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.

Angram

Major Settlement in the Parish of Long Marston

Historical Forms

  • Angrum 13 YDvii 1280 Ass 1281,1287 YI 1293 QW 1376 FF
  • Angram 1283 Ch 1542 YkCR 1609 FF
  • Angrome 1373 FF 1502 Ipm
  • Angrom 1452 Richm

Etymology

'(At) the grass-lands', v. anger , -um . The name is fairly common in Y (Angram 110 supra , v, 217, vi, 122 infra , YN 191, etc.).