Southam, Warwickshire

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Southam is a town in Warwickshire

Other current and historical names

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

Southam in historic gazetteers

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

Southam, market town and par., Warwickshire, 3 miles NE. of Southam Road sta. and 9 miles SE. of Warwick, 2770 ac., pop. 1784; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Monday. Southam was known at Domesday as Sucham. The town occupies a pleasant situation amidst picturesquely wooded scenery, and possesses an ancient church with fine spire, an endowed national school, an infirmary for diseases of the eye and ear, and a mineral spring similar to the springs at Leamington. On the first Monday of every month fairs are held, and there are 2 statute fairs in October.

Southam in the Domesday Book

A village in Marton hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

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