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From A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley, 1901.

ADNAM, ADLAM, ADMAN, ADLUM, ADNUM. A local name meaning "of Addingham." Parishes in co. Cumberland and W. Rid. Yorkshire; cf. Swetnam and Swetman for Swettenham, or Debnam and Deadman for Debenham, or Putnam and Putman for Puttenham. Adlam is a further and natural variant; cf. bannister for baluster. With Adnum, cf. Barnum for Barnham.

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