What is "isham"

Isham is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is on the A509 road, three miles south of Kettering and a mile to the west of Burton Latimer. The River Ise is to the east of the village. Administratively, it forms part of the borough of Wellingborough. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 772 people.

A bypass west of the village is planned by the county council. HMS Isham, a Ham class minesweeper was named after the village.

Isham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ashley Isham (Eshamuddin Ismail)
• Sir Charles Isham, 10th Baronet (1819 - 1903)
• Christopher Isham, theoretical physicist (b. 1944)
• Edmund Isham (1744?–1817), an academic administrator at the University of Oxford
• Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet (1690-1772)
• Elizabeth Isham (c.1608-1654), writer
• Euseby Isham, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
• Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet (1903-1976)
• Heyward Isham (1926 - 2009)
• Isham Baronets of Lamport Hall in the County of Northamptonshire
• John Isham (disambiguation)
• Sir John Isham, 1st Baronet (1582-1651)
• John William Isham (b. 1866), an American vaudeville impresario who was known for his Octoroons show
• Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet (1610 – 1675)
• Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet (1658-1730)
• Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet (1687-1737)
• Sir Justinian Isham, 7th Baronet (1740-1818)
• Mark Isham (b. 1951)
• Norman Isham (1864-1943)
• Samuel Isham (1855–1914), painter
• Sir Thomas Isham, 3rd Baronet (1656-1681)
• Wayne Isham (b. 1958), video director
• Willard W. Isham (1820-1876), American politician
• Zacheus Isham (1651–1705), clergyman and religious author