Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Prestehamme 1154 Glouc

• Prestham 1154,1192 1235 GlR

• Presten(e)ham 1256 1269 Inq

Etymology

Priest Ham (lost), Prestehamme 1154 Glouc, Prestham 1154, 1192 ib, 1235 GlR, Presten (e )ham 1256 Misc, Ch, 1269 Inq. 'The priests' water-meadow', v. prēost , hamm ; it was the property of St Peter's, Gloucester; cf. Mean Ham (supra ). For the gen.pl. in -en cf. Phonol. § 51. It was 'below the castle' (1265 Ch) and in Sud Meadow, and was probably the ham at the southern end of Alney Island and adjoining or part of Port Ham in Maisemore (iii, 162infra ).