Eastham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eastham
Historical Forms
- Eastham 11th Heming
- Estham 1086 DB 1577 Saxton
- Esthamme 1258 FF 1276 RH 1281 Ch
Etymology
'East hamm or river-bend,' presumably in relation to Newnham in Knighton-on-Teme, just across the river (v. infra 55), though the forms of the latter suggest that it is really by origin a ham rather than a hamm .