Fincham Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartfield
Historical Forms
- Vineshame 1295 MinAcct
- Finsame 1296 SR
- Finsham 1611 DLSpecComm 1691 DuLa
- Fincheham 1611 DLSpecComm
Etymology
This may be interpreted as 'ham(m) of Finn ,' but as we have no English examples of that name later than the Heroic Age, we should perhaps take it as fīneshamm , 'enclosure of (or by) the heap' or possibly 'hill.' It stands on a hill, cf. Findon supra 197.