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.

Oldhams Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Middleton and Smerrill

Etymology

, cf. Oldham Heade 1533Bateman , Ouldham 1654 ib , ' old homestead ' , v. ald , hām .