Fordham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fordham
Historical Forms
- Fordehā, Forham, Forhā, Infordehā (sic) 1086 DB
- Fordham 1087 EHRxl 1450
- Little Fordham 1247 Ch
- Fordham Magna 1254 Ass
- Fordam 1371 Pat
- Fordom 1412 FA
- Ford(h)am alias Fordyngham, Ford(h)am Hall alias Fordyngham Hall 1542 FF 1544 LP
Etymology
'The ham(m) by the ford.' Great as opposed to Little Fordham, now Bourchier's Hall in Aldham supra 359.