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.

Thatcham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • Thacham 1318 FF 1322 Pat 1476 SR 1337
  • Tacham 1325 FF 1504 Ipm
  • Tatcham 1505 ib

Etymology

Thatcham (lost), Thacham 1318FF , 1322 (1476) Pat, 1337SR (p), Tacham 1325FF , 1504 Ipm, Tatcham 1505 ib. 'Thatched homestead' or 'water-meadow where thatch was got', v. þæc , hām , hamm , cf. Thatcham (Brk).