Honingham

Human settlement in England

Honingham^[2]

District

Broadland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR9PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°39′48″N 1°06′30″E / 52.66345°N 1.10838°E / 52.66345; 1.10838

Honingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located 8 miles (13 km) to the west of Norwich along the A47 trunk road. It covers an area of 10.55 km² (4.07 sq mi) and had a population of 342 in 145 households at the 2001 census,^[3] increasing to a population of 358 in 160 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. Honingham Hall was demolished in 1966.^[4]

The villages name means 'homestead/village of Huna's people'.

Notable people

Kenneth Mayhew, RMWO, World War II veteran, decorated with the highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sir Eric Teichman, British diplomat and orientalist, resident at Honingham Hall at the time of his death and was buried in the churchyard.

Notes

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Honingham Parish Council Website". Honingham Parish Council. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Honingham Hall". Retrieved 9 August 2013.