Egham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Egham
Historical Forms
- Egeham 675,933,967(13th) BCS 697,1195,1062(13th) KCD812 1086 DB 1225 1453 SR
- Eggeham c.1060 KCD850 13th Ch 1155–8 Cur 1285 ClR 1203 Ass 1225 1342
- Heggeham 1224 Pat
- Egham 1201 FF
- Eggenham 1241,1272 Ass
- Eggham 1432 Chertsey
- Eggam 1615 FF
Etymology
'Ecga 's ham(m).' We should have expected Edgeham or the like, but there are other examples of Eg - for Egge -, Edge -; cf. Egford in Whatley (So) Egeforde 1327 SR, Eagle Hundred (Berks)Eglei 1086 DB, Eggelea 1175 P, and Egley infra 157.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bishopsgate
- Bulkeley Ho
- The Causeway
- Cumberland Gate and Duke's Copse
- Deadpool(lost)
- Denham's Ho
- Hangmoor
- Heath Ho
- Holloway College
- Kingswood
- Langham Place
- Mead Lake Ditch
- Milton Park
- Northcroft Cottage
- Park Ho
- Pooley Green
- Priest Hill
- Queenswood
- Stroude
- Tite Hill
- Towngreen Fm
- Trumps Fm and Trumpsgreen
- Warren Fm
- Wentworth Ho
- Whitehall Fm
- Woodhaw