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.

Puttenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Puttenham

Historical Forms

  • Puteham 1199 FF 1286 Ipm
  • Putteham 1247 FF 1286 Ipm
  • Poteham 1291 Tax
  • Putēham 1221 ClR
  • Puttenham 1249 FF 1305 Ch
  • Potenham 1279 Ass 1430 FF
  • Pottenham 1342 Pat
  • Peutenham 1316 FA
  • Putneham 1535 VE
  • Putnam 1618 FF
  • Puttenham Bury 1645 FF

Etymology

'Putta 's ham(m),' Cf. Puttenham (Herts). The last form refers to the manor house, v. burh .