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.
Survey of English place-names
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Wilsham
Wilsham
Other OS name in the Parish of Countisbury
Historical Forms
Willmersham
1426
IpmR
Etymology
is
Willmersham
1426 IpmR . '
Wilmǣr
's
ham
(
m
) . '
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Cosgate Hill
Other OS name
Ashton
Chubhill Wood
Coombe
Desolate Fm
Dogsworthy
Wingate
Major Settlement
Countisbury