Place:


Banham  Norfolk

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Banham like this:

BANHAM, a parish and a subdistrict, in the district of Guiltcross, Norfolk. The parish lies 2½ miles SW of New Buckenham, and 4 E of Eccles Road r. station; and has a post office under Attleborough. Acres, 3,963. Real property, £8,131. Pop., 1,163. Houses, 253. The property is much subdivided. ...


The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,000.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities, £136.-The subdistrict contains eight parishes. Acres, 18,681. Pop., 5,516. Houses, 1,243.

Banham through time

Banham is now part of Breckland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Breckland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Banham itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Banham, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2653

Date accessed: 31st October 2024


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