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.

Adam's Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Adams 1799 ERO 1842 TA

Etymology

, 1799ERO , 1811 OS , Adams 1799ERO , 1842TA , possibly one of Thomas Hollis 's commemorative names ( v. note under f. ns . infra ) , alluding perhaps to the American statesman Samuel Adams ( 1722 – 1803 ) , but cf. the surname Adam frequent in medieval sources , e.g. John Adam 1327, 1332 SR ( Leigh ) .