Elham

Other current and historical names

Alham

Built-Up Area: Elham
Parish/Community: Elham
District/Borough: Shepway
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'14"N 1°6'41"E
Eastings/Northings: 617689, 144014
OS Grid: TR176440
Mapcode Local: GBR TZN.RS4
Mapcode Global: VHLH7.68Y5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Elham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Elham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Elham, par. and vil., E. Kent, 6½ miles NW. of Folkestone, 6599 ac., pop. 1192; P.O.

Elham in the Domesday Book

A village in Loningborough hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Elham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £40 in 1086
- Households: 41 villagers; 8 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (24 plough lands)
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Woodland: 100 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Elham, Kent

Elham is a village in Kent

Elham in historic gazetteers

Elham in the Domesday Book