Dagenham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dagenham
Historical Forms
- deccanhaam 692–3 BCS
- Dæccanham 695 BCS
- Dakeham 1218,1248 FF 1233 Bracton 1257 Ipm t.Ed1 BM
- Dageham 1287 FF
- Dakenham 1261,1268 FF 1291 Tax 1335 Londin
- Dakynham 1450 Pat
- Daginham 1262 FF
- Dagenham 1274 Cl
- Deckenham 1323 For
- Degenham 1333 Cl
- Dagingham 1493–1500 ECP
- Dagengham 1546 FF
- Dagnam 1499 Ipm 1552 EAS(NS)ii
- dadginham 1663 DagenhamPR
Etymology
'Dæcca 's home,' v. ham . This personal name Dæcca does not occur independently in OE , but its existence is suggested by the name of Hugh filius Decche in Lincolnshire (12th). v. IPN 186.Cf. further Daccombe (PN D 512) and note the continental parallel of Daknam (E. Flanders), Dackenham (1156 Eng. Studies viii, 156). For the voicing of k to g cf. Bragenham (PN Bk 83).