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.

Oxenham

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Wakering

Historical Forms

  • Oxonhamme 1358 Ipm
  • Oxenhāme(hale) 1419 MinAcct
  • Oxnam Marsh t.Jas1 ChancP

Etymology

is Oxonhamme 1358 Ipm,Oxenhāme (hale )1419MinAcct , Oxnam Marsh t. Jas 1 ChancP . ' Oxen enclosure , ' v. hamm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name