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.

Burham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Walkhampton

Historical Forms

  • la Burghen 13th Deed
  • atte Burghen 1377 Ct

Etymology

This may represent a weak plural of either OE  burh or beorg. Burham lies on the side of a valley but there are no earthworks or barrows now present which might have given rise to the name.