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The modern spelling ‘Wareham’ only became current in the late 15th century. We have to go back to the year 784 AD when the town was first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which stated that Beorhtric, king of the West Saxons was buried at ‘Werham’.
- Saxon Wareham
- Wareham in The Middle Ages
- Modern Wareham
Fifteen hundred years ago the Celts lived in the area of Wareham. However, the modern settlement was founded by the Saxons. They conquered east Dorset in the mid-7th century and about 700 AD a Saxon named St Aldhelm founded a nunnery on the site of Wareham. He also built a church (St Martins), which was rebuilt in the early 11th century. In time a ...
Medieval Wareham was a flourishing little town. However, to us, it would seem tiny, with a population of only several hundred. It was more like a village than a modern town. Many people kept livestock. Any stray animal was put in a pound and the owner had to pay a fine to get it back. That is how Pound Lane got its name. The Normans built a castle ...
During the 19th century, Wareham remained a small market town. However, it did gain gaslight and in 1847 the railway reached Wareham. In 1837 a workhouse was built in Wareham. Conditions in the workhouse were deliberately made as harsh as possible to discourage people from seeking help from the state. Meanwhile, in the 19th century, there was a bre...
Wareham (/ ˈwɛərəm / WAIR-əm) is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles (13 km) southwest of Poole.
Wareham has long been recognised as an important site, nestling between two rivers and also close to the sea, and so it’s no surprise that its foundations go back over 2000 years. It was once a stronghold for Alfred the Great, and is in fact one of only two Saxon-walled settlements left in the UK.
Most people are unaware when they drive into the town’s major car park in Howard’s Lane that its name has been changed a number of times. At various times in the 18th century, it was known as Black Lane, Hayward’s Lane, Howard’s Lane and Dugdale’s Lane.
The Town of Wareham was officially established on July 10, 1739. Wareham’s territory at that time was created by combining land from Rochester, then known as the Sippican Grants, and from the Agawam Purchase, land that had been leased and then purchased from the Plymouth Proprietors in the late-17th century. 1776 – 1830
Wareham was anciently a borough by precription (so styled in Domesday Book), and was chartered by Queen Elizabeth. It sent 2 members to Parliament from Edward I. until 1832 (when its parliamentary limits were extended), and 1 member from 1832 until 1885.
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