Editing Ingham, Norfolk

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{{Infobox UK place
 | official_name=       Ingham
 | country=               England
 | region=                East of England
 | shire_district=        [[North Norfolk]]
 | shire_county=          [[Norfolk]]
 | civil_parish=          Ingham
 | static_image_name =    The Church and Pub at Ingham.jpg
 | static_image_caption = [[Holy Trinity Church, Ingham]]<br/> and the Ingham Swan Public House
 | population=            374
 | area_total_km2    = 6.13
 | population_ref    = (2011 census)
 | population_density=
 | os_grid_reference=     TG 390 260
 | coordinates  = {{coord|52.77889|1.54379|display=inline,title}}
 | label_position =top
 | post_town=             NORWICH
 | postcode_area=         NR
 | postcode_district=     NR12
 | dial_code=             01692
 | constituency_westminster= [[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]]
 | london_distance= {{convert|135|mi|km}}
}}

'''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 {{convert|2|mi}} from [[Sea Palling]] on the [[North Sea]] coast.<ref name=osolei40>Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 – The Broads''. {{ISBN|0-319-23769-9}}.</ref>

The civil parish has an area of {{convert|1510|acre|ha|abbr=on}} and in the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] had a population of 376 in 153 households, falling slightly to 374 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125003&c=NR12+0TE&d=16&e=62&g=6449839&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1441360413388&enc=1|title=civil Parish population 2011|access-date=4 September 2015}}</ref> For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[North Norfolk]].<ref name=osnncc>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>

There are the remains of a [[priory]] and the Ingham [[Allotment (gardening)#United Kingdom|Poor's Allotment]].

==History==
Ingham is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as the village of Hincham<ref>The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Norfolk page 190, {{ISBN|1-85833-440-3}}</ref> in the hundred of Happing.<ref>[http://opendomesday.org/place/TG3926/ingham/ Open Domesday: Ingham (Norfolk)]</ref> Possible [[etymology|etymologies]] are "homestead or village of [a man called] Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient [[Germanic tribes|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 (died 1466)|Miles Stapleton]] of [[Bedale]], [[Yorkshire]], inherited jure uxoris.<ref name=Views>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gtoDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA17-IA28&lpg=PA17 Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain: Including Screens, Fonts, Monuments, &c., &c, Volume 1. By John Preston Neale, John Le Keux; For the proprietors by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824; page 17.]</ref>

Ingham Old Hall has its origins in the medieval times having been built circa 1320.<ref name=IOH_history>[http://inghamoldhall.co.uk/history.html Ingham Old Hall Residential Care Home History]</ref> In the 14th century the Hall was inhabited by the local Lord of the Manor, Sir Miles Stapleton, whose tomb stands in Ingham's [[Holy Trinity Church, Ingham|Holy Trinity church]] alongside that of his father in law, Sir Oliver de Ingham.<ref name=NH>[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ingham/ingham.htm Norfolk Churches: Ingham]</ref>

==Amenities==
[[File:Ingham Sign.jpg|thumb|Ingham village sign]]
The village has one public house, The Ingham Swan, which is one of only two public houses tied to the [[Woodforde's Brewery]] of [[Woodbastwick]] in Norfolk.<ref>[http://www.woodfordes.co.uk/index.html]/Brewery website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119234426/http://www.woodfordes.co.uk/index.html |date=19 November 2008 }}</ref> The original building was built in the 14th century and was part of [[Ingham Priory]] until its destruction under [[Henry VIII]] in the 16th century. In spring 2010 chef Daniel Smith and business partner Gregory Adjemian took ownership of the pub, renaming it as The Ingham Swan to avoid confusion with The Swan in nearby [[Stalham]]. The building has had much interior renovation.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{oscoor gbx|TG390260_region:GB_scale:100000}}
*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/i/ingham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Ingham.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080123114530/http://www.eng-villages.co.uk/ingham.html More information] on Ingham.
*[http://www.theinghamswan.co.uk The Ingham Swan website].
*[http://www.theinghamswan.co.uk/subscribe The Ingham Swan email subscription link].

==External links==
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[[Category:North Norfolk]]
[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]