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.

Ham Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mathon

Historical Forms

  • angulus de la Homme c.1275 AOMB61 15th
  • de la Homme, ithe Home, in the Home 1275,1327,1332 SR

Etymology

There is no river hamm here, so the word must be used in the sense of 'enclosure.'