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.

Babsham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bersted

Historical Forms

  • bebbes ham 680 BCS 10th
  • baberham (sic) 988 KCD663 14th
  • Babysham, Babbesham 1473 Ct

Etymology

'Bæbbi's ham(m),' cf. Bepton supra 15.

Places in the same Parish