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Barnham

Description

Barnham, a parish in Suffolk, on the Little Ouse river, having a station on the Bury and Thetford railway, 2 1/2 miles S from Thetford, which is the post and money order office; telegraph office, Euston. Acreage, 5291; population, 454. Some tumuli in the N are supposed to mark the scene of a conflict in 870 between King Edward the Elder and the Danes. An ivy-clad square tower belonged to the church of the extinct or incorporated parish of Barnham-St-Martin. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Euston and Fakenham Parva, in the diocese of Ely, in the gift of the Duke of Grafton. The church was restored and enlarged in 1864.

Record Sources

1911 Barnham Census
1901 Barnham Census
1891 Barnham Census
1881 Barnham Census
1861 Barnham Census
1851 Barnham Census
1841 Barnham Census

British Phone Books 1880-1984

Birth, Marriage & Death Records
 


Last updated: 31st August 2010