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.

Great Bookham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Bookham

Historical Forms

  • Bocham 933 BCS697 13th BCS1195 967 KCD812 13th Ass 1062 FF 13th 1225 1508
  • Magna Bockam c.1270 Winton
  • Bocheham 1086 DB
  • Becheham 1165,1174 P
  • Bechom 1199 FF
  • Becheam 1210–12 RBE
  • Magna Bukham 1255 Ass
  • Buckham 1561 DKRxxxviii
  • Bucham 1565 AD
  • Boukham 1296 FF
  • Greate Bookeham 1588 SrWills
  • Bookeham Magna 1592 FF
  • Magna Bowkeham 1604 FF

Etymology

v. ham(m). The first element is probably OE  boc, 'beech.'