Here is a half a dozen good examples of Hallam place-names from around the world. If you hear of any more, E-mail me [rhallam@shaw.ca] and tell me all about them.

Hallam, Kentucky, is located in Owen County (38o31'N 84o47'W, Elevation 300 m).

Hallam, Pennsylvania, is appropriately located in the County of York (40o0'N 76o36'W Land Area 1,815,000 km2), approximately 24 miles from Harrisburg the capital of Pennsylvania and 78 miles from Washington D.C. In 1990 the population was about 1,375 within some 599 homes (32056).

Hallam Lake (25 acres in area) is located in close proximity to Aspen, Colorado, USA. The area around the lake has been turned over to very high quality residential development. Several clubs, such as snowshoe and trail riding clubs take their name from Hallam Lake.

Hallam, Nebraska (population 309, 128 homes in 1990), located (40o32'N 96o47'W Land Area 426,000 km2)in Lancaster County (P.O.Box 81, Nebraska 68368) is the site of the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility.

Hallam Peak (3219 masl) is glacier covered mountain located in the Canadian Rockies (Junction of the Cariboo and Monashee Mountain Range) just east of Kinbasket Lake in Southeastern British Columbia approximately 30 km northwest of the Mica Dam. Hallam Glacier and Hallam Peak drain via Eleanor Lake to the North Thompson River east of Wells Gray Park, B.C. The mountain and glacier were named after William Hallam, a surveyor for the province of British Columbia who drowned in the Columbia River while surveying the Big Bend Highway in 1930.

Hallam Hotel is located at 12 Hallam Street, Portland Place, W1N 5LF, London England. It is ideally situated in the heart of Central London, adjacent to Broadcasting House, home of the BBC. It is just a few minutes walk from Oxford Street and Regent Street, two of London's most famous shopping areas. Regent Park, the British Museum and Madame Tussauds are also within easy reach. All the rooms (74.50 to 90.50/night inclusive of continental breakfast) have private ensuite facilities (Tel:0171-5801166, Fax: 0171-3234527).

The local radio station in Sheffield, England is known as HallamFM, the local university is the Sheffield Hallam University.

In West Bromwich, England, there is a Hallam Street, a Hallam Court, a Hallam Methodist Church and a Hallam Day Hospital (a psychiatric facility) all within a few yards of each other and are located on what was once a field owned by a Hallam.

Hallam Road Hotel on Princes Highway in the town of Hallam, in Melbourne-East, Victoria, Australia (VIC 3803, Tel: (03) 9703-1148). Hallam, Melbourne is home to a number of commercial enterprises and it is expected that the Hallam Valley Pony Club, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is likely located not to far away.