Hammoon

We don't have any photos of this place yet. Why don't you be the first to upload one?

Upload Photo

Approximate Location Map

Use two fingers to pan or zoom the map

Large Map »

Hammoon is a hamlet in Dorset

Other current and historical names

Hame

Parish/Community: Hammoon
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'47"N 2°15'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 381782, 114538
OS Grid: ST817145
Mapcode Local: GBR 0X1.R7W
Mapcode Global: FRA 664N.C3B

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hammoon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hammoon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hammoon, par., N. Dorset, on river Stour, 2 miles E. of Sturminster Newton, 677 ac., pop. 76.

Hammoon in the Domesday Book

A village in [Sturminster] Newton hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Mohun
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 24 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Hammoon, Dorset

Hammoon is a hamlet in Dorset

Hammoon in historic gazetteers

Hammoon in the Domesday Book