Binham

Binham

Coordinates: 52°55′05″N 0°56′58″E / 52.91806°N 0.94942°E / 52.91806; 0.94942

Binham
Cottages on Hindringham Road.jpg
Flint Cottages, Binham, Norfolk
Binham is located in Norfolk
Binham

 Binham shown within Norfolk
Area  11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population 232 (parish, 2001 census)
    - Density  20 /km2 (52 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TF 980 390
    - London  124 miles (200 km) 
Parish Binham CP
District North Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FAKENHAM
Postcode district NR21
Dialling code 01328
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Binham is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk[1].The village is 29.3 miles (47.2 km) north west of Norwich, 16.9 miles (27.2 km) west of Cromer and 124 miles (200 km) north north east of London. The village lies 4.9 miles (7.9 km) east south east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea.The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The civil parish has an area of 11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 273 in 124 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[2]

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History

Binham village sign, depicting the priory

Binham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085[3]. In the great book Binham is recorded by the names Benincham, and Bin(n)eham. The main landholder was Peter de Valognes. The survey mentions that there were two mills in the parish.

Binham Priory and Saint Mary Parish Church

Close to the village are the remains of the Benedictine St Mary's Priory. Today the nave of the much larger priory church has become the Church of Saint Mary and the Holy Cross and is still used as a place of worship. The remains of the priory are in the care of English Heritage.[4] Both are Grade I listed buildings [1].

References

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 24” – Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
  3. ^ The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 187, Binham, ISBN 1858334403
  4. ^ "Binham Priory". NorfolkCoast.co.uk. http://www.norfolkcoast.co.uk/articles/binhampriory.htm. Retrieved June 10, 2006. 

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