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.

Wymondham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wymondham

Historical Forms

  • Wimvndesham 1086 DB
  • Wymundesham 1274 Abbr
  • Wymondesham 1330 FA 1358 Pat
  • Wymundeham 1094×1123 TutP c.1130 LeicSurv 1159,1163 TutP 1296 Ipm 1338 Pat 1409 PRep 1450 TutP
  • Wimundeham c.1141 Dugd 1150×59 TutP 1185 Templar 1227 Fine 1236 Fees
  • Wimundaham 1159 France
  • Wymondeham 1262 Ass 1318 Pap 1374 Fine
  • Wymoundeham 1502 MiscAccts
  • Wymundham c.1130 LeicSurv 1226 Fine 1259 CroxR Edw1 Crox Hy3 Banco 1409 Rut 1415 LP 1510 Ipm 1550
  • Wimundham c.1160 Dane 1180 P Hy3 Crox 1290 Misc
  • Wymondham 1298 Ipm 1304 Ch 1328 Banco 1330 Deed
  • Wymunham Hy3 Crox
  • Wymonham 1296 Ipm
  • Wimonham 1652 Gret
  • Wymundam 1449 Pat
  • Wymondam 1473 CCR 1530 AAS
  • Womandham 1470,1487 AD
  • Womondham 1510 LP 1609 LML 1625 Pochin 1626,1627 LML
  • Womanhame 1608 Rut

Etymology

'Wīgmund's village or estate', v. hām . The OE  pers.n. Wīgmund also appears in the p.n. Wymeswold, 15 miles to the west in East Goscote Hundred.