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.

Barcham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • Bercham 1235 Ch c.1280 Pembroke 1343 MinAcct 1397
  • Berc(h)gham c.1280 Pembroke
  • Bercheham 1349 MinAcct
  • Barcham 1272 Ass 1558 Fenlandiv
  • Birch(e)ham 1272 MinAcct t.Eliz Bodl

Etymology

'Birch ham(m),' v. bierce .