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.

Upham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aldbourne

Historical Forms

  • (to) Uphammere 955 BCS904 14th
  • Upham 1201 Cur 1249 FF 1332 SR
  • Upham juxta Aldeburne 1281 Ass
  • Hupham 1314 Ch
  • Uppham 1327 SR

Etymology

Upham is (to ) Uphammere 955 (14th) BCS 904, Upham 1201 Cur, 1249 FF, 1332SR , Upham juxta Aldeburne 1281Ass , Hupham 1314 Ch, Uppham 1327SR . 'High ham.' mere is OE  (ge)mære, 'boundary.' “It is on the top of everything” (E. H. G.).