Washingham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Battersea
Historical Forms
- Wátsingahám 693 BCS 11th
- Wasdyngham 1336 SR
- Wassingahā 1067 WAM 12th
- Wassingeham 1134 Westm c.1230 BM 1268 WAM
- Wassyngeham 1294 Ass
- Wassingham 1279 Ass 1332 SR 1461 FF
- Wassyngham 1355 FF 1472 Pat
- Wasyngham 1351 Seldxl 1545,1570 SR
- Wasingham 1623 SR
- Wayshyngham, Wasschyngham 1351 SR
- Wasshyngham 1481 Pat 1546 LP
Etymology
This is possibly 'ham(m) of the people of Wāðsige .' Ekwall (PN in -ing 130) first suggested that the first element might contain a personal name derived from OE wāð , 'hunting,' for which he adduced Germanic parallels Waido , Weidheri , Weitleicus and Weidimar (Förstemann, PN 1494) from OGer waid .The survival of the second consonant in the later SR form tends to confirm this.