Dyrham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dyrham & Hinton
Historical Forms
- Deorham 577 ASC l.9–11
- on Deorham, of Deorhamme 950 BCS887
- into Deor hamme 972 10th ib
- Dirham, Dyrham 1086 DB 1571 FF 1634 PR 1699 ib
- Dierham 1167 P 1221 Ass
- Dorham 1211–13 Fees 1274 RH
- Derham 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1236 Fees 1246 BM 1695 M
- Derem 1385 BM
- Dereham 1511 Ch 1535 VE
- Deerham 1659 ParlSurv
- Duram 1285 FA
- Durham 1297 Episc 1308 FF 1311 Ipm 1675 Ogilby
- Dureham 1313 Orig
- Deryham als. Dyrham 1540 FF
Etymology
'Enclosure for deer', v. dēor , hamm . On the variant forms cf. Phonol. § 21.