Southam
Sign in to saveSoutham () is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, located about east-southeast of Leamington Spa. In the 2021 census, the population of Southam was 8,114.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Southam
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4161
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.static_image_name
- Southam 9.24, Market Hill 2.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Market Hill, at the centre of Southam
- UK place.static_image_width
- 300px
- UK place.population
- 8,114
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Southam
- UK place.shire_district
- Stratford-on-Avon
- UK place.shire_county
- Warwickshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kenilworth and Southam
- UK place.post_town
- SOUTHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- CV47
- UK place.postcode_area
- CV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01926
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Southam () is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, located about east-southeast of Leamington Spa. In the 2021 census, the population of Southam was 8,114.
== History == The name Southam derives from the Old English sūðhām meaning 'south village' or perhaps sūðhamm meaning 'south hemmed-in land'.