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.

Hams

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • the Hams 1621 Strode 17 DCMCt 1651
  • claus' voc' Hammes 1630 ib

Etymology

, the Hams 1621 (17) Strode , 1651DCMCt , claus ' voc ' Hammes 1630ib , lying alongside R . Brit , v. hamm ' river-meadow ' , cf. Hams Plot 1842TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement