Florida Holmes County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, in the Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,653. Its county seat is Bonifay. History Holmes County was created in 1848. The county's ...

Holmes County, Mississippi Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. As of the 2010 ...

Holmes County, Ohio Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,223. Its county seat is Millersburg. The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organiz ...

* Mount Holmes, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming *

Fort Holmes Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814 by British forces during the War of 1812, the redoubt was improved by that army throughout the course of the war (1812–1814 ...

, Mackinac Island, Michigan *

Holmes Island (Indiana) Holmes Island is located in Pine Lake, in Center Township, LaPorte County, just northwest of LaPorte, Indiana La Porte (French for "The Door") is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its populatio ...

, an island and community * Holmes Island (Washington), an island *

Holmes Reservation Holmes Reservation is a conservation parcel located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. During the American Revolution, the land was used as a muster ground for the Plymouth militia. The property is owned by The Trustees of Reservations The Trustees ...

, a conservation parcel in Plymouth, Massachusetts

In Antarctica

* Holmes Summit *

Holmes Glacier Holmes Glacier () is a broad glacier debouching into the western part of Porpoise Bay about south of Cape Spieden. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and was named by the Advisory Committ ...

Holmes Hills The Holmes Hills () are a group of ridges and nunataks rising to about between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to the southwest by the Brennecke Nunataks, in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United St ...

Holmes Ridge Holmes Ridge () is a rock ridge, long, which is the largest feature in the western part of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after Robert E. Holmes of the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wiscon ...

Holmes Island (Antarctica) Holmes Island () is an island long, lying south of Vieugue Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for ...

Holmes Rock Holmes Rock is rising to north of Greenwich Island and west of Aitcho group in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature is named after Captain Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the Amer ...

Holmes Bluff Holmes Bluff () is a bluff marking the northern end of the Demas Range on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The feature was observed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, but was first mapped in detail by the United States ...

Holmes Block Holmes Block () is a blocklike bluff, rising to at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, west of Cooke Bluff, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after John W. Holmes, a cartographer spec ...

, a bluff

In outer space

17P/Holmes Comet Holmes (official designation: 17P/Holmes) is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892. Although normally a very faint object, Holmes became notable during its Oct ...

, a comet *

5477 Holmes 5477 Holmes, provisional designation , is a Hungaria asteroid and binary system from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 27 October 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palom ...

, an asteroid *

Holmes (crater) Holmes may refer to: Name * Holmes (surname) * Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland * Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer Places In the Uni ...

, a crater on Mars

Elsewhere

Holmes, Northern Territory __NOTOC__ Holmes is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in Darwin. Holmes is located at the eastern end of the Darwin urban area with its south-westerly corner being located near the intersection of the major roads of McMill ...

, Australia, a suburb in Darwin *

Holmes River The Holmes River is a tributary of the upper Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Paci ...

, British Columbia, Canada *

Holmes, Lancashire Holmes is a hamlet in West Lancashire, England. It is adjacent to the larger village of Mere Brow, which is between the much larger villages of Banks to the west and Tarleton to the east. It is directly situated on the A565 road, which gives th ...

, a village in West Lancashire, England

Schools

* Holmes Community College, Mississippi * Holmes Junior/Senior High School, oldest high school in Kentucky * Holmes Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado) * Holmes Middle School (Livonia, Michigan)

Ships

* , more than one ship of the British Royal Navy * , more than one United States Navy ship

Other uses

HOLMES 2 HOLMES 2 (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) is an information technology system that is predominantly used by UK police forces for the investigation of major incidents such as serial murders and high value frauds. The system is a single a ...

, an IT system used by the police in the United Kingdom *

Holmes Airport Holmes Airport (occasionally known as Grand Central Air Terminal and Grand Central Airport
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, a former airport located in Queens in New York City *

Holmes railway station Holmes railway station was a railway station in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Masbrough and Holmes and was situated on the former Sheffield and Rotherham Railway (S&R) line between Rotherham W ...

, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England * Holmes Products, a United States small-appliance producer *

Holmes (computer) Holmes is a cognitive computing system developed by the Indian technology corporation Wipro and announced in 2016. Its name is a reference to IBM's Watson, and is a backronym A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by ex ...

* ''Holmes'' (TV series), a news and current affairs show that aired in New Zealand