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.

Higham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chesham

Historical Forms

Hegham 1287 Ipm

Heyham 1322 Cl

Hygham 1428 IpmR

Etymology

'High homestead' v. ham .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Chesham