Damerham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Damerham
Historical Forms
- (æt) Domrahamme c.880 BCS553 c.1000
- (at) Domerham c.945 14th ib
- (æt) Domerhame 946 ASC c.1100
- (æt) Domarhame 10th ASWills
- Dobreham 1086 DB
- Domerham 1186 P 1189 GlastInq 1428 FA
- Dumeram 1202 Cur
- Domereham 1237 Pap
- Parva Domerham 1242 Fees
- Parva Domberham 1296 WIpm
- Domerham 1586 Sadler
- Damerham 1231 Pap
- Damerham alias Domerham 1564 Recov
- Damerum 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
The name would seem to go back to OE dōmera hamm , 'hamm or enclosure of the judges,' but the circumstances under which such a name could have arisen are completely obscure.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ashridge Copse
- Bagland Plantation
- Ball Hill Copse
- Biddlesgate Copse
- Blackheath Down
- Boardengates Copse
- Breach Copse
- Colt Green Copse
- Cornpit Fm
- Crockers Copse
- Damerham Mill
- Eleven Cross
- Endless Copse
- Furze Close
- Gould's Copse
- Holm Hill
- Kingland Copse
- The Marsh
- Sinkhole Copse
- South End
- West Park
- White Leaze Copse
- Woolens Copse
- Yew Tree Copse