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.

Byham

Field in the Parish of Rockhampton

Historical Forms

1839 TA

Byeham 1635 Inq

Etymology

Byham(Byeham 1635, v. byge1'corner, bend', hamm)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Newton

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rockhampton