Banningham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Banningham
Historical Forms
- Banincham 1086 DB
- Banigham 1128–9 Holme 1202 FF 1242–3 Fees 1269,1307 Ipm 1346 FA
- Banningeham 1170 P
- Baningham 1198 FF 1199,1219 Fees 1269 Ass
- Bannigham l.12 HMC 1212 Fees
- Banyngham 1281to1440 FF 1311 DeBanco 1316,1401–2,1428 FA 1336to1381 Pat 1374 BM 1439 ECP 1535 VE
- Bannyngham 1286 Ass
Etymology
The gen. plur. of a group-name in -ingas (Ban (n )inga -) followed by hām , to be translated 'the hām of *Ban (n )a 's people' or 'the followers of *Ban (n )a ', an old type of name quite common in East Anglia (cf. Antingham in North Erpingham Hundred supra ). The OE pers.n. *Ban (n )a is not independently recorded but has the Continental counterparts OHG Bano , Banno (DEPN, Mills, PN -ing 132). A form Hamingeham in DB has been identified with Banningham.