civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
now in the parish of
Wangford with Henham
Wangford with Henham is a civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is around east of Halesworth, north-west of Southwold and south of Beccles.East Suffolk district, in the county of
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 90. The majority of the parish was covered by
Henham Park
Henham Park is an historic estate in the parish of Wangford with Henham, situated north of the village of Blythburgh in the English county of Suffolk. The park is bordered to the east by the A12 road and to the west by the A145, the two ro ...
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History
The name "Henham" means 'High homestead/village'. Henham was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as ''Henham''. At this time Ralph Baynard had the lordship. This subsequently passed to Robert Kerdeston remaining in his family until about 1440. It then passed to the
de la Pole family The surname Pole usually derives from "Pool", a person associated with a body of water.
The Welsh ''de la Pole''s descended from Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn take their name from the previous association with the place Welshpool. The link between the kni ...
.
Historically it was in the
Blything Hundred
Blything was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.
The origins of the hundred centre on the ancient royal estate of Blythburgh, whose hall housed the hundred's central meeting place.
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and in the Deanery of Dunwich, (Dunwich North for the period 1868 to 1914, when that deanery was administratively divided in three).
There are some medieval remains of Henham village along with a moat and church located in Tuttles Wood.
Under the
Poor Law Amendment Act 1866
Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in 1866. At the same time the hamlet of Wangford also became a distinct civil parish, but without ecclesiastical status.
Abolition
On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with
Wangford
Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southw ...