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.

Halam

Major Settlement in the Parish of Halam

Historical Forms

  • Healum 958 BCS1029 14th
  • Halum 1197,1252 FF 1287 Ass 1331 BM
  • Halum juxta Suthewelle 1340 FF
  • Halom 1392,1434 Pat
  • Halome 1427 BM 1535 VE
  • Westhalum 1230 P 1242 Fees
  • Hallum 1280 Ass
  • Halm 1352 Ipm
  • Halam 1604 FF
  • Hallam 1632 StJ
  • Haleham 1663 FF

Etymology

This is the dative plural hēalum (OAngl  hālum ) of OE  healh, 'nook or corner.'

Places in the same Parish