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Barham

  • /ˈbæɹəm/

Where it comes from

Two possible origins:

* The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).

* The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

proper noun Barhams · Bareham · Boram

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1375).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2050).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1451).
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{barham_2026,
  title = {Barham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}