DENNINGTON, a parish and a sub-district in Hoxne district, Suffolk. The parish lies at the head of the river Alde, 2½ miles N of Framlingham r. station; and has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 3, 262. Real property, £5, 944. Pop., 895. Houses, 205. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Phelips, one of whom was Lord Bardolph; and passed first to the Beaumonts, then to the Rouses, now Earls of Stradbroke. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £841. Patron, the Rev. E.Alston. The church is an edifice of flint and stone, with lofty, square, pinnacled tower; had anciently two chantries; contains monuments of the Rouses and the Wingfields; and is very good. Charities, £90.—The sub-district contains fourteen parishes. Acres, 26, 543. Pop., 7, 002. Houses, 1, 542.

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