Westham | |
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![]() Westham Bridge | |
Location within Dorset | |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Weymouth |
Postcode district | DT4 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Westham was established as a new suburb of Weymouth from the early 1880s.[1] In 1880, the largely undeveloped Abbotsbury Road, along which Westham was centred, saw the construction of a number of residential properties, a chapel of ease, a schoolhouse and a steam laundry operated by the Weymouth Sanitary Steam Laundry Ltd.[2] The name Westham was decided upon during a meeting of "owners and holders of property in the district", held on 15 September 1882 at the Rock Hotel.[3]
There were approximately 550 inhabitants in 1882 and this had increased to over 2,000 in 1892.[3][1] The population in 2021 was 9,393.[4]
Westham Bridge was opened in 1921.[5] In 2021, Westham Bridge Cycle Shelter was removed.[6]
The Westham ward elects members to Dorset Council.