Dagenham
English
Etymology
First appeared in a document (as Dæccanhaam) in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. The name almost certainly originated with a small farmstead, the "ham" or farm of a man called Daecca.
Proper noun
Dagenham
- A large suburb of east London, England.
Derived terms
- Barking and Dagenham
- three stops short of Dagenham