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.

Glottenham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountfield

Historical Forms

  • Glothingeham 1164–9 Harl
  • Glottigeham c.1220 Pens
  • Glottyngeham 1296 SR t.Ed2 IpmR 1332 SR
  • Glottyngham 1296 SR 1362 FF
  • Glotingeham c.1220 Pens 1248,1262 Ass
  • Glotyng(g)eham 1320 Misc 1358 BM
  • Glotynghamme 1350 Ipm

Etymology

'ham(m) of Glott's people,' v. Glatting supra 120.