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"BINHAM, 5 miles S.E. by E. of Wells, and 3 miles N.E. by E. of Walsingham, is a parish and large village, with 502 inhabitants, and 2,241A. 1R. 3P. of land, of which, Thomas Truesdale Clarke, Esq., is principal owner and lord of the manor . . . Binham had a charter from Henry I., for a weekly market on Wednesday, and a fair on the Vigil of St. Mary and three following days; and the latter is still continued on July 26th. This village is noted for the extensive ruins of its once splendid PRIORY, forming a highly interesting and picturesque object, in the vale of the river Stiffkey, and founded by Peter Lord Valoins, a nephew of the Norman Conqueror, and Albreda, his wife, for Benedictine monks . . . Of the once spacious conventual CHURCH, only the nave, with the chief part of the grand western front, and fragments of the transepts, remain. . . The nave is appropriated as the parish church. . . . The Rev. Wm. Upjohn, A.M., of Field-Dalling, is the incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Binham is about 7 miles N.E. of Fakenham.
See also Bintry/Bintree.
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- Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- Transcriptions of memorials in the churchyard - follow link under "History".
- Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| St Mary, Binham, Church of England |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| St Mary, Binham, Church of England |
| Chapel, Binham, Primitive Methodist |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and the Holy Cross.
It was formerly the nave of the much larger priory church.
- Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- Services, description, history, pictures, plans, documents, parish registers, churchyard memorials, etc.
There is a lot of information here. - Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- Description and pictures.
- Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- Services, etc.
- Gamon, Gilbert P.
- Views of the Priory Church of St Mary, at Binham, Norfolk.
[London, Ede, Allom and Townsend, 1900s] - Hundleby, A.R.
- The Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross and the Monastic Precinct, Binham.
[Binham, Binham Parochial Church Council, 2004]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials - follow link under "History".
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Binham was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Binham Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Binham Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Binham Tower Mill
- Description and history.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Binham to another place.
Binham is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Workers Educational Association, Binham Group
- Binham: a social survey by the Binham W.E.A. student group, session 1942-43.
[Cambridge, W.E.A., 1943]
- Burstall, E.B.
- The Pastons and their Manor of Binham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.30, 1952] - Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- The Chequers Inn Binham: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1994]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF984398 (Lat/Lon: 52.919305, 0.949286), Binham which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Binham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
- Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1851 Census
- "In Binham Parish an apparent decrease of houses arises from an erroneous construction of the term "house," in 1841."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Westgate."
- Binham Local History Group
- Membership, talks, etc.