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.

Puttenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Puttenham

Historical Forms

  • Putehā 1086 DB
  • Puteham 1155–84 ADii 1203 FF 1210–12 RBE 1214 Cur
  • Putteham 1204–12 Fees 1282 Ipm
  • Putenham 1212 Fees
  • Puttenham 1282 Ipm
  • Putten al. Putnam 1618 FF
  • Potenham 1262 Ass 1415 IpmR
  • Pottenham 1278 Ass
  • Pyttenham 1330 FA

Etymology

'Putta 's ham.' Cf. Puttenham (PN Sr 209) and Putnoe (PN BedsHu 60).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site