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.

Drynham

Other OS name in the Parish of North Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Drynam 1625 WMxxiii
  • Drienham 1671 ib

Etymology

is Drynam 1625 WM xxiii, Drienham 1671 ib. xv . Doubtless a compound of OE  drȳgean , dat . of dryge , ' dry , ' and hamm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement