But his map showing the percentage of local names ending in 'ham' in various counties disproves his view completely.

For the distribution of the suffix 'ham' and the frequency of Roman country-houses and farms do not coincide.

In Norfolk, for instance, 'ham' is common, but there is hardly a trace of a Roman country-house or farm in the whole county (_Victoria Hist.

of Norfolk_, i.

294-8).