Burkham is a hamlet in the large
civil parish
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of
Bentworth in
Hampshire
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, 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
The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was opened in 1901, by the London and South Western Railway. It was the first English railway authorised under Light Railway legislation. It ran through unpromising, lightly populated terrain, and was prob ...
, until its closure in 1932. 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
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The Woodland Tr ...
area of 339 acres (137 hectares) of mixed woodland, plantations and fields. The area was bought by the Woodland Trust in 1991.
Burkham House
Burkham House lies in the centre of the hamlet, around one mile south to Bentworth.
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.
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.
References
Villages in Hampshire
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