Barking, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 1 1/3 mile SW of Needham-Market, on the road to Hadleigh. The parish contains also the hamlet of Darmsden and the town of Needham-Market, the latter of which has a railway station and a head post office. Acreage, 3133; population of the civil parish, 1730; of the ecclesiastical, 417. The living is a rectory, united with the curacy of Darmsden, in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £645 with residence, in the gift of the Ashburnham family. The perpetual curacy of Needham-Market is a separate charge.
