Batham Family History
Batham Name Meaning
possibly from the place referred to in the name of the Roman road Bathamgate in Derbys. The place-name is lost but it is from *Baðum the dative plural of OE bað ‘bath’ and must denote the Roman baths at Buxton where the road leads. The first and second bearers may really belong with Beetham or with a lost place referred to in the name of Henricus atte Bathe 1381 in
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016