Henham, Suffolk

Henham
Henham Location within Suffolk
Civil parish	Wangford with Henham
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°20′57″N1°35′59″E / 52.349053°N 1.5997968°E / 52.349053; 1.5997968

Henham is a former civil parish now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 90. ^[1] The majority of the parish was covered by Henham Park. ^[2]

History

The name "Henham" means 'High homestead/village'. ^[3] Henham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Henham. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

Historically it was in the Blything Hundred and in the Deanery of Dunwich, (Dunwich North for the period 1868 to 1914, when that deanery was administratively divided in three). ^[6]

There are some medieval remains of Henham village along with a moat and church located in Tuttles Wood. ^[7]

Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866 Henham became a civil parish in 1866. ^[8] 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 to form "Wangford with Henham". ^[9]

References

1. "Population statistics Henham CP/Hmlt through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. "Henham" (PDF). Heritage Suffolk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
3. "Henham Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
4. "Suffolk F-H". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
5. John Kirby (1764). The Suffolk Traveller. London: J. Shave.
6. Parish: Henham, Heritage Suffolk (PDF). Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
7. "HAM 005 - Medieval moat and earthworks of Henham village - Suffolk Heritage Explorer". heritage.suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
8. "Relationships and changes Henham CP/Hmlt through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
9. "The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2020.