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.

Widenham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hasfield

Historical Forms

  • Wideham 1200,1240 GlR
  • Wydenham l.13 BM 1464 GlR 1474 Gloss 1492 Aug
  • Wedenham 1351 Gloss
  • Widnam, Wydnam 1535 VE 1540 GlR 1543 LP
  • Widdenham 1648 GR123

Etymology

Widenham (lost), 1798EnclA , Wideham 1200, 1240 GlR, Wydenham l. 13 BM, 1464 GlR, 1474Gloss , 1492 Aug, Wedenham 1351Gloss , Widnam , Wydnam 1535 VE, 1540 GlR, 1543 LP, Widdenham 1648GR 123. 'The wide water-meadow', v. wīd (obl. wīdan ), hamm , possibly identical with Hasfield Ham (infra ).