The story
- Old English · derived fromburh“fortified place”
- English todayBurpham
From Old English burh (“fortified place”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river-meadow”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburh all →
boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghbroughDewsburybirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.