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.

Hortham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Hortham(e) 1517 Aug 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

Hortham Fm, Hortham (e )1517 Aug, 1540MinAcct . 'Whortleberry enclosure', from the rare OE  horte, found only in the pl. hortan , dial. hurt , v. hamm .