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.

Southam

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Historical Forms

  • Southam 1504 Pat
  • the Sowthams 1617,1619 Dep

Etymology

Southam (lost), Southam 1504 Pat, the Sowthams 1617, 1619Dep .'The south water-meadow(s)', v. sūð , hamm .