 The river East Glen which flows through it is sometimes called the "Eden" by a process of back-formation from the name of the village.Edenham appears in the Domesday Book as having 32 villagers, 4 smallholders, 24 freemen, 5 lord's plough teams, and 9 men's plough teams, with of woodland and 29 acres of meadow.The parish was the site of the Cistercian abbey of Vaudey, founded in 1147 by William, Earl of Albemarle.