Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Snodeham 1235 Ass 1247,1268,1329 FF 1304 Ass

• Snothenham 1263 Ass

• Snodenham 1313 Ass 1319 Pat 1327 Banco 1332 SR

• Snoddenhams 1595 SrWills

• Snadlams 1749 B 1765 R

• Snaithlams 1823 G

Etymology

The first element is probably a personal name Snoda , a weak form of OE  Snod (d ) (cf. DB Snode , ceolla Snoding (Searle) and Snodsbury PN Wo 230 with snoddeslea (BCS 428) on its boundary). Hence 'Snoda 's ham(m).' Note also Snoddington (Ha), DBSnodintone . Wallenberg (KPN 178) postulates for these names a toponymic from OE  snōd , 'band, fillet,' but there is no evidence for such a usage, and it should be noted that alike in Snodsbury (Wo), Snodshill (W), the lost Snodderswick (Db), in this name, and in Snoddan fleot (BCS 949), this element is found in the first part of a name, never in the second or independently, and also in the gen. sg., so that all the probabilities are in favour of its being a personal name. So similarly in Wallenberg's own Snodland (K), Snoddinglond (BCS 418), we have it as a first element followed by the connective ing so often found after personal names.