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.

Cornham

Other OS name in the Parish of Minsterworth

Historical Forms

  • Corn(e)homme 1318 GlR
  • Corn(e)ham 1532 1542 LP 1594 Dep
  • Corn(e)ham Myll 1542 GlR

Etymology

, Corn (e )homme 1318 GlR, Corn (e )ham 1532 ib, 1542LP, 1594Dep , Corn (e )ham Myll 1542 GlR , ' crane water-meadow ' , v. corn 2 , hamm .