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"HONINGHAM is a neat village on the East Dereham road, 8 miles W. by N. ofNorwich. Its parish is in St. Faith's Union, and has 358 souls, and 2527acres of land, all the property of the Rt. Hon. and Rev. Henry Wm.Powlett Lord Bayning, the lord of the manor, who is rector of Brome,in Suffolk, but now resides about three months of the year at HoninghamHall, a fine Elizabethan mansion, in an extensive and well-woodedpark. It was erected (except the new south front,) by Lord Chief JusticeRichardson, and afterwards sold to the Hon. Wm. Townshend, fourth son ofViscount Townshend, who married the heiress of Lord Powlett. His sonCharles was created Lord Bayning, of Foxley (Berks.,) in 1797, andwas, for many years, ambassador to the Court of Spain. He died in 1819,and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, who died unmarried in 1823,when his brother, the present lord, succeeded.The Church (St. Andrew,) stands a mile east of the village, and theliving is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at£8.12s.6d., and in 1831 at £503, with that of East Tuddenhamannexed to it. Lord Bayning is patron, and the Rev. Wm. Smith incumbent."[William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845 - Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]
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Honingham is about 7 miles N. of Wymondham.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Archdeacon's Transcripts
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Honingham was in St Faith's Registration District.
- Honingham Tower Mill
- Description and picture.
- Honingham Water Mill
- Description, history and picture.
- Honingham V.C. Primary School
- Village Handbook.
[Honingham, The School, 1990s]
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Honingham to another place.
Honingham is in Forehoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
- Description of Forehoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Historical Outline by the PRO.
- Based on census information.
- Sambrook, J.J.
- Honingham Hall, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.34, 1969] - Great Britain: Statute
- Honingham Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Honingham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1812]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG103118 (Lat/Lon: 52.662693, 1.108073), Honingham which are provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Honingham became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.