Gresham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Gresham
Historical Forms
- Gersam, Gressam 1086 DB
- Grasham 1194 P
- Gresham 1233,1309,1366 FF 1234to1399 Pat 1242–3 Fees 1272 AD 1275 RH 1286 Ass 1302,1316,1401–2 FA 1306,1324 Ipm 1317 ChancWarr 1318 Ch 1347 Fine
- Gressam 1269 Ass 1448 Past
- Gressham 1275 RH 1346 FA 1535 VE
- Cresham 1286 Ass 1313 DeBanco 1428 FA
- Gresseham 1254–75 Val 1374,1375 Ipm
Etymology
OE gærs, græs, gres 'grass' and hām or hamm , which gives two possible explanations, 'grazing-farm' or 'grass enclosure' (cf. Ekwall in DEPN and Mills). Ekwall says that the persistent Gres - spellings might suggest Scandinavian influence, but the name was certainly given long before the Viking period.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Hill Plantation
- Mill Common Plantation
- Osier Carr Wood
- Ale Well Plantation
- Anguish Hill
- Black Acre Plantation
- Bullard's Plantation
- Castle Farm
- Chaucer's Farm
- Chequers Street
- Church Lane
- The Larches
- Mill Road
- Rectory Farm
- Red Barn Lane
- Roamer Pit
- Rounce's Coverts
- Wrench's Hill
- Jollpits Hole
- Mill Lane
- The Pipe
- Coneyfare Wood
- Cooper's Lane
- Cromer Road Farm
- Dairy Lane
- Fairies' Lane
- Gravel Pit Plantation
- Hellgate Lane
- Hill House
- Limekiln Farm
- Old Watermill Farm