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.

Thralham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Martham

Historical Forms

  • Thralham 1450 CtMartham

Etymology

Thralham (lost), Thralham 1450Ct Martham ; v. ON  þræll 'thrall, slave' and probably hamm , but the second element may well be corrupted from holm (ON  holmr) in þrælaholmr 'the island of the thralls', in which case both els. would originally be Scand. The situation of the place was marshy (cf. Trailholme PN La 175 f.). v. also the field-name Thralldom under (a) infra .