The Elms
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hallow
Historical Forms
- Helme 1240 WoP 1275 SR
Etymology
This is probably the ordinary tree-name, with inorganic h in the ME forms. Habington (i. 499) thinks, from the phrase in an early document 'In Elemes Wm. de Winchester holds ½ yard-land,' that the real name of this place was 'in Elemosinam,' and that the name refers to the tenure!