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HAM, or HIGH HAM, a village and a parish, in Langport district, Somerset. The village stands 3½ miles N of Langport r. station; and has a post office, of the name of High Ham, under Langport. The parish includes also the chapelry of Low Ham or Nether Ham, the tything of Beer, the hamlet of Henley, the Langport workhouse, and part of the hamlets of Wagg and Paradise. Acres, 4, 229. Real property, £7, 171. Pop., 283. Houses, 243. The property is subdivided. The manor of Low Ham belongs to the Mildmays. High Ham living is a rectory, and Nether Ham a p. curacy, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value of H. H., £533;* of N. H., £40. Patron, of the former, Worcester College, Oxford; of the latter, H. G.ST. J. Mildmay, Esq. The parish church is perpendicular English; and consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with porch and tower. There are Independent chapels, and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | High Ham CP/AP Langport RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | HAM | HAM OR HIGH HAM | HIGH HAM |
| Place: | High Ham |
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