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.

Bolham Water

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clayhidon

Historical Forms

  • Boleham 1086 DB 1227 Oliver
  • Bolham 1228 FF 1346 FA
  • Bolleham 1215 Ch 1242 Fees786 1256 FF
  • Bollam 1290 Ch

Etymology

'Bol (l )a 's ham(m),' cf. supra 541.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement