West Ham

West Ham, Basingstoke
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Basingstoke
Hampshire
SU6152
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XVIII.7

West Ham
Ham, West

refce: Coates 1989
SOUTH HAM, WEST HAM, districts of Basingstoke
These names clearly include 'hamm'='hemmed-in land', but it is hard to determine in what sense. They may represent the 'Hyghehamme'='high hamm' recorded in about 1250. They are higher in the dry upper valley of the Loddon than the centre of Basingstoke is.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001