Ingham is a small village and
civil parish
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in the English
county
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of
Norfolk
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.
Ingham is located south-east of
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. The town is located south of Cromer and Norwich is south.
Demography
The civil parish has an area of ...
and north-east of
Norwich
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.
History
Ingham's name is of
Anglo-Saxon
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origin and derives from the
Old English
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for ''Inga's'' homestead, possibly linked to the
Germanic ''
Ingaevones
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'' tribe.
In the
Domesday Book
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, Ingham is listed as a settlement of 45 households in the
hundred
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of Happing. In 1086, the village was divided between the
East Anglian estates of
Count Alan of Brittany and
St Benet's Abbey.
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
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. The great-grandson of John, the distinguished
Oliver Ingham lived here and his son-in-law
Miles Stapleton of
Bedale,
Yorkshire
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, inherited jure uxoris.
Ingham Old Hall has its origins in the medieval times having been built circa 1320. 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.
Geography
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.
Holy Trinity Church
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. The church holds Sunday service twice monthly.
Holy Trinity holds several carved stone memorials to Sir Oliver Ingham and Sir Roger de Bois with his wife Lady Margaret.
Amenities
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.
The original building was built in the 14th century and was part of
Ingham Priory until its destruction under
Henry VIII
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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.
Governance
Ingham is part of the
electoral ward
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of Happisburgh for local elections and is part of the
district
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of
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham. The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Shering ...
.
The village's national constituency is
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham. The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Shering ...
, which has been represented by the
Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.
War Memorial
Ingham War Memorial is a tall marble memorial located inside Holy Trinity Churchyard which lists the following names for the
First World War
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:
The following name was added after the
Second World War
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:
References
External links
Information from Genuki Norfolkon Ingham.
on Ingham.
The Ingham Swan websiteThe Ingham Swan email subscription link
External links
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Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk