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.

Charterhouse Plantations

Other OS name in the Parish of Balsham

Etymology

. The manor and advowson of Balsham were part of the endowment of the Charterhouse , London , founded in 1611 by Thomas Sutton , a former inhabitant of the parish ( L 84 ) .