Howsham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Scrayingham
Historical Forms
- Huson 1086 DB
- Husum 12th Kirkham 1154–81(1336),1227 Ch 1285 SR
- Housum 13th,1250 Kirkham 1327 FF
- Housom, Howsom 1297 LS 1303 KF 1542 NCWills
- Howshom 1414 Test
- Howseham 1549 FF
Etymology
'At the houses,' from OE , OScand husum , dat. plur. of hus.Cf. Housham (L), Usun DB, Husum 1295 Pat, and Norw Husum (NoGN xii, 75, etc.). The name Husum is also that of a suburb of Copenhagen and, as Dr Knudsen notes, it occurs several times elsewhere in Denmark.