Northam is a small town in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford and south of Westward Ho!. It is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxoncastle, and is said to have been where Hubba the Dane attacked Devon and was repelled (perhaps by Alfred the Great or by the Earl of Devon).
Barge, A.M. Emigration from Devon and Cornwall, 1632-1638.
The Folklore of Devon, Totowa, N.J., Rowman and Littlefield (1977) 214 pp.
Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries is a journal devoted to the local history, archaeology, biography and antiquities of the counties of Devon and Cornwall.
"NORTHAM, a large and well-built village, is pleasantly seated on the peninsula between Barnstaple Bay and the river Torridge, from 1 ½ to 2½ miles N. of Bideford.
Northam Burials 1785-1817, and Northam Burials 1818-1841, transcribed by Elizabeth Howard.
Chanter, J.F. Borough, or Borrough, in Northam and its inhabitants.
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