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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