A settlement in the area named Ham is first recorded as Hamme in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 958 and then in the 1086 Domesday Book as Hame. The earliest recorded use of West Ham, as distinct from East Ham, is in 1186 as Westhamma. It is formed from Old English 'hamm' and means 'a dry area of land between rivers or marshland', referring the the location of the settlement within boundaries formed by the rivers Lee, Thames and Roding and their marshes.
Получается, что это сухая территория между рукавами реки, что-то вроде острова или отмели.
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Date: 2010-05-04 10:45 pm (UTC)Получается, что это сухая территория между рукавами реки, что-то вроде острова или отмели.
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Date: 2010-05-05 05:15 am (UTC)