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.

Densham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woolfardisworthy

Historical Forms

  • Dimewoldesham (sic), Donevoldehamme 1086 DB
  • Denewoldesham 1219 FF 1242 Fees760 1330 SR

Etymology

'Deneweald 's ham(m),' cf. Densdon supra 392 and on denewaldes stan BCS 451, a Devon charter.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement