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Survey of English Place-Names

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Argam

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hunmanby

Historical Forms

  • Ergone 1086 DB
  • Ergum 1162–75 YCh late12th,1204 Cur 1219 Ass 1257 Bardney 1270 Ebor
  • Ergom 1170–5 Bridl
  • Erghum 1285 KI 1292 Ch 1402 YI
  • Erghom 1292 Ebor 1297 LS 1518 Test
  • Ergham 1650 ParlSurv
  • Herghum 1290 Ebor 1343 FF
  • Ereghom, Ereghum 1304 YI 1330 FF
  • Arholme 1525 FF
  • Argam 1549 FF

Etymology

'At the shielings,' v. Arram supra 79.