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.

Wham

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • ye Whain (sic) 1694 PR

Etymology

, y e Whain (sic)1694 PR , v. hwamm ' valley ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement