Mundham
Major Settlement in the Parish of North Mundham
Historical Forms
- se northra Mundan ham, other Mundan ham 680 BCS 10th
- Mundham(e) 683 BCS 14th BCS 692 14th
- North Mundham(e) 1278 FF
- Suth Mundham(e) 1410 IpmR
- Mundreham 1086 DB t.Hy2 Pat 1387 France 1162 Ch 1332
- Mondreham 1187 Box
- Mundeham 1270 FF
- Moundham 1454 Pat
Etymology
'Munda's ham.' Munda is not on actual record but would be a regular pet-formation from one of the numerous names in -mund . Cf. Mundham and Mundford (Nb). The other Mundham must be South Mundham (in Pagham Hundred). The -re - is an AF spelling for ne from en , earlier an (Zachrisson, AN Infl 141).