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.

Whamthorn Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Culgaith

Etymology

. The wham is doubtless the small valley of Aigill Sike . v. hwamm , hvammr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement