Ham, East Dorset :: The British Place Names Website

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Hame

Built-Up Area: Ham
Parish/Community: Ham
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'54"N 1°31'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 433102, 163008
OS Grid: SU331630
Mapcode Local: GBR 70R.C0W
Mapcode Global: VHC1Z.HYNB

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

Ham in historic gazetteers

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

Ham, par., S. Wilts, 4 miles SW. of Hungerford, 1652 ac., pop. 199; P.O.

Ham in the Domesday Book

A village in Kinwardstone hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated); Bishop of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 10 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 1 slave; 10 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Ham, East Dorset

Ham is a village in East Dorset

Ham in historic gazetteers

Ham in the Domesday Book