Black Dam

Black Dam, Basingstoke
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Basingstoke
Hampshire
SU6451
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XVIII.12
Black Dam
refce: Coates 1989
BLACK DAM, district of Basingstoke
The dam controls a right tributary of the Loddon; pools are visible by the Southern Ringway bypass road. They are said locally to be the remains of cress beds. Some reasons for 'black' place names are given by Field (1972: 22).
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001