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Chesham
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English
+, New Hampshire
Etymology
First attested as ang Cæstæleshamm before the year 970, probably from en ang castel pile of stones, castle + ang hamm water meadow.Rees Neil How Chesham got its name https://cheshammuseum.org.uk/blogs/how-chesham-got-its-name/ Chesham Museum Blogs Chesham Museum 28 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20260513063312/https://cheshammuseum.org.uk/blogs/how-chesham-got-its-name/ 13 May 2026 en Chess -ham, whence the local pronunciation, referring to the River Chess in Buckinghamshire, though the river was named after the settlement.
Pronunciation
en /ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/ UK
en /ˈt͡ʃɛsəm/ ; /ˈt͡ʃɛzəm/ local Buckinghamshire
Proper noun
en market town/and/civil parish with a town council in co/Buckinghamshire cc/England previously in dist/Chiltern OS grid ref SP9501. Parish map (England)
en ucomm town:pref/Harrisville co/Cheshire County s/New Hampshire c/USA.
Derived terms
en Chesham Bois
en Chess river
References
Anagrams
en acehhms Hachems Meshach