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.

Kitchenham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Peasmarsh

Historical Forms

  • Checehā 1086 DB
  • Checenham 1279 Ass
  • Kecen(e)ham 1279 Ass
  • Kechenham 1279 Ass 1327 SR
  • Kechenhamme 1328 Ch
  • Kichenham 1328 Ch

Etymology

v. Kitchingham and Kitchenour supra 456, 527. The latter is close at hand.