Bantham is located within South Hams local authority area. Historically it formed part of Stanborough Hundred and is a hamlet of the parish of Thurlestone.

You can look for other material on the community by using the place search on the main local studies database. Further historical information is also available on the Genuki website

Maps: The image below is of the Bantham area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.

On the County Series Ordnance Survey mapping the area is to be found on 1:2,500 sheet 135/4 Six inch (1:10560) sheet 135NE
The National Grid reference for the centre of the area is SX669439. On the post 1945 National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping the sheets are: 1:10,000 (six inch to a mile: sheet SX64SE, 1:25,000 mapping: sheet Outdoor Leisure 20, Landranger (1:50,000) mapping: sheet 202. Geological sheet 355 also covers the area.