Ham, Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Ham, Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Jon Hamm has sent an email containing some local photographs of the village of Ham, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset. Jon is from East Brent, Somerset, and had previously sent pictures of St. Michael's Church in Brent Knoll, Somerset.

Lane End Inn and Ham Road, Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Creech St. Michael is in the vicinity of Taunton, and the use of the name was in use in 1244-45.

Ham Bridge, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Ham, near Creech St. Michael - photos courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent

Village of Ham, near Creech St. Michael
- photo courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent

View of the Tone River from the Ham bridge.

 

Ham Wharf, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Corner of Ham Road and Lane End, Somerset

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
    

  

  

  


  
  

  
  

 

Ham village Orchard - photos courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent, Somerset

  

Map of the village of Ham, near Creech St. Micghael,
Somerset circa 1900

Thanks should go out to Jon Hamm, for taking the time to photograph the Ham village.  

I chose to put these pictures together into a You Tub Video, so that I could take the time to put together a presentation of the relevance of the Ham surname in the area of Taunton.

I hope that you enjoy the video.

St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset

St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset


Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.
These pictures were posted the the HAM Country FaceBook page.

St. Michael Church, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

There has probably been a Christian church on this site for thirteen hundred years, but the remains of a Norman church which are incorporated in the fabric of the present building provide the earliest tangible evidence we have; the arch with the typical zig-zag moulding over the South Door, the twisted column surmounted by a large capital at the east end of the North Aisle, and possibly the Early English quatre-foil shaped font. The dedication to St. Michael is also probably a relic of the Norman church, since it was a favorite dedication for churches in Normandy at the time of the Conquest.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."

St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

THE TOWER

The 75-foot high tower was added late in the 14th century. That some time elapsed between the building of the nave and the building of the tower is evident from the difference in texture and bonding of the stonework seen on the outside.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."


 View all photos of St. Michael's Church from the HAM Country FaceBook web page.