Hanham
{{Short description|Civil parish in Gloucestershire, England}}
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Hanham is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, adjacent to, but not within the City of Bristol. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2003.
The post code area of Hanham is BS15.{{cite web |url=http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1133671 |title=Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Elections, Names and Areas in England |access-date=2005-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207194614/http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1133671 |archive-date=7 December 2005 }} The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 6,128.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124193&c=Hanham&d=16&e=62&g=6390369&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1426864456727&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date= 20 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130405/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124193&c=Hanham&d=16&e=62&g=6390369&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1426864456727&enc=1|archive-date=2 April 2015}}
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward stretches south from Hanham to Hanham Abbots. The total population of the ward taken from the 2011 census was 10,311{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/hanham-e05002058#sthash.zMH7gOb3.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150431/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/hanham-e05002058#sthash.zMH7gOb3.dpbs|url-status=live}}
History
Tom Cribb, once world champion bare-knuckle boxer, was born in Hanham.Hanham, Longwell Green and Willsbridge – Picture Past, by David G. Elliot, page 23. Stephen Merchant was also born in Hanham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/stephen-merchant-shoot-new-bbc-3722158|title = Stephen Merchant to shoot major new series in Bristol|date = 10 January 2020}}
Hanham is also the first place in the UK to trial Gordon Brown's new eco-towns.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hanhamhall.co.uk/ |title=Hanham Hall |access-date=26 June 2008 |archive-date=9 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709050820/http://www.hanhamhall.co.uk/ |url-status=live }} Built on the former Hanham Hall Hospital site,{{cite report |url=http://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/hanham-hall-historic-characterisation/ |title=Hanham Hall Historic Characterisation |publisher=English Heritage |date=21 September 2007 |access-date=9 February 2016 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216034315/http://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/hanham-hall-historic-characterisation/ |url-status=live }} the new village serves as a blueprint for Gordon Brown's proposed five eco-towns that will provide up to 100,000 zero-carbon dwellings across the country.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/dec/14/energyefficiency.energy1 |title=Barratt contracted to build UK's first eco-village |author=Alison Benjamin |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 December 2007 |access-date=21 September 2012 |archive-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005045350/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/dec/14/energyefficiency.energy1 |url-status=live }}
The Blue Bowl has been claimed to be one of the oldest public houses in the country.{{cite web | url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hanham-pub-oldest-country/story-11267759-detail/story.html | title=Hanham pub could be oldest in country | work=Bristol Post| date=28 December 2009 | access-date=13 November 2014 | archive-date=24 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124094848/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hanham-pub-oldest-country/story-11267759-detail/story.html | url-status=live }}
References
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Category:Villages in South Gloucestershire District