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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weston Peverel

Historical Forms

  • terram de Hamma t.Hy2 Oliver
  • Westoneshamme 1201 FF
  • Westoneshamme juxta Sutton Prioris 1286 Ass
  • Westounesham 1291 Tax

Etymology

v. hamm and Hamoaze supra 20.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement