Horningsham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Horningsham
Historical Forms
- Horningeshā 1086 DB
- Horningesham c.1155 StOsmund 1202 FF 1332 SR
- Horningham 1086 DB
- Hornigeham late12th BM
- Ornigesham 1242 Fees
- Magna Hornynggesham 1289 Ass
- Little Hornyngesham 1390 Pat
- Hornesham 1405 ib
- Hornyssame 1535 VE
- Hornisham, Hornisom 1585 WMxxi
- Hornson 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
The most likely suggestion for this name, as for Horningsea (C) and Homingsheath (or Horringer) (Sf) is that the first element is a personal name Horning , perhaps a weakened form of OE hornung , 'bastard,' used as a surname. Horning is a common OGer name (cf. Forstemann PN 867). v. ham(m).