[2] The Domesday book of 1086 recorded a settlement of twenty households at Hame, on land held by the Bishop of Winchester.

In 1541 it was granted to the chapter of Winchester Cathedral, who retained ownership until the manor and land were sold in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A National School was built opposite the Crown and Anchor in 1874, replacing a small schoolroom which was attended by 61 pupils on return day in 1871.

Restoration during the 18th century saw the tower refaced and a north porch added; inside a west gallery was inserted, lit by a dormer window on each side.

Lytton Strachey and Ralph Partridge, members of the Bloomsbury Group, bought Ham Spray House for £2,300 and moved there in 1924.

[15] Several of that group and other writers and artists spent time there until Ralph died in 1960, including:[16] Ham has a village hall and a pub, the Crown and Anchor.