English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ham Fields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old Windsor

Historical Forms

  • La Hamme Hy3 ECR
  • Le Hamme 1298 1317 Windsor
  • Le Hammefield 1483 AD

Etymology

Ham Fields, La Hamme Hy 3ECR , Le Hamme 1298ib , 1317Windsor et freq with variant spellings La Hamme , Le Hame ; Le Hammefield 1483 AD, v. hamm ; the area is in a loop of the Thames.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name