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Hammoon church and cross |
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Hammoon
Hammoon shown within Dorset |
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| OS grid reference | ST817145 |
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| District | North Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Hammoon is a hamlet and parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county. It is sited on alluvial silt by the River Stour,[1] approximately 2 miles east of the town of Sturminster Newton. Its name derives from the Saxon word for dwelling ('ham') and the surname of the Norman Lord of the Manor ('de Moion' or 'Mohun').[2]
The small church of St Paul dates from the 13th century, and was the first incumbency of the academic and clergyman Humphrey Gower (1638–1711), who later went on to become Master of Jesus College, Cambridge and then St. John's College, Cambridge.
The church stands close to the thatched and mullioned old manor house, which dates from the 16th century and was described by Sir Frederick Treves in 1905 as "the most picturesque of its kind".[3]