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.

Yapham

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Yeapeham, Yapham 1301 DA
  • Ʒapham 1301 Ipm

Etymology

is Yeapeham , Yapham 1301 DA 34(p),Ʒapham 1301 Ipm , v. ham(m) . The first element is OE  gēap , ' open, wide, extensive ' ; for the toponymic use of this word , v. Middendorff s. v .