Bayham Abbey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Frant
Historical Forms
- Begeham 1228 Cl 1328 Ipm
- Begheham 1244 BM
- Beghehamme 1315 Ass
- Begham 1277 Pat 1388 Ipm
- Beggeham 1231 Bracton 1235–1325 Ch
- Beggeham(m)e 1315 Ipm
- Begeham dict. Beuliu 1285 Bay
- Beigham al. Bayham 1623 SRS14,19
Etymology
'Bǣga 's hamm,' probably from its situation by the river. It seems to have had an alternative French name of the common Beaulieu - type. Bayham is now chiefly in Kent but the site of the Abbey is in Sussex.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Cornhill
- Eridge
- Henley House and Wood
- Ramslye Fm
- Ruffet Wood
- Shernfold Park
- Stumlets Wood
- Sunninglye
- Verridge Wood