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.

Arram

Early-attested site in the Parish of Atwick

Historical Forms

  • Argun 1086 DB
  • Ergum late12th Meaux 1246 Ass 1290 YI
  • Ergom late12th Bridl
  • Erghum 1157–70 YCh 1246 Ass 1359 SR
  • Erghum in Holderness 1277 Bridl
  • Erghom(a) 1180–97 Melsa 1293 QW
  • Erhome 1536 FF
  • Earham 1585 FF
  • Ar(r)am 1564 FF 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'At the shielings' from ergum , dat. plur. of erg . Cf. Argam, Arram infra 108, 190, and v. Introd. xxiv.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement