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.

Great codham hall, Little codham hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wethersfield

Historical Forms

  • Codanham c.1000 CCC383 c.1125
  • Codingeham 1235 Ass
  • Codeham 1254 FF
  • Godham 1276 ib
  • Codham 1304 Ipm 1328 Ch 1435 FF
  • Codham alias Codham Neville (held of Margaret de Nevile) 1319 Ipm

Etymology

'Cod (d )a 's ham(m).' For the pers. name cf. Codmore Fm (PN Bk 225).