Hallam & Hallam Head, formerly Nether Hallam & Upper Hallam
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield
Historical Forms
- Hallun 1086 DB
- Hallum 1202 FF 1299 Baild 1359 YDxii,249 1366 Hlm 1383 Ipm
- Hallom 1496 SheffMan 1638 SessnR
- Hallam(e) 1580,1636 WillY 1641 Rates
- Halum 1384 Hlm 1442 Comp
- Halome 1440 SheffMan 1528 Testv 1562 SheffD
- Halom 1533,1588 FF
- Halam 1605 FF
Etymology
Although the form Hallum rather than Halum appears here to be original, the spellings of Hallamshire 101supra , where Halum - is found much earlier, leaves a measure of doubt as to whether this is the case. Some weight must however be attached to the spellings of Hallam itself, and we should take the name as an old dat.plur. of OE hall 'a rock' (Napier, Old English Glosses 4111) or ON hallr 'a rock, a boulder' (v. -um ). This seems preferable to OE hallum 'at the halls', dat.plur. of hall (even though DB records that Earl Waltheof had had a hall there), as hall is of rare occurrence in pre- Conquest p.ns., or to OE halum , healum 'at the nooks of land', dat.plur. of halh (which should have given a modern Halam ). Nether and Upper Hallam were formerly separate townships between the Rivelin and the Porter adjoining Sheffield. Attempts have been made to place the village of Hallam a little to the south of Hallam Head (grid 111–3086), and a deed of mortgage of 1562 (SheffD 242) speaks of lands “in the village or townshipe of Halome…or within the precyncte of the same village or Townshipe of Halome”. Hall (ib 245–7) therefore argues that there was a village of Hallam and that it was near Hallam Head; if village here means a cluster of houses and not a legal equivalent of vill (or township as it is stated in the document) it certainly refers to the Hallam Head district, but this scattered collection of houses (as it was 50 years ago) is not necessarily on an ancient village site; cf. also HntS i, 143 ff. The evidence for any village or town settlement as such is wanting. In DB Waltheof had had an aula in Hallam, but Hallam is also described as a manor 10 leugae or leagues long and 8 leugae broad; it had 16 berewicks with the two manors of Attercliffe and Sheffield as 'inland'. F. Charlesworth (HntS v, 208 ff) has argued that the aula was on the site of Sheffield castle (which is reasonable), that DB Escafeld is to be identified with Sheffield Park over the river and not with the old town of Sheffield, and that Hallam itself was the name of the old town round the castle. The most reasonable interpretation, however, is that Hallam was simply the name of the whole district of Waltheof's manors and never that of a nucleated village; this would also account for the continued use of Hallam as a district name (with shire added in the same way as Bierlow is to Ecclesall, not as a p.n. affix but to describe an administrative district). There is no need to suppose that the town where Waltheof's hall stood before the Conquest was called Hallam, for Sheffield itself is part of the 'inland' of the manor of Hallam; Sheffield and Attercliffe would be the inner or home manors of Waltheof's estates, where his aula might be expected to stand, and Ecclesall (which is not mentioned in DB) would form a large part of the outer lands.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Hillsborough, formerly Hills, Hill Foot & Hill Top
- Carbrook
- Osgathorpe Ho
- Sheffield Castle
- Skinnerthorpe
- Wincobank and Winkley
- Millhouses
- Attercliffe
- Darnall
- Grimesthorpe
- Hartley Ho
- Hawley
- Pittsmoor
- Sheffield Park
- Staniforth
- Ashurst
- Bell Hagg
- Birley Meadows, formerly Burrow Lee
- Brincliffe & Brincliffe Edge
- Broom Hall
- Crookes
- Crookesmoor
- Fullwood
- Greystones
- Heeley
- Longley
- Renathorpe Hall
- Shirecliffe Hall
- Wadsley
- Owlerton
- Sharrow Head, Sharrow Knoll
- Little Sheffield
- Snaithing Fm, Snaithing Wood
- Upperthorpe
- Walkley
- Whirlow & Whirlow Green
- Whiteley Wood
- Yarncliffe Ho
- Brightside, formerly Brightside Bierlow
- Neepsend
- Scraith & Scraith Wood
- Shiregreen
Other OS name
- Whitehouse Lane
- Whiteley Wood Hall
- White Rake
- White Stones
- Wiggin Fm
- Wigley Fm
- Wood Cliffe
- Acres Hill
- Arbourthorne
- Ash Fm
- Bagley Dike
- Bank Ho
- Beech Hill
- Belle Vue
- Bellhouses
- Clay Pit
- Clay Wood
- Cliffe Ho
- Coal Pit Lane
- Greenland
- Hatfield Ho
- High Hazels
- Holtwood Ho
- Hoult Fm
- Kettle Bridge
- Kirk Bridge Dike
- Knowle Hill
- Leavygreave
- Leppings Bridge
- Low Field
- Loxley Ho
- Malin Bridge
- Mandrake Ho
- The Manor, Manor Laiths, Manor Wood
- Norbury
- Oaks Fold
- Royds Mill St
- Sky Edge
- Washford Rd
- Woodbourn Bridge
- Coleford Rd
- Grove St
- Hawk's Fm
- Hinde Ho
- Myers Grove Ho
- Nunnery Fm
- Roo Leys
- Sheffield Lane Top
- Wadsley Hall
- Windy Ho
- Wyming Brook
- Ben Lane
- Black Bank
- Bland Lane
- Bolsover Hill
- Boulder Hill
- Bramall Lane
- Bridge Houses
- Broad Oaks Lane
- The Brushes
- Brush Ho
- Burngreave
- Busk Meadow
- Camp
- Cannon Hall
- Car Lane
- Carwood Lane
- Catcliffe
- Clarke Houses
- Cooks Wood Rd
- Corker Bottoms
- Crabtree
- Cricket Houses
- Croft Ho
- Crowder Ho
- Deep Pit
- Dial Ho
- Dykes Hall
- East Field
- The Elm
- Far Ho
- Firs Hill
- The Grange
- Hallowmoor
- Highfield
- Mid Hill
- Norwood Hall
- Odd Ho
- Salmon Pastures
- Town Head
- Underwood Ho
- Wincobank Hall, Wincobank Wood
- Wood Hill
- Wood Lane
- Abbeydale
- Allen Sike
- Alms Hill
- Andwell Lane
- Banner Cross
- Barncliffe
- Bassett
- Bennet Grange & Plant
- Bents Green
- Benty Lane
- Bingham Park
- Birchfield
- Birkendale
- Birks Green Fm
- Bole Hill
- Bower Hill
- Brackenhurst
- Brick Kiln Plant
- Broadshaw
- Brocco Bank
- Brook Ho
- Broomfield
- Broom Hill
- Broomhouse Fm
- Brown Edge
- Brown Hills
- Brown Spring
- Buck Wood
- Burnt Stones
- Burnt Well
- Burrow Lee
- Button Hill
- Carr Bank
- Carrfield & Carrwood
- Carsick
- Carter Knowle
- Castle Dyke
- Chancet Wood
- Cherry Tree Hill
- Clarkehouse Rd
- Clough Field
- Coit Lane
- Coneygree Wood
- Coppice Fm
- Crimicarr Fm
- The Croft
- Cross Lane
- Cross Pool
- Crow Chin
- Dale Brook
- Delf Ho
- Den Bank
- Dickfield Ho
- Dickley Wood
- Dobbin Hill
- Douse Croft Lane
- Ecclesall Wood
- Endcliffe
- Fairthorn Green
- The Folds
- Foul Hole
- Fox Hagg
- Fox Hall Lane
- Fox Holes
- Fulwood Booth, Fulwood Head
- Goole Green
- Green House Fm
- Greystones Cliffe
- The Hagg, Hagg Wood
- Hallam Gate, Hallam Head
- Hanging Water
- Hangram Lane
- Haugh Fm
- Hawmire Well
- Head Stone
- Heald Wood
- Highcliffe
- High Neb
- Hobroyd
- Holme Head, Holme Lane
- Holt Ho
- Howard Hill
- Hutcliffe Wood
- Jeffery Green
- Jowitt Ho
- Knabb Cottage
- Knoll Top Fm
- Lees Hall
- Limb Bridge
- Little Common
- Long Causeway
- Long Wood
- Lord's Seat
- Low Folds Fm
- Lydgate & Lydgate Lane
- Machon Bank
- Mare Folds
- Mark Lane
- Marsh Lane
- Mayfield Ho & May Ho
- Meadow Head, Meadow House
- Meersbrook
- Mill Stone Hole
- Moorbrook Rd
- Moorfield Ho
- Mosscar Fields
- Nether Edge
- Nether Green
- Newfield Green
- Newfield Hall
- New Hagg
- Northcote
- North Croft
- Northfield Rd
- Norton Hammer
- Norton Lees
- Oak Brook
- Oakholme
- Oakland Ho
- Park Head
- Peter Wood
- Pinglehead
- Plumpton
- Porter Bridge
- Priest Hill
- Ranfall & Ranmoor
- Ravencliffe
- Reaps Wood
- Reddicar Hollow
- Red Holme
- Redmires
- The Ridge
- Ringing Low
- Roper Hill
- Round Hill
- Rud Hill
- Rustlings Rd
- Ryegate
- St Anthony's Well
- Sale Hill
- Sandygate
- Shaw Ho
- Sheephill
- Silver Hill
- Slayleigh
- Smeltings Fm
- Smithy Wood
- Spring Piece
- Stanage Edge
- Steel Bank
- Stephen Hill
- Storrs
- Storth Ho
- Stumperlowe
- Summerfield
- Sybrayhill Wood
- Tapton Hall, Tapton Hill
- Thornbury
- Thorpe Ho
- Thrift Ho
- Toft Wood
- Tom Lane
- Trap Lane
- Trippet Wood
- Walkley Bank
- Wardle Houses
- Watt Fm
- Weetwood
- Westbrook
- West Heys
- West Royd
- Whinfell
- Cockshutt Lane
- East Bank
- East Cliffe
- East Hill
- Fairbarn Fm
- The Farm
- Goddard Hall Rd
- Hall Carr
- Heeley Bank
- Hollins
- New Hall
- The Oaks
- Old Park Wood
- Owler Greave Wood
- Owlings Wood
- Paddock Fm
- Page Hall
- Park Grange, Park Hill, Park Ho
- Piper Lane
- Pismire Hill
- Queen's Tower
- Raisen Hall
- Roman Ridge
- Sembly Green
- Snake Wood
- Spring Lane
- Stand Ho
- Stubbin Lane
- Studfield Hill
- Tingle's Fm
- Weston Park
- Woodside