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.

Haddenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Haddenham

Historical Forms

  • (on) hædan ham 970 BCS1268 12th
  • Hadenham 1086 InqEl 1484 Pat
  • Hadinham 1247 FF 1276 Pat 1335 ElyC
  • Hadnam 1496 Ipm 1565 PCC
  • Haddenham on the hill 1537 CaiCh
  • Hadnaham 1576 Ely
  • Hadreham 1086 DB
  • Hæderham, Haddreham 1086 InqEl
  • Hadyrsham 1487 Pat
  • Hedreham 1089 BM
  • Hederham 1170 LibEl
  • Hadeham 1170–1 P 1285 Ass
  • Haddeham 1172 P
  • Hadman 1436 Pat
  • Hadden within the Isle of Eley 1548 ib
  • Hadingham 1247 FF 1324 Pat

Etymology

'Hǣda 's homestead,' v. hām . Cf. Haddenham (PN Bk 161). For the AN r for n , v. IPN 106–7.