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.

Wepham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burpham

Historical Forms

  • Wepeham 1086 DB 1194 RBE 1244 Pat
  • Weppeham 1167 RBE 1248 Fees
  • Wepham 1167 P 1248,1280 Ch
  • Wappeham 1279 QW, Ass
  • Wapham 1279 Ass 1303 Ch 1332 SR
  • Wopham 1284,1316 FA

Etymology

'Wæppa 's ham(m).' This name is not on record in Old English, but seems to be found in Wephurst supra 108, Wappingthorn infra 237, Wappenham (Nth), DBWapeham and Wappenbury (Wa), DBWapeberie .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement