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.

Hixham Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Furneux Pelham

Historical Forms

  • Tedriceshā 1086 DB
  • T(h)edrichesham 1307,1314 SR
  • Hidersham 1367 Cl
  • Thiderisham 1368 Cl
  • Thedresham 1384 IpmR 1386 Cl
  • Thedrisham 1388 ib
  • Thethyrsham 1406 ib
  • Thedersham 1431 FF 1538 FF
  • Titheresham 1407 FF
  • Tettersham Hall 1556 AOMB
  • Hedsham Hall al. Tethersham Hall 1591 FF
  • Hedsham Hall al. Teddersham Hall 1619 FF
  • Hixham Hall c.1825 O.S.

Etymology

'Theodric 's ham.' The history of the development of this name in some ways resembles that of Elstree supra 74.

Places in the same Parish