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.

Hulham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Withycombe Raleigh

Historical Forms

  • Haldeham 1219 FF
  • Holeham 1219,1254 Ass
  • Hollehamme 1244 Ass
  • Holdeham 1262 Ipm
  • Holdham 1324 Ipm 1377 IpmR
  • Hulham al. Holdham c.1630 Pole

Etymology

This is a difficult name. It may be a compound of the OE  adjective heald , 'sloping,' and hamm, hence 'sloping enclosure,' i.e. on sloping ground.

Places in the same Parish