Bodham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bodham
Historical Forms
- Bodham, Bodenham, Botham 1086 DB
- Bodeham 1175,1180 P 1201 FF 1206,1220 Cur 1209,1250,1257 Ass 1262 Pat 1272 FineR 1275 RH
- Bodham 1199,1201,1220 Cur 1199,1233,1243 Fees 1202to1366 FF 1206,1208 P 1209,1210 P t.Hy3 RBE 1250,1269,1286 Ass 1254–75 Val 1261 Ipm 1263,1277 Cl 1275 RH 1302to1428 FA 1304,1314,1330 Ipm 1328 DeBanco 1330 Bodl 1333 SR 1366 Fine
- Boddham 1261 Ipm
- Boddeham 1310 Pat
Etymology
The old spellings suggest a name in OE hām in which the first element is a pers.n. in the genitive, an old type frequent in Norfolk. The pers.n. Boda (gen. Bodan ) is well recorded (Redin 45) and has Continental parallels, OHG Bodo , Boto (v. DEPN).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Dark Plantation
- Heath Plantation
- Old Decoy Plantation
- Burnt Hills Plantation
- Half Round Plantation
- Bodham Common
- Bodham Common Plantation
- Bodham Farm
- Bodham Street
- Gipsies' Lane
- Hill House
- Long Belt
- Lower Bodham
- Lower Farm
- The Lows
- Manor House
- New Plantation
- New Road
- Overton Square
- The Rookery
- Selbrigg Ford
- Selbrigg Pond
- Snow Hill
- Young Plantation