Dedham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dedham
Historical Forms
- Delham 1086 DB
- Diham, Dyham 1142 Mandeville 1232 Cl 1236 Fees 1238 SR 1239 For 1239–61 FF 1255 Pat 1281 Ch 1303 FA
- Dynham 1307 Cl
- Dedham 1166 P 1189 Dugdvi 1346 FA
- Dedham Campessey 1509 Ct
- Dedham Magna 1510 LP
- Deddam 1167 P
- Dedenham 1233 Bracton
- Didham 1428 FA
Etymology
'The ham or hamm of Dydda .' The name is not on independent record, but it is found in its diminutive form in OE Dyddel , and Dydda itself must be found in dyddan þorn (BCS 596). For the loss of d in the early forms cf. that of t in Witham supra 299. Campessey from the nuns of Campsey (Sf).