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.

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.