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.

Denham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Denham

Historical Forms

  • Deneham 1066 KCD824 12th Cur(P) 1195 WellsR 1209–19 Ch 1227
  • Daneham 1086 DB
  • Denham 1233 WellsR
  • Denom 1336 Pat
  • Denham Durdent 1362 Cl

Etymology

'Valley homestead' v. denu , ham . The Durdent family had a holding here already in 1166 (RBE 189).

Places in the same Parish