Low Ham
Low Ham is a village in the civil parish of High Ham in the English county of Somerset. At the time of the Domesday Book Low Ham was part of the estate of Serlo de Burcy, and was later known as Ham Burcy and Nether Ham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Low Ham, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John Baptist, Pitney and St Andrew’s Church.
Church of St John Baptist, Pitney
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St John Baptist in Pitney, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th and 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Bill Stilling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of Saint Andrew is an Anglican parish church located on Turnhill Road, in High Ham, Somerset, England. It shows evidence of 12th- and 14th-century building and was largely rebuilt in 1476.
The Hanging Chapel
Historic building
Photo: Pam Goodey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hanging Chapel, more formally known as the Chantry Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Langport, Somerset, England, is a 13th-century archway, bearing a Perpendicular building known as the hanging chapel. The Hanging Chapel is situated 2 miles south of Low Ham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huish Episcopi and Langport.
Huish Episcopi
Village
Photo: Liz Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huish Episcopi is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the outskirts of Langport, 4 miles south west of Somerton. The parish has a population of 2,644, and includes the hamlets of Bowdens, Combe, Pibsbury and Wearne. Huish Episcopi is situated 2 miles south of Low Ham.
Langport
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Langport is a town of 3,600 people in the heart of Somerset in England. To the south of the town is Wet Moor, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which is part of the extensive grazing marsh grasslands and ditch systems of the Somerset Levels and Moors.
Muchelney
Village
Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muchelney is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for 3 kilometres from the south bank of the River Parrett. The village lies about 1 mile south of Langport and 4 miles south west of Somerton. Muchelney is situated 3 miles south of Low Ham.
Low Ham
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: High Ham, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06278° or 51° 3′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.81073° or 2° 48′ 39″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C3V357Q+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 4172130713OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Low Ham” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Low Ham”
- French: “Low Ham”
- Irish: “Low Ham”
- Japanese: “ロー・ハム”
- Polish: “Low Ham”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glebe Farm and Pitney House.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Low Ham Roman Villa and Middlegate Farm Airstrip.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Low Ham”. Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.