West Wickham

Coordinates: 51°22′35″N 0°01′09″W / 51.3765°N 0.0193°W / 51.3765; -0.0193

West Wickham is a suburban area in the London Borough of Bromley. It is on the line of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way, and is east of Croydon and south west of Bromley. It is 10.3 miles (16.6 km) south east of Charing Cross.

History

The history of West Wickham predates the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

West Wickham is mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry: "In lordship 2 ploughs. 24 villagers have 4 ploughs. 13 salves; a church; a mill at 20d.; a wood at 10 pigs. Value before 1066 8; later 6: now 13. Godric son of Karl held it from King Edward".

In Tudor times, the Manor House Wickham Court was expanded by the Anne Boleyn family and the area was popular for deer hunting. The Grade II listed building, was built by Sir Henry Heydon in 1469. His wife was Anne Boleyn, a daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1469. She was the great-aunt of Anne Boleyn. The house was later sold to the Lennard family in 1580. In 1935, it was sold and adapted for use as an hotel. After World War II, it was sold to the Daughters of Mary and Joseph. An American order of nuns. Currently, it is known as Coloma College (a teacher training college) run by the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, a community of religious sisters.

Wickham

Coordinates: 50°54′N 1°11′W / 50.90°N 1.19°W / 50.90; -1.19

Wickham is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816.

Wickham has a wide and well-proportioned square lined with historic buildings and is designated a conservation area.

It was the fording place of the River Meon on the Roman road between Noviomagus Regnorum (Chichester) and Venta Belgarum (Winchester), and the inferred divergent point of the route to Clausentum (Bitterne). The Roman road from Wickham to Chichester is still followed today by local roads, passing behind Portsdown Hill to the north of Portsmouth Harbour and then onwards via Havant. In contrast, the route to Winchester is mostly likely lost through neglect in the Dark Ages, before present field patterns emerged.

There have been a reasonable number of sites identified nearby associated with Romano-British industry. These have mainly been pottery kilns focused around the limit of navigation of the River Hamble, near Botley. It is also here that a ford on the Clausentum road has been identified.

Wickham (disambiguation)

Wickham is a small market town in Hampshire, England, UK.

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