Cams Hall
Cams Hall, Farehamcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
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otherwise: Kamays, 1242; Kamuse, 1248; Kamus, 1259; Cameys, 1268; Cames, 1280
CAMS (HALL), two manors in Fareham
A highly unusual name derived from hypothetical Primitive Welsh 'cambeis'' the ancestor of W 'cemaes'='shallow bend in a river, shallow bay'. Gover derives it ultimately from hypothetical British 'cambo-'='crooked', with reference to Wallington River. There is a marked bend here not just a slight one; there is a most noticeable bag shaped bay. Credibility attaches to this explanation because the place is adjacent to WALLINGTON, whose name attests the presence of Welsh speakers into the Anglo Saxon period.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788 (perhaps)
- settlement, hamlet - Titchfield Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- house - Titchfeild Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Titchfeild Hundred - Hantshire
