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.

Methersham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beckley

Historical Forms

  • Maderesham c.1185 Pens c.1269 Pens
  • Madreshamme 1288 Ass
  • Madresham 1291 Tax 1364,1417 Pens
  • Madersham 1288 Ass
  • Med(d)resham 1279 Ass 1296 SR
  • Mederesham 1320 Misc
  • Medyresham 1535 VE
  • Mardersham 1617 Recov

Etymology

'Mǣðhere 's enclosure,' v. hamm and PN Wo 209s. n. Madresfield.