Damerham

Damerham
Damerham
Damerham is located in Hampshire
Damerham
Damerham
Location within Hampshire
Population519 [1]
508 (2011 Census including Lopshill and Lower Daggons)[2]
OS grid referenceSU105158
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode districtSP6
Dialling code01725
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
Websitewww.damerham.net
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°56′31″N 1°51′07″W / 50.942°N 1.852°W / 50.942; -1.852

Damerham is a rural village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, near Fordingbridge. The area has notable Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows. It was the site of an Anglo-Saxon religious community, mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great. By the time of Domesday Book (1086), Damerham was a major settlement in the possession of Glastonbury Abbey. The village has a riverside mill and a Norman church.

  1. ^ "2001 Census Neighbourhood Statistics – Civil Parishes in the New Forest". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.