Hammoon

Also known as Hammoon, Dorset

Hammoon is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, sited on a river terrace of alluvial silt by the River Stour, about east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Its name is derived from the Old English ham, meaning dwelling, and the surname of the Norman lord of the manor ('de Moion' or 'Mohun'). In 2001 the parish had 19 households and a population of 49. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 40.

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Place details

Locality: Manston
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Hammoon
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST817145
UK place.static_image: Hammoon, church and cross - geograph.org.uk - 506487.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 235px
UK place.static_image_caption: St. Paul's parish church and cross
UK place.civil_parish: Hammoon
UK place.population: 40
UK place.unitary_england: Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Dorset
UK place.post_town: Sturminster Newton
UK place.postcode_area: DT
UK place.postcode_district: DT10
UK place.constituency_westminster: North Dorset
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.country: England

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Population: 30
Image: Hammoon church.jpg

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Commons category: Hammoon
OS grid reference: ST817145
P8168: 19th Reserve Division

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==History== In 1086 in the Domesday Book Hammoon was recorded as Hame; it had 15 households, 4 ploughlands and of meadow. It was in the hundred of Newton and the tenant-in-chief was William of Mohun.