A farmstead and fields with the family name has been identified in the High Peak area of Derbyshire. This area is known to have been held by Danes. The land is in part of the parish of Hope called Hope Woodlands and originally adjoined the west bank of the Derwent River. A large part of this river valley is now covered by the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden reservoirs. (It was over these reservoirs that the Royal Air Force 'Dambusters' practised with their famous 'bouncing bombs' in World War 2.)

The land formed part of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1507 land called Obholmes and Feireholmes was leased to Arthure Eire for 36 shillings and ten pence p.a. By 1627 the land was part of the property of the Earls of Devonshire (who built Chatsworth House and later became Dukes). A survey of the estate between 1600 - 1628 includes a reference to several parcels of land which included the name Fairholme. Today, a picnic area and information centre named Fairholmes exists on the western edge of Ladybower on a side road off the A57 between Sheffield and Snake Pass.