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.

Barpham, Lower and Upper

Early-attested site in the Parish of Angmering

Historical Forms

  • Bercham 1121 AC
  • Bercam t.Steph France
  • Bergham 1233 Cl 1242 Fees688
  • Bar(e)gham 1240 FF 1504–14 LP
  • Bargham al. Barffham 1582 SRS14,175

Etymology

'Hill-homestead,' v. beorh , ham . There has been much confusion of the forms of this name with those of Burpham infra 166. It gives its name to the Prebend of Bargeham (W.D.P.).