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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barningham like this:
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.
Barningham is now part of WEST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barningham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barningham, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7016
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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