Current translation for Bodiam | ||||||||
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![]() | bodi derived from bodan - ships keel - probably shipyard | |||||||
![]() | am derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. | |||||||
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Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk | ||||||||