Burkham is a hamlet in the large

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Bentworth Bentworth is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The nearest town is Alton, Hampshire, Alton, which lies about east of the village. The parish covers an area of and at its highest point is King's ...

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, England including a large country house,

Burkham House Burkham House is a large country manor situated in the hamlet of Burkham in the parish of Bentworth, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of ...

. The nearest town is

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, which lies about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the south-east. Its nearest railway station was formerly the Bentworth and Lasham railway station on the

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, until its closure in 1932. The nearest railway station is now 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of the village, at

. Between Burkham and Bentworth is Home Farm, a

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area of 339 acres (137 hectares) of mixed woodland, plantations and fields. The area was bought by the Woodland Trust in 1991.

Burkham House

lies in the centre of the hamlet, around one mile south to Bentworth. The manor itself returns dated 1316, John Daleron held 'Brocham'. In 1590 Robert Hunt acquired the Bentworth Hall from Henry Lord Windsor, and this included the Burkham area. Later, Robert Magewick purchased Burkham for £160. and George Magewick (1647–1736) was described as the owner of Burkham Farm in 1684. In 1748 James Magewick Battin, presumably a descendant, held the manor, and he is given as the owner in a 1778 Survey of Hampshire.

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