Burpham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Worplesdon
Historical Forms
- Borham 1086 DB
- Burham 1242 Fees 1253 Ch 1296 Ipm
- Burgham 1255,1272 Ass 1287 Ipm 1293 FF
- Burgham by Gildford 1340–6 Ipm
- Burcham 1265 Misc
- Bourgham 1314 Ipm
- Burcgham 1341 Ipm
- Burfham 1592 Recov
- Burgham al. Burghfam 1604 Recov
- Burgham al. Burffam 1629 Recov
- Burfom 1664 SR
Etymology
This name, like Burpham (PN Sx 166) and Burham (K), Burhham BCS 1322, is a compound of burh and ham(m). There is no earthwork here now, but there may once have been some stronghold guarding the passage of the Wey.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Attfield's Fm
- Bail's Fm
- Broadstreet
- Bushy Fm
- Clasford Fm and Common
- Fairlands Fm
- Froggrove
- Frosbury Fm
- Gooserye Fm
- Gravetts
- Jacobswell
- Jordan Hill
- Littlefield Fm
- Norton Fm
- Pitch Place
- Pitmore Fm
- Round Hill
- Slade Cottages
- Strawberry Grove Cottages
- Sudpray Fm
- Tangley Fm
- Vinehouse Fm
- Whitefield Fm
- Whitmoor Common
- Wildfield Copse
- Willeygreen
- Winterhill Fm
- Wipley Fm
- Woodcorner Fm
- Woodstreet