East Markham
Major Settlement in the Parish of East Markham
Historical Forms
- Marchā 1086 DB 1168,1175 P
- Estmarcha' 1192 France
- Estmarcham 1196 P 1201 Dugdiv 1240 FF
- Estmarcam c.1245 HMCVarvii
- Est Markham 1292 Ipm
- Markeham 1211 RBE
- Est Markeham 1316 FA
- Myche Markham 1529–32 ECP
- Grett Markham 1541 Wills
Etymology
This is a compound of OE mearc, 'mark, boundary,' and ham(m). It is impossible to determine the boundary to which reference is made here. It may have been some old Mercian boundary.