Farnham Common
village · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Farnham Common means 'the common land near the homestead among the ferns'. It combines the Old English name for Farnham with the term for common land.
Word origins
- Farnham
- Old EnglishAttestedhomestead among the ferns(from fearn "fern", hām "homestead, village")
- Common
- Old Englishcommon land(from gemǣne "common")