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.

Bineham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chailey

Historical Forms

  • Bynham(e) 1296 SR 1327 SR
  • Bynhamme 1332 SR
  • Bynham in Chagelegh 1363 ADA2900

Etymology

Bineham is Bynham (e )1296 SR, 1327 SR (p), Bynhamme 1332 SR (p), Bynham in Chagelegh 1363AD A 2900. Possibly 'the enclosure (v. hamm) where bine grows,' cf. Bines Fm supra 185.