Hammoon
Sign in to saveHammoon 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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +30
- Image
- Hammoon church.jpg
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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.
==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.