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.

Hildersham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hildersham

Historical Forms

  • Hildricesham 1086 DB
  • Hildrichesham 1086 ICC 1313 YBk
  • Hildrikesham c.1185 Clerkenwell 1242 FF
  • Hyldrichesham 1247–9 FF
  • Hildricsham 1260 Ass
  • Hildrichissam 1270 FF
  • Hildricheham 1431 Pat
  • Heldrikham 1185 RotDom
  • Heldrichesham 13th Clerkenwell
  • Hildresham, Hyldresham 1239 FF 1388 Cl
  • Hyldrisham 1239 FF 1346 FA
  • Hilteresham 1267 Pat
  • Hilderesham 1268 Ass
  • Hyldersham, Hildersham 1285 1470 Pat
  • Ildresham 1302 FA
  • Hildesham 1272 Ass 1316 FA
  • Eldresham 1392 Pat
  • Heldresham 1428 FA
  • Heldersham 1474 Colevii 1532 ADii 1610 EAxiii

Etymology

'The hām of Hildrīc ,' a personal name unrecorded in OE but common on the Continent. Cf. Förstemann PN 834–5.