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.

Osterdame

Field in the Parish of Theddingworth

Historical Forms

  • Osterdame 1601 Terrier
  • Osterdam 1674 Terrier 1679 Terrier 1690 Terrier

Etymology

Osterdame 1601, Osterdam 1674, 1679, 1690, Austerdam 1696, 1703, 1706 (v. ēastor, damme; the OE specific has been influenced or replaced by ON   austr)