Dearham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dearham
Historical Forms
- Derham c.1160 Fountains c.1210 StB 1456 Fine
- Deram 1218 Lowther 1387 Pap
- Derheim 1212 Cur
- Derehame c.1212 Weth 1429 Netherhall
- Dereham in Airedale t.Hy3 Dugdv
- Dereham 1285 WethA 1344 Cl
- Deareham 1580 Border
- Derhame 1308 Ipm
- Direham 1437 Cl
- Deirhame 1527 Netherhall
- Derom 1535 VE
- Derm t.Eliz ChancP
Etymology
An Old Anglian compound of dēor and hām . The form from 1212 Cur, in which Scandinavian ei has replaced Anglian ā , proves that the second element is hām , not hamm . The antiquity of the settlement is shown by the fragments of early Anglian sculpture still preserved there.