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.

Ham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ham

Historical Forms

(æt) Hamme 931 BCS677 1229 Cl 1363 Pat

Hamme juxta Shaldebourne 1342 GDR

Hame 1086 DB

Hama 1166 P

Hampne 14th Bradenstoke

Etymology

v. hamm , 'enclosure,' etc.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name