High Ham

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4231).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4231).

    Before the Somerset marshes were drained - between the 10th and 14th centuries - ships could sail as far inland as Glastonbury, and the hill on which High Ham stands was an island, looming large above the lagoons and swamplands of the region.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224
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