Eastham

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proper noun

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ358805).

OriginOld English ēast →
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Meanings

proper nounEastham (countable and uncountable, plural Easthams)

plural Easthams · alternative Easom

  1. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ358805).

      At Ellesmere Port the railway ends, but the canal continues a little farther to Eastham, giving shipping an outlet to the River Mersey.

      1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6568).
    3. countableuncountableA town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishēast“east”
  2. EnglishEastham

From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).

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APA

Eastham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastham

MLA

“Eastham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastham. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eastham,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastham.

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