Northam

Northam, Southampton
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Southampton
Hampshire
SU4312
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXV.11
Northam
otherwise: Northam, 1086
refce: Coates 1989
NORTHAM in Southampton
Probably Old English for 'north hemmed-in land'. The land is the classic Dodgson 'hamm-1' site hemmed in by the last great bend in the river Itchen before it reaches Southampton Water.
domesday
 Northam
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (68.4)
[... alii plures seruientes regis] ... Isd~ Anchitil ten. una~ v. in NORTHA~ de rege . Ezi tenuit de rege E ...
domesday
 Northam
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001