Midgham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Midgham
Historical Forms
- Migeham 1086 DB 1220 Fees 1254 Cl 1547 LRMB
- Miggeham 1260–1 FF 1284 Ass 1327 Banco 1341 Pat
- Myggeham 1340 Cl 1419 Fine
- Micham 1169 P 1241 Ass
- Micheham 1184 P 1224–5 Ass 1235–6 Fees
- Michham 1337 Ipm
- Migham 1199 HunterFines 1220 Fees 1378 Fine
- Midgham 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Probably 'riverside meadow infested by midges', v. mycg , hamm , but the second el. could be hām . The forms Mighala and Miggehal , 1156 and 1190 P, quoted in DEPN, probably refer to Midgehall W (W 275), as the owners are the monks of Fons Drogonis (Stanley Abbey) who owned the W place.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Cottage Plantation
- Midgham Marsh
- Aldershot Water
- Bidden's Shaw
- Button Court
- Channel Wd
- Churchill Ho
- Coach and Horses P.H.
- College Copse
- Cranwell Bridge
- Eight Acre Copse, Little Eight Acre Copse
- Garret's Copse
- Great Mounts Copse
- Hallcourt Fm, Hallcourt Shaw
- Heales Lock
- High Wd
- Hopgarden Copse
- Kennetholme
- Kent's Down Fm, Kent's Down Gully
- King's Fm
- Marshall's Close Plantation
- Midgham Bridge, Midgham Cottage, Midgham Green, Midgham Ho
- Midgham Park
- Morris Copse
- The Mound
- Nursery Copse
- Ouzel Gully
- Oxlease Bridge
- Pignell's Gully
- Quaking Bridge
- Riding Plantation
- Rowland's Wd
- Six Acre Plantation
- Stonesfield Gully
- Webb's Fm
- Webcroft Copse
- Westend Fm