Binham
| Binham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Flint Cottages, Binham, Norfolk | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | 9800&y=3 3900&z=120 TF 980 390 |
| Location: | 52°55’5"N, 0°56’56"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 319 (2021) |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Binham is a village in Norfolk, in the north of the county; thirty miles north-west of Norwich, 17 miles west of Cromer, and five miles east of Wells-next-the-Sea.
History
Binham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.[1] Despite its Anglo-Saxon origins, there is evidence of human settlement within the parish from long before this period. There are archaeological records such as Neolithic tools and Roman coins and pottery.[2]
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1085 under the name of Benincham, and Bin(n)eham as a settlement of 65 households in the North Greenhoe Hundred. Binham was part of the estates of Peter de Valognes and featured two mills within the parish.[3]
Numerous 17th-century buildings are found within Binham, which are all Grade II listed, including Chapel Corner,[4] Manor Farmhouse[5] and Ivy Farm.[6] Between 2009 and 2023 a series of archaeological test pits were dug in the parish.[7] The report was published in 2017.[8][citation needed]
1990 aircraft incident
On Wednesday 2 May 1990 General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark '70-2368' of the 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath had an engine fire, from a fan disc failure, and crashed three miles south of Blakeney Point. Part of the aircraft went through a cottage roof.
The aircrew landed near Wighton.[9][10]
Geography
Amenities within the village include a shop and petrol station and a public house. The Chequers Inn is Grade II listed and dates to the 17th-century.[11]
Binham Priory and St. Mary's church
- Main article: Binham Priory
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 St 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. Both are Grade I listed buildings.[12]
Binham Market Cross
It is one of the best surviving examples of a mediæval standing cross in Norfolk. It is situated on the triangular green in the centre of the village near the church. The 15th-century cross is built of Barnack limestone and consists of a socket stone and separate shaft. The six-foot tall base is made of mortared flint rubble with stepped courses of stone blocks, capped by a platform of thin slabs.
The weathered remains of an ornamental moulding can still be seen partway up the shaft, but the stone cross that originally topped the shaft is missing.
Many cross-heads were destroyed by iconoclasts during the 16th and 17th centuries. Following the grant of a charter by King Henry I granted the village a charter, so that an annual fair and a weekly market could be held here from the early 12th century, and fairs were allowed to be convened on the green until the early 1950s.[13]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "Parish-Summary-Binham-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF166-Parish-Summary-Binham-(Parish-Summary).
- ↑ Binham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049505: Chapel Corner, Binham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049508: Manor Farmhouse, Binham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1373635: South-West Barn at Ivy Farmhouse, Binham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Binham". https://www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/reports/norfolk/binham.
- ↑ "Binham". https://www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/reports/norfolk/binham.
- ↑ 1990 F-111 crash
- ↑ EDP April 2011
- ↑ National Heritage List 1170727: Chequers Inn, Binham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1170780: Church of St Mary, Binham (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "History of Binham Market Cross". https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/binham-market-cross/history/.