Odenham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wimborne Minster
Historical Forms
- Ode(a)nhamfelde 1518 ib
- Odyham
- Odeham 1086 DB
- camp' vocat' Odenham iuxta Cudburghpole 1427 HarlRoll
Etymology
Odenham (lost), Odenham 1350, camp ' vocat ' Odenham 1427HarlRoll , Ode (a )nhamfelde 1518ib , Odyham n.d. AD I(p), to be identified with Odeham 1086 DB, a manor held by the Bishop of London and assessed at ½ hide (VCHDo 373, 129), thus confirming the supposition made by Eyton 88, 113f that Odeham was in the old par. of Wimborne M. The ME forms in Oden - show that the first el. is the OE pers.n. Od (d )a (gen.sg. -an ) (cf. Fägersten 87, Kökeritz 124), this Od (d )a being no doubt the man called Ode in DB (Odo the treasurer (thesaurarius ) in Exon) who held TRE a manor called simply Winburne which was also assessed at ½ hide and which never paid geld (VCHDo 368, 129), the evidence thus suggesting a division of a one-hide unit at some earlier date.The second el. is hamm 'enclosure, river meadow', with feld .The location of this place is suggested by camp ' vocat ' Odenham iuxta Cudburghpole 1427HarlRoll ; Cudburghpole was a pool in R. Stour, cf. Cuthburga Rd, Cuthbury Cl in st.ns. supra .