Honington, Suffolk
Historical Description
Honington, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village is near the Upper Ouse, an affluent of the Little Ouse, 7 miles SE from Thetford station and 8½ from Bury St Edmunds station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Bury St Edmunds; money order and telegraph office, Ixworth, The parish comprises 1201 acres; population, 259. The manor belongs to the Duke of Grafton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £227 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is built of flint, showing Norman, Decorated, and Perpendicular work, with tiled roof. The tower is of flint with stone dressings, and contains three bells. The porch is of East Anglian 15th century work, and is very beautiful. A small brass has 1594 date. The local charities are endowed with 46½ acres of land. Robert Bloom-field the pastoral poet was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Honington All Saints | |
Hundred | Blackbourn | |
Poor Law union | Thetford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Honington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Honington (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Honington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: