Wickham in the Domesday Book

1086

Wickham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a substantial settlement with agricultural land, a mill, and a recorded population that suggests a community of several hundred people. The manor was held as part of the wider landholding pattern of Hampshire, and the entry records ploughlands, meadow, and woodland. The mill on the River Meon was a valuable asset, grinding grain for the settlement and the surrounding farms. The Domesday record confirms Wickham as an established and productive community at the time of the Norman Conquest.