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Ingham, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°46′44″N 1°32′38″E / 52.77889°N 1.54379°E / 52.77889; 1.54379
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Ingham
Ingham Village Sign
Ingham is located in Norfolk
Ingham
Ingham
Location within Norfolk
Area2.37 sq mi (6.1 km2)
Population362 (2021 census)
• Density153/sq mi (59/km2)
OS grid referenceTG 390 260
• London135 miles (217 km)
Civil parish
  • Ingham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR12
Dialling code01692
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°46′44″N 1°32′38″E / 52.77889°N 1.54379°E / 52.77889; 1.54379

Ingham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Ingham is located 6.9 miles (11.1 km) south-east of North Walsham and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Norwich.

History

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Ingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Inga's homestead, possibly linked to the Germanic Ingaevones tribe.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Ingham is listed as a settlement of 45 households in the hundred of Happing. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Count Alan of Brittany and St Benet's Abbey.[2]

The Lordship of Ingham was possessed at a very early date by the Ingham family. An Oliver de Ingham was living in 1183 and a John de Ingham is known to have been Lord in the reign of Richard I. The great-grandson of John, the distinguished Oliver Ingham lived here and his son-in-law Miles Stapleton of Bedale, Yorkshire, inherited jure uxoris.[3]

Ingham Old Hall has its origins in the medieval times having been built circa 1320.[4] In the 14th century the Hall was inhabited by the local Lord of the Manor, Sir Miles Stapleton, whose tomb stands in Ingham's Holy Trinity church alongside that of his father in law, Sir Oliver de Ingham.[5]

Geography

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According to the 2021 census, Ingham has a population of 362 people which shows a decrease from the 374 people recorded in the 2011 census.[6]

Holy Trinity Church

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Main article: Holy Trinity Church, Ingham

Ingham's parish church was built the 1340s by Sir Oliver Ingham and later attached to a Trinitarian Priory from the 1360s, built by Sir Miles Stapleton. Holy Trinity stands on Mill Road and has been Grade I listed since 1955.[7] The church holds Sunday service twice monthly.[8]

Holy Trinity holds several carved stone memorials to Sir Oliver Ingham and Sir Roger de Bois with his wife Lady Margaret.[9]

Amenities

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The village has one public house, The Ingham Swan, which is one of only two public houses tied to the Woodforde's Brewery of Woodbastwick in Norfolk.[10] The original building was built in the 14th century and was part of Ingham Priory until its destruction under Henry VIII in the 16th century. In Spring 2010 chef Daniel Smith and business partner Gregory Adjemian took ownership of the pub, renaming it as The Ingham Swan to avoid confusion with The Swan in nearby Stalham. The building has had much interior renovation.[10]

Governance

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Ingham is part of the electoral ward of Happisburgh for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

War Memorial

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Ingham War Memorial is a tall marble memorial located inside Holy Trinity Churchyard which lists the following names for the First World War:[11][12]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
2Lt. Charles W. S. Littlewood MC 7th Coy., Royal Engineers 10 Jul. 1917 London Cemetery
Cpl. John R. Claxton 2nd Bn., Essex Regiment 3 May 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte. Bertie J. Pestell Norfolk Regiment 11 Nov. 1916 Holy Trinity Churchyard
Pte. Alfred W. Hunt 1st Bn., Norfolk Regt. 23 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte. Robert W. Woolston 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 26 Apr. 1918 Crouy British Cemetery
Dhd. Samuel H. Rudram H.M.Trawler Thomas Cornwall 29 Oct. 1918 Chatham Naval Memorial

The following name was added after the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
LAC Walter J. Hales No. 228 Squadron RAF (Sunderlands) 25 Aug. 1942 Holy Trinity Churchyard

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Ingham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. ^ Neale, John Preston; Keux, John Le (1824). Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain: Including Screens, Fonts, Monuments, &c., &c. with Historical and Architectural Descriptions. For the proprietors by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
  4. ^ "Ingham Old Hall". inghamoldhall.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Ingham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. ^ "CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, Ingham - 1049353 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Ingham: Holy Trinity". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b "SWAN - INGHAM". www.norfolkpubs.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Ingham". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Geograph:: Ickburgh to Knapton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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