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.

Thame Hundred

Hundred in the County of Oxfordshire

Historical Forms

  • Tame 1184 P 1316 FA
  • Thame 1233 Cl

Etymology

v. river Thame supra 10–11. It is named from the village (146); the hundred and manor were held by the bishop of Lincoln.

Parishes in this Hundred