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.

Crimsham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pagham

Historical Forms

  • Crymesham 680 BCS 10th
  • Cremesham 1265 Misc 1327
  • Grimmesham 1279 Ass

Etymology

We have very few forms to go upon but it may be suggested that the second element is ham(m) and an unrecorded pers. name Crymi , a derivative of the stem contained in OE  cruma , 'crumb,' presumably used originally of some diminutive person.