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.

Bodenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bodenham and Nunton

Historical Forms

  • Boterham 1209 PRWinton
  • Boteham 1249 Ass
  • Botenham 1260 FF 1268,1289,1345,1370 Ass
  • pontem de Botenham t.Ed3 For
  • Botnam 1480 ECP
  • Buteham 1249 Ass
  • Botteham 1255 RH
  • Bottenham 1327,1332 SR 1335 Extent 1343 MinAcct 1345 Ipm 1630 Recov
  • Bodenham 1695 Recov

Etymology

'Botta 's ham(m).'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement