Ingham, Norfolk
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 Ingham Church and the Swan Public House |
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| Ingham shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population | 374 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG 390 260 |
| • London | 135 miles (217 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR12 |
| Dialling code | 01692 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Ingham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies close to the village of Stalham, and is about 2 miles from Sea Palling on the North Sea coast.
The civil parish has an area of 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 376 in 153 households, falling slightly to 374 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
There are the remains of a priory and the Ingham Poor's Allotment.
Ingham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the village of Hincham in the hundred of Happing. Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of [a man called] Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
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. The great grandson of John, the distinguished Oliver Ingham lived here and his son-in-law Miles Stapleton of Bedale, Yorkshire, inherited jure uxoris.
Ingham Old Hall has its origins in the medieval times having been built circa 1320. In the fourteenth 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.
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