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| HER Number | MWB15974 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | Thatcham |
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| Parish | Thatcham, West Berkshire |
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Summary
Thatcham's name seems to be a combination of 'thatch' either with 'ham' meaning village or 'hamm' meaning river-meadow
Monument Type(s):
- SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full Description
<1> Gelling lists 'Taceham' 1086, 'Taccheham' c1225, 'Thacheham' c1125, 'Techam' 1142-84, 'Thecham' 1242-3 amongst other variations. The name either suggests the thatched roofs of the settlement or the meadows where thatching material was obtained.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p188. [Monograph / SWB10003] |
| <02> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 56d. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <03> | Thatcham Town Council. 2021. Thatcham Town Council. https://www.thatchamtowncouncil.gov.uk. 04/02/2021. History of the Town. [Website / SWB149846]
https://www.thatchamtowncouncil.gov.uk/ (Accessed on 04/08/2021) |
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