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.

Wham

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Quane (sic) 13 Percy

Etymology

, 1771 M , Quane (sic)13 Percy , v. hwamm ' valley, marshy hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name