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.

Wonham Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Godstone

Historical Forms

  • Woneham 1500 FF
  • Wonums 1749 B
  • Wonhams 1842 TA

Etymology

. This is probably a manorial name , deriving from the family of Robert Woneham (1500 FF) , who must have come from Wonham in Betchworthsupra 284 . It is Wonums 1749 B, Wonhams 1842TA .