Burkham

Village in Hampshire, England

Human settlement in England

Burkham

Home Farm

Burkham

Location within Hampshire

Population| 50
OS grid reference| SU6506343198
Civil parish|

* Bentworth

District|

* East Hampshire

Shire county|

* Hampshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Alton
Postcode district| GU34
Dialling code| 01420
Police| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance| South Central
Website| http://bentworth.org.uk (parish)

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51°11′04″N 1°04′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.184320°N 1.07048°W﻿ / 51.184320; -1.07048

Burkham is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England including a large country house, Burkham House. The nearest town is Alton, which lies about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the south-east. Its nearest railway station was formerly the Bentworth and Lasham railway station on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, until its closure in 1932.[1] The nearest railway station is now 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of the village, at Alton.

Between Burkham and Bentworth is Home Farm, a Woodland Trust area of 339 acres (137 hectares) of mixed woodland, plantations and fields. The area was bought by the Woodland Trust in 1991.

## Burkham House

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Burkham House lies in the centre of the hamlet, around one mile south to Bentworth.[2] The manor itself returns dated 1316, John Daleron held 'Brocham'. In 1590 Robert Hunt acquired the Bentworth Hall from Henry Lord Windsor, and this included the Burkham area. Later, Robert Magewick purchased Burkham for £160.[3] and George Magewick (1647–1736) was described as the owner of Burkham Farm in 1684. In 1748 James Magewick Battin, presumably a descendant, held the manor, and he is given as the owner in a 1778 Survey of Hampshire.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Alton Light Railway closure[dead link]
2. ^ "Burkham House, Alton, England". Parks and Gardens UK. 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
3. ^ Feud. Aids, ii. 1856. p. 314.
4. ^ Doubleday, Herbert Arthur; Page, William (1911). "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4". accessed from British History Online. pp. 68–71.

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Bentworth Parish

Villages|

* Bentworth

Hamlets|

* Burkham
* Wivelrod
* Holt End
* New Copse
* Thedden
* Ashley
* Tickley

Former|

* Medstead
* Lower Wield
* Bradley
* Beech
* Moundsmere
* Alton Abbey
* Southrope

Houses|

* Bentworth Hall
* Burkham House
* Gaston Grange
* Hall Place
* Thedden Grange
* Wivelrod Manor

Landmarks|

* St. Mary's Church
* King's Hill

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the East Hampshire district

* Adhurst
* Alton
* Arford
* Ashley
* Barford
* Beech
* Bentley
* Bentworth
* Binsted
* Blackmoor
* Blacknest
* Blendworth
* Bordean
* Bordon
* Bramshott
* Bucks Horn Oak
* Buriton
* Burkham
* Catherington
* Chalton
* Charlwood
* Chawton
* Clanfield
* Cold Ash Hill
* Colemore
* Conford
* Deadwater
* Ditcham
* Durford Wood
* East Meon
* East Tisted
* East Worldham
* Empshott
* Farringdon
* Finchdean
* Flexcombe
* Four Marks
* Froxfield Green
* Froyle
* Golden Pot
* Grayshott
* Greatham
* Griggs Green
* Hammer Bottom
* Hartley Mauditt
* Hattingley
* Hawkley
* Headley
* Headley Down
* High Cross
* Hill Brow
* Hollywater
* Holt End
* Holt Pound
* Holybourne
* Horndean
* Idsworth
* Isington
* Kingsley
* Kitwood
* Langrish
* Lasham
* Lindford
* Liphook
* Liss
* Liss Forest
* Longmoor
* Lovedean
* Lower Wield
* Medstead
* Monkwood
* Neatham
* New Copse
* Newton Valence
* North Street
* Nursted
* Oakhanger
* Oakshott
* Passfield
* Petersfield
* Pinewood
* Priors Dean
* Privett
* Ramsdean
* Ropley
* Ropley Dean
* Rowland's Castle
* Selborne
* Shalden
* Sheet
* Sleaford
* Soldridge
* South Hay
* Southrope
* South Town
* Standford
* Steep
* Steep Marsh
* Stroud
* Thedden
* Tickley
* Upper Wield
* West Liss
* West Tisted
* West Worldham
* Weston
* Wheatley
* Whitehill
* Wivelrod
* Wyck

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