Honingham is a village and
civil parish
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in the
English county
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of
Norfolk
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.
Honingham is located east of
Dereham
Dereham (), also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District of the England, English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about west of the city of Norwich ...
and west of
Norwich
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along the
A47 and the
River Tud.
History
A hoard of
Iceni
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silver coins were found in the parish in 1954 which were likely buried during the
Boudican Revolt
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of 60 AD.
Honingham's name is of
Anglo-Saxon
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origin and derives from the
Old English
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for the homestead of ''Huna's'' people.
In the
Domesday Book
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, Honingham is listed as a settlement of 22 households
hundred
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In mathematics
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of Forehoe. In 1086, the village was part of the
East Anglian estates of
Alan, Count of Brittany.
During the
Second World War
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, parts of the parish became
RAF Attlebridge which was used by
No. 2 Group RAF, the
319th Bombardment Group and the
466th Bombardment Group.
Geography
According to the
2021 census, Honingham has a population of 374 people which shows an increase from the 358 people recorded in the
2011 census.
The
River Tud passes through the village as does the
A47, between
Birmingham
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and
Lowestoft
Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK se ...
.
St. Andrew's Church
Honingham's parish church is dedicated to
Saint Andrew
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The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Church stems from the Gospel of Jo ...
and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located on Dereham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1961. The church is no longer open for Sunday service.
St. Andrew's was heavily restored during the
Victorian era
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and features stained-glass windows designed by George W. Taylor.
Honingham Hall
Honingham Hall was built in the Seventeenth Century and remained a private residence until it became a
Barnardo's Home during the
Second World War
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. The building was demolished in the 1960s.
Notable Residents
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Richard Catlyn MP- (1520-1556) politician, Lord of Honingham Hall.
*
Sir Thomas Richardson MP- (1659-1635) judge &
Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord of Honingham Hall.
*
Richard Baylie
Richard Baylie (1585 – 27 July 1667) was twice President of St John's College, Oxford, twice Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Archdeacon of Nottingham and Dean of the Salisbury Cathedral.
Baylie was President of St John's College, Oxford ...
- (1585-1667)
University of Oxford
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administrator & clergyman, Lord of Honingham Hall.
*
Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning- (1588-1629) peer, Lord of Honingham Hall.
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William Townshend MP- (1702-1738) politician, Lord of Honingham Hall.
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Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning- (1728-1810) politician, Lord of Honinghall Hall.
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Charles Powlett MP, 2nd Baron Bayning- (1785-1823) peer & politician, Lord of Honingham Hall.
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Henry William-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bayning- (1797-1866) peer & clergyman, Lord of Honingham Hall.
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Clare Sewell Read MP- (1826-1905) agriculturalist and politician, lived in Honingham.
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Ailwyn Fellowes KCVO KBE, 1st Baron Ailwyn- (1855-1924) businessman, farmer & politician, Lord of Honingham Hall.
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Sir Eric Teichman- (1884-1944) diplomat & orientalist, Lord of Honingham Hall.
Governance
Honingham is part of the
electoral ward
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of Great Witchingham for local elections and is part of the
district
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of
Broadland
Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based at the Broadland Business Park on the outskirts of Norwich. The district includes the towns of Acle, Aylsham, Reepham, Spro ...
.
The village's national constituency is
Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the
Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
War Memorial
Honingham War Memorial is a wooden triptych at the junction of The Street and Hall Drive which was erected by a committee led by
Ailwyn Fellowes and dedicated in 1919 by
Bertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich. The memorial lists the following names for the
First World War
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:
References
External links
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
Broadland
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