Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARNINGHAM

BARNINGHAM, a parish in the district of Thetford and county of Suffolk; 2¾ miles S of the Little Ouse river, and 9 SE of Thetford r. station. It has a post office under Bury-St.-Edmunds. Acres, 1,586. Real property, £2,982. Pop., 489. Houses, 109. Barningham Park is the seat of R. Hunt, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Coney-Weston, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £770.* Patron, R. Hunt, Esq. The church is a brick building, with a stone tower, and has a brass of 1499. There are a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and charities £55.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barningham AP/CP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Barningham

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