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.

Burnham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burnham

Historical Forms

  • Burneham 1086 DB
  • Burnham ib. et freq
  • Burnam 1129–33 AC
  • Burnham strete or Burneham 1594 N
  • Burham 1235 Ch
  • Burenham 1272 Ass
  • Bornham 1285 1339 Cl 1361 IpmR 1408 Pat
  • Bournham 1399 ib
  • Bronham 1285 Ass
  • Brunham 1339 Pat

Etymology

'Stream-farm,' v. burna , ham , named from a tributary of the Crouch (supra 6–7), formerly also called Burnham Water .