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.

Finchampstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Finchampstead

Historical Forms

  • Finchamestede 1086 DB
  • Finchamstæde 1098 ASC 12th
  • Finchemsted' 1220 Fees
  • Finhamstede 1224–5 Ass
  • Finghamsted' 1242–3 Fees
  • Heamstede 1103 ASC 12th
  • hamstede c.1300 RG

Etymology

'Homestead frequented by finches', v. finc , hām-stede.

Places in the same Parish

Field