Banham Norfolk Family History Guide

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Banham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1685

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

  • Winfarthing
  • New Buckenham
  • Carleton Rode
  • Kenninghall
  • Quidenham
  • Wilby
  • Old Buckenham
  • Tibenham
  • Eccles
  • Shelfanger

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BANHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Guilt-Cross, W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Attleborough; containing 1165 inhabitants.

It comprises about 4000 acres of rich loamy land, belonging to various proprietors: the village is situated on a gentle eminence.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £9. 3. 6½., and in the patronage of the Crown, with a net income of £800: the glebe comprises 34 acres. The church, a large handsome building with a square tower surmounted by a wooden spire, was founded by Sir Hugh Bardolp, Knt., whose effigy is in a chapel belonging to the church, and some trifling remains of whose family seat are still visible in the parish.

There are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.

About 150 acres of fen land were awarded for the benefit of the poor, at the inclosure.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Norfolk, Banham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Banham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Norfolk, Banham – Church records ( 1 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Banham; Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Banham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court books, 1690-1884
Author: Court rolls for the manors of Banham, Mareschalls, Greys,Beckhall and Hockham, 1690-1884; Manor of Hockham (Norfolk); Manor of Banham Heath (Norfolk); Manor of Marshalls (Norfolk); Manor of Greys (Norfolk)

Administration

  • County: Norfolk
  • Civil Registration District: Guiltcross
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Rockland
  • Poor Law Union: Guiltcross
  • Hundred: Guiltcross
  • Province: Canterbury