Exning, Suffolk
Historical Description
Exning or Ixning, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands in an isolated part of the county, near Icknield Street, 1¼ mile from Burwell station on the G.E.R., and 2 miles NW from Newmarket, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Newmarket. The parish contains also the Newmarket workhouse. Acreage, 4987; population of the civil parish, 2757; of the ecclesiastical parish of St Agnes, 227; of St Martin with Landwade, 2420. The family of Shepherd had formerly a seat here, and St Etheldreda, the founder of Ely Abbey, was a native. Exning Hall is the residence of the Baird family. The living is a vicarage, united with Landwade, in the diocese of Ely; net value, £320 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church, which is an ancient building of flint and stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, has a tower, contains remains of brasses and armorial bearings, and is good. St Philip's Church, erected in 1894, is a mission church in St Martin's parish, about half a mile from Newmarket. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Shepherd's charity for the poor has £100, and other charities have £20. There is an estate, the proceeds of which are devoted to the church. Part of the town of Newmarket is hi this parish, Exton, a hamlet in Woodbury parish, Devonshire. Exton, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands 1½ mile N by E of Droxford, and 5 NE of Bishops Waltham station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Bishops Waltham. The parish comprises 3567 acres; population of the civil parish, 285; of the ecclesiastical, 238. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was rebuilt in 1847, and is in the Early English style.
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 | Exning St. Martin | |
| Hundred | Lackford | |
| Poor Law union | Newmarket |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Cemeteries
The Cemetery of 2 acres was formed in 1886, at a cost of £1,200.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1558.
Churches
Church of England
St. Martin (parish church)
The church of St. Martin is an ancient structure of flint with stone dressings, in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, south porch with a small parvise over it, and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and 5 bells: the stained east window, erected in 1901, is a memorial to Mr. Mathew Dawson and his wife, and in the chancel are two ancient tombs, one of which formerly bore the brass effigy of a priest: both are destitute of inscription: the church was partly reseated in 1892, and now affords 500 sittings.
St. Philip's Mission church
St. Philip's mission church is an iron structure seating 150 persons.
Methodist
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Exning from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Exning (St. Martin))
- Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1912
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Exning 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: