Ham, London

Ham
OS grid reference	TQ175725
London borough	Richmond
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	TW10
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
London Assembly	South West
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°′″N 0°′″W / 51.4392, -0.3085

Ham House in 2007, with Coade stone statue of Father Thames, by John Bacon the younger, in the foreground.

Ham is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the River Thames. Its name derives from the Old English word Hamme meaning place in the bend in the river. Together with Petersham, Ham lies to the east of the bend in the river south of Richmond and north of Kingston. It is connected to Teddington by a pedestrian footbridge at Teddington Lock and, during the summer months a pedestrian ferry links to Marble Hill House, Twickenham. Neighbouring settlements include: Petersham; Richmond; Twickenham; and Teddington.

Ham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Estreham. It was held by Haimo the Sheriff (of Kent) from Chertsey Abbey. Its domesday assets were: 1 plough. It rendered £1.^[1]

Ham's eastern boundary is formed by Richmond Park. When the park was enclosed by Charles I in 1637, Ham parish lost the most of the affected parishes, over 800 acres (3.2 km²) stretching towards Robin Hood Gate and Kingston Hill, almost half of which was Common land. In return for this, a deed was struck which has effectively protected most of the remaining common land, Ham Common, to the present day.

Situated between the Royal Courts at Richmond and Hampton Court, the predominantly agricultural area developed from the beginning of the 17th Century, dominated by Ham House, the best preserved survivor of the period.

Education

Main article: List of schools in Richmond upon Thames

External links

• Ham and Petersham Online

See also

• East Ham
• West Ham
• Ham Island
• Ham class minesweeper

References

1. ^ Surrey Domesday Book

• Evelyn Pritchard: A portrait of Ham in Early Victorian times 1840-1860, 1991
• James Green, Silvia Greenwood: Ham and Petersham as it was, 1980, ISBN 0-86067-057-0

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Districts	Barnes · East Sheen · Ham · Hampton · Kew · Mortlake · North Sheen · Richmond · St. Margarets · Teddington · Twickenham · Whitton
Attractions	Bushy Park · Hampton Court Palace · London Wetlands Centre · Kew Gardens · Richmond Park · Twickenham Stadium
Constituencies	Richmond Park · Twickenham
Parks and open spaces in Richmond upon Thames

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