Banningham is a village within the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Colby

Colby

- People :As a surname:* Anita Colby , actress* Anthony Colby , Governor of New Hampshire* Bainbridge Colby * Barbara Colby , actress* C.B...

 in the English

England

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 county of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

.The village is 2.9 miles north east of Aylsham

Aylsham

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...

, 14.7 miles west north of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

 and 129 miles north east of London

London

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. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham Railway station

North Walsham railway station

North Walsham is a railway station in the town of North Walsham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham...

 where the Bittern Line

Bittern Line

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 from Cromer

Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...

 to Norwich

Norwich

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 can be accessed and the national rail network beyond. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport

Norwich International Airport

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. The village lies a small distance east from the A140

A140 road

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 Cromer

Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...

 to Norwich

Norwich

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 road.

History

Banningham has an entry in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086. In the great book Banningham is recorded by the names Banincha, and Hamingeha. The main landholders are William de Warenne

William de Warenne

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 and the Abbot of Holm. The main tenant is Roger holding his land from Reynald FitzIvo.

Amenities

• The village has a thriving village hall that holds all kinds of events weekly and annually
• The village pub dates from the 17th century and is called the Crown. The pub has a good selection of real ale and is listed by CAMRA. The pub Serves food and often has live music and quiz’s.

Saint Botolph parish church

The parish church dates from the 14th century. The churches most notable feature is its steep pitched hammerbeam roof with seven angels along each side. The spandrels are adorned with tracery in wheels and other elaborate forms. Two of the windows have 15th century glass in the tracery. In the north window stain glass depicts Archangel Gabriel calling Mary. the interior also has several wall paintings, notably one of Saint George

Saint George

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 slaying the Dragon

Dragon

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, and one of the feet of Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher

.Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...

. The church is a Grade I listed building http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=224474.

Notable people

• Edward Bickersteth (1850–1897) was the Bishop of South Tokyo
  Bishop of South Tokyo
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   from 1886 until his premature death. Born at Banningham, Norfolk into a noted ecclesiastical family (his father was the Bishop of Exeter
  Bishop of Exeter
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  from 1885 to 1900)