Bonham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stourton
Historical Forms
- Bonham 1356 BM 1435 Cl
- Bonham 1323 Hoare
- Bonham 1371 Pat
Etymology
Bonham (6″) is Bonham 1356 BM, 1435 Cl and was the home of John de Bonham (1323 Hoare) and Nicholas de Bonham (1371 Pat). The house is mentioned in Leland who writes “There is on an hille, a little withoute Stourton, a grove, and yn it is a very praty place caullyd Bonhomes …Bonhome (proprius Bonham ) of Wileshire, of the auncientie house of the Bonhomes there, is lords of it” (Hoare 89). The forms are too late for any etymology to be satisfactory.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Pen Pits
- Church Hill
- Friezeland
- Hart Hill
- St Peter's Pump
- Search Fm
- Shootershill Copse
- Six Wells Bottom
- Stourhead
- Tucking Mill
- Writh Copse
- Penridge Fm