united in 1933 with Buttermere, and in 1956 with Shalbourne. Today the parish forms part of the Savernake team ministry. Local government Ham has an elected parish council. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority which is responsible for almost all aspects of local government. Notable people Lytton Strachey and Ralph Partridge, members of the Bloomsbury Group, bought Ham Spray House for £2,300 and moved there in 1924. Several of that group and other writers and artists spent time there until Ralph died in 1960, including: Dora Carrington (1893–1932), painter and decorative artist Frances Partridge (1900–2004), writer and diarist Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), writer and biographer Stephen Tomlin (1901–1937), artist Henrietta Bingham (1901–1958), American journalist, newspaper executive and horse breeder Amenities Ham has a village hall and a pub, the Crown and Anchor. See also Carrington – 1995 biographical film, partly set at Ham Spray House References External links Ham Village website Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire