Barsham
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Bassom
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Bār, a byname from bār (“boar”), + -s- + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Barsham (countable and uncountable, plural Barshams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes the villages of East, North and West Barsham.
- A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3989).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Barsham is the 114324th most common surname in England, belonging to 16 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barsham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
- Forebears