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.

Etchingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Etchingham

Historical Forms

  • Hechingehā 1158 P
  • E(c)chingeham, E(c)chyngeham 1159 P 1190 P 12th Pat 1432 NI 1340
  • Hekingham 1166 RBE
  • Echingehamme 1176 Pens
  • Achingeham c.1180 HMCRutlandiv
  • Hachingeham 12th ADiii
  • Akingeham 1166 LN
  • Echingham, Echygham 1202 Cur 1586 MarL
  • Itchingham 1610 Norden

Etymology

'ham(m) of Ecci's people,' v. ing .

Places in the same Parish