Bamham (EN) / Bosvamm (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Launceston
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

mamm

Meaning: 
mother
Elements notes: 
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <mamm> ‘mother'
Historic forms: 
Bodmam c1150 (Gover, 1948) Bodmam 1176 (Gover, 1948) Botman c1220 (Gover, 1948) Bodmam c1250 (Gover, 1948) Bodmam 1302 (Gover, 1948) garden lying near road from Southgate to Bodmam (Bamham?) 1327 (Gover, 1948) (NA/BLAUS/35, 1327) messuage, dovecote, land, and rent in Bodinam 1408/9 (NA/C143/440/14, 1408/9) close of land near Bomam Lane 1485 (NA/BLAUS/67, 1485) Bomham 1512 (Gover, 1948) bodmam 1514 (NA/BLAUS/95, 1514) Bamham 1650 (Gover, 1948)