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.

Attisham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Hadesham 1244 Ass
  • Adesham 1251–2 Fees 1279 Ipm 1293 1370 Cl 1427
  • Adesham or Attisham 1695 Hutch3
  • Adesham or Absham 1774 Hutch1
  • Adesham or Absam 1795 Boswell 1811 OS
  • Addesham 1280 Ass
  • Adsham 1332 SR
  • Adysham 1333 1343 Ipm
  • Adyseham alias Adsham 1576 Hutch3
  • Atesham 1321 Ipm 1412 FA
  • Athesham 1406 IpmR
  • Attysham 1529 CarP 1530 Pole
  • Attisham 1530 1695 Hutch3
  • Atisham 1689 DCMRent
  • Attesham Farm 1586 DCMDeed
  • Atsham Fearme 1630 Pole
  • Seynt Katheryns Chapell 1529 CarP 1530 Pole

Etymology

'Æ ddi's homestead or enclosure', from the OE  pers.n. Æddi (gen.sg. Æddes ) (Redin 131) and hām or hamm . There was an early chapel here: Seynt Katheryns Chapell 1529 CarP, 1530Pole .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement