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.

Withyham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Withyham

Historical Forms

  • Wideham c.1095 SAC42,86
  • Withiham 1230 FF
  • Wythyhamme 1266 FF
  • Wydiham 1247 FF
  • Wydeham 1248 Ass
  • Wydyham 1326 BM
  • Wydyhamme 1271 Ass
  • Widihamme 1332 Cl

Etymology

'Withy-enclosure,' v. wiðig , hamm , or possibly the hamm may refer to the shape of the land between the two streams here.