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.

Wheathampstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wheathampstead

Historical Forms

  • Wathemstede c.960 BCS1062 17th
  • (into) hwathamstede c.1060 WDB
  • Huuæthamstede 1065 BM
  • Huuæthampstede c.1066 KCD824 14th
  • Watamestede 1086 DB
  • Wathamsted(a) 1166 P 1200 Cur 1214 FF 1263 Pat
  • Wathamstude 1301 Gesta 1303 FA 1327 FF
  • Whathamsted(e), Whathamested(e) 1201 FF 1322 Cl
  • Hwathamsted(e), Hwathamested(e) 1219 FF
  • Wethamstede 1237 Ch 1240 FF
  • Whethamsted(e) 1242 1248 Ass
  • Whetehamsted(e) 1372 FF

Etymology

'Wheat hamstede.'