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 Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wam (Wood) 1835 Sav

Etymology

, Wam (Wood )1835Sav , v. hwamm ' asmall valley ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name