OK, you win! Soham in Cambs is a nice ex. of a related - perhaps even the same - element with a pondy-marshy meaning. So is Saham Toney (Nf).
RC
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From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Briggs
Sent: 17 January 2007 11:12
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Subject: Re: [EPNL] Semer
> Could it not be 'pond by the sea'?
Unfortunately the three Suffolk examples are all far from the sea. Sea Mere still has a nice round pond. I was wondering about an element *sæg (long æ) such as Reaney considers for Soham.
Keith
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