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.

Measham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Measham

Historical Forms

  • Messeham 1086 DB
  • Meisam, Meysam Hy2 Hast 1215–23,1228 StoweCh 1281 Ass 1348 Cor
  • Meyssam 1236 Fees 1346 FA
  • Meysham, Meisham c.1230 WollCh 1243 Fees 1262 Ass 1271 DbCh 1272 BurtCh 1308 DbCh 1551 StLK
  • Mesham 1278 DbCh 1302 FA
  • Measham 1552 DKR
  • Meseham 1577 Saxton
  • Maysam 1581 AddCh

Etymology

'Estate on the R. Mease (supra 12)', v. hām .

Places in the same Parish

None