English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Needham Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Nedham 1799 ERO
  • Needham (Plantation) 1842 TA

Etymology

, Nedham 1799ERO , Needham (Plantation )1842TA , a commemorative name alluding to Marchamont Needham ( 1620 – 78 ) , a turncoat journalist and pamphleteer and author of The Case of the Commonwealth of England Stated ( v. note under f. ns . infra ) .