Damerham

Also known as Damerham, Hampshire

Damerham is a rural village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, near Fordingbridge. The area has notable Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows. It was the site of an Anglo-Saxon religious community, mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great. By the time of Domesday Book (1086), Damerham was a major settlement in the possession of Glastonbury Abbey. The village has a riverside mill and a Norman church.

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Place details

Locality: New Forest
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 225

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Damerham
UK place.population: 519
UK place.population_ref: 508 (2011 Census including Lopshill and Lower Daggons)
UK place.static_image_name: Damerham, half-timbered cottages - geograph.org.uk - 1484981.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Damerham
UK place.shire_district: New Forest
UK place.shire_county: Hampshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster: New Forest West
UK place.post_town: FORDINGBRIDGE
UK place.postcode_district: SP6
UK place.postcode_area: SP
UK place.dial_code: 01725
UK place.os_grid_reference: SU105158

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Wikidata facts

Population: 508
Image: Damerham, half-timbered cottages - geograph.org.uk - 1484981.jpg
Dialing code: 01725

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Commons category: Damerham
OS grid reference: SU103160
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Contents

Geography
History
Prehistory
Domesday
Later history
References
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==Geography== Damerham lies in the valley of the Allen River, a minor tributary of the Hampshire Avon. The river flows north-west to south-east across the parish, and becomes the Ashford Water as it continues east to join the Avon just below Fordingbridge.