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.

East Ham and West Ham

Major Settlement in the Parish of East and West Ham

Historical Forms

  • Hamme 958 BCS1037 12th Crawfvi 969 WDB 13th KCD824 1042–66 FF 1066 Cur 14th Ipm 1198 1199 t.Hy3
  • Hamma 1130–5,1164 BM 1190 P
  • Hame 1086 DB
  • Hammes 1234–47 FF
  • Est Hammes, West Hammes 1235–60 ib
  • Estham 1206 Cl
  • Westhamma 1186 BM

Etymology

'Flat, low-lying pasture.' Near a bend in the Thames.v. hamm . Some of the forms point to the nom. plural. First called East in Estham 1206 Cl, West in Westhamma 1186 BM.

Places in the same Parish

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