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.

Uckham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Battle

Historical Forms

  • Bocheham 1086 DB
  • Uckeham 12th Bello

Etymology

Uckham (lost) is Bocheham 1086 DB, Uckeham (corrected from Boccham ) 12th Bello(v. Stevenson in EHR 28, 298), Ukeham 1296 SR (p), Ukehamme 13thAOMB 57, that is 'Ucca's ham(m).' Cf. Uckfield supra 396.