Bottisham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bottisham
Historical Forms
- Bodekesham 1060 KCD809 c.1350 ChronRams 1077 ADi 17th 1494
- Bodekisham, Bodekysham 1284 FA 1492 ADi
- Bodechesham 1168,1176 P
- Bothekesham, Bothekisham 1218 SR 1350 FF
- Bodekesam 1227 NLC
- Bodichesham 1086 ICC
- Bodichessham 1086 DB
- Bodikisham 1357 Pat
- Bodischesham 1086 ICC
- Bodeske(s)ham 1172,1242 P 1275 FF
- Bodkesham 1236,1274 Cl 1371 FF
- Boding(e)s(h)am 1155,c.1186,1227 NLC t.Hy2 Ch 1313
- Bodeg(h)esham 1195 P 1496 ADi
- Bodesham c.1210 Wardon 1527 Bott
- Bo(c)kesham 1213 Cur 1291 Tax 1411 SR 1412 FA
- Bot(h)ekesham, Bot(h)ekisham, Bot(h)ekysham 1218 SR 1468 Pat
- Botkysham, Botkisham, Botkesham 1399 FF 1430 Pat
- Bodelsham 1272 Ass
- Botelesham, Botelysham 1384,1443 Pat
- Bot(t)esham 1298 Ass 1605 Imb
- Bottisham, Bottysham 1434 Pat
- Bottessam 1512 CAPrxxxi
- Botsom 1558 Ct
- Bosham 1712 CCC
Etymology
'Boduc 's farm,' v. hām , as suggested by Skeat and Ekwall. This personal name is not on record, but is a derivative of the Boda found in Bodiam (PN Sx 518), Bodenham (He) and Bodham (Nf). In the 12th century confusion with a more common type of name in -inges - such as Horningsea (infra 145) seems to have taken place.