High Ham

English

Proper noun

High Ham

1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4231).
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224:

     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.

Related terms

• Low Ham

References

• Parish map