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.

Odam Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Romansleigh

Historical Forms

  • Waudam 1242 Fees759
  • Wodham 1242 Fees781 1306 Ass 1333 SR 1346 FA
  • Wodeham 1303 FA

Etymology

'Woad ham(m).' For loss of initial w , v. Introd. xxxv. The first form is probably an error.

Places in the same Parish