We could not match "PARKHAM" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 21 possible matches we have found for you:

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• You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. These administrative units are not currently included within "places" and exactly match your search term:

  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  PARKHAM LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	BRIXHAM UD (Local Government District)

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "PARKHAM":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Ash	Devon	Ash , hamlet, Parkham par., N. Devon, 8 miles W. of Torrington.	Bartholomew
  ASH	Devon	ASH , a hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 6½ miles W of Torrington.	Imperial
  BIDEFORD	Devon	Parkham, containing the parishes of Parkham, Monkleigh, Buckland-Brewer, and Alwington; the subdistrict of Bradworthy, containing the parishes of Bradworthy	Imperial
  Broad Parkham	Devon	Broad Parkham , hamlet, Parkham par., N. Devon, 7 miles SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  BROAD-PARKHAM	Devon	BROAD-PARKHAM , a hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 7 miles SW of Bideford.	Imperial
  Buckish Mills	Devon	Buckish Mills , coast fishing vil., Parkham and Woolfardisworthy pars., Devon, 6½ m. SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  BUCKISH-MILLS	Devon	Parkham and Woolfardisworthy parishes, Devon; on the coast, 6½ miles SW of Bideford. It has a Wesleyan chapel; and a glen	Imperial
  Bucks Mills	Devon	Bucks Mills , eccl. dist., Parkham and Woolfardisworthy pars., N. Devon, pop. 253.	Bartholomew
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Parkham, and Wear-Gifford; the vicarages of Abbotsham, Buckland-Brewer, Monkleigh, and Northam; and the p. curacies of Bulkworthy, East	Imperial
  Goldworthy	Devon	Goldworthy , hamlet, Parkham par., N. Devon, 6½ miles SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  GOLDWORTHY	Devon	GOLDWORTHY , a hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 6½ miles SW of Bideford.	Imperial
  Hoops	Devon	Hoops , place, Parkham par., N. Devon, on Bideford Bay, 5½ miles SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  Hornscross	Devon	Hornscross .-- hamlet, Parkham par., N. Devon, 5 miles SW. of Bideford; P.O.	Bartholomew
  HORNS CROSS	Devon	hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 5 miles SW of Bideford. It has a post office under Bideford, and a Wesleyan chapel.	Imperial
  Newhaven	Devon	Newhaven , hamlet, Parkham par., Devon, 7 miles SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  NEWHAVEN	Devon	NEWHAVEN , a hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 6½ miles S W of Bideford.	Imperial
  Parkham	Devon	Parkham , par., Devon, on river Yeo, 6 miles SW. of Bideford, 5808 ac., pop. 802; contains Hornscross (P.O.), Broad Parkham	Bartholomew
  PARKHAM	Devon	PARKHAM , a parish and a sub-district in Bideford district, Devon. The parish lies on the river Yeo, 6 miles	Imperial
  Peppercombe	Devon	Peppercombe , hamlet, Parkham par. Devon, 7 miles SW. of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  PEPPERCOMBE	Devon	PEPPERCOMBE , a hamlet in Parkham parish, Devon; 6½ miles S W of Bideford.	Imperial

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:
  
  



• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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