Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Clamhanger Wood 1831 ib

• Clamhunger 1847 TA

• Clemhunger Wood 1853 Sheaf

Etymology

, Clamhanger Wood 1831 ib, Clamhunger 1847TA , Clemhunger Wood 1853 Sheaf . This p.n. is similar to the f. ns . Clemonga, Clamhanger, Clemhunger70, 85, 326infra . The final el . is hangra ' a wood on a hillside ' . The first el . is either clām ' clay, mud ' , or a derivative *clǣme ' a clayeyor a muddy place ' , cf. Clemley 326infra , Clayhanger 326infra . The form has been influenced by ModEdial.  clam , clem ' to starve ' , and hungor .