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.

Wadham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Knowstone

Historical Forms

  • Wadeham 1086 DB
  • Wodham 1244 Ass
  • West Wadham 1270 Ass
  • Estwaddeham 1278 Ass
  • Estwadham 1292 Ass

Etymology

'Wada 's ham(m).' Alternatively the first element may possibly be OE  wad, 'woad.'

Places in the same Parish