Barsham, Suffolk
Barsham | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Beccles | |
Postcode district | NR34 | |
Dialling code | 01502 | |
UK Parliament | ||
Barsham is a village and
At the 2011 United Kingdom census the parish had a population of 215.[1] The parish council is jointly operated with neighbouring Shipmeadow,[3] with the two parishes sharing a village hall. Other than this and the parish church, there are no services in the parish.[2]
The parish borders the parishes of Beccles, Shipmeadow, Ringsfield and Ilketshall St Andrew. The River Waveney marks the county boundary with Norfolk and the parishes of Geldeston and Gillingham border Barsham to the north of the river.[1]
History
Barsham Holy Trinity
Mary Echyngham, Sir Edward's younger daughter, married John Blennerhasset and they lived at Barsham Hall, on the edge of the Waveney meadows below the church, and rebuilt or remodelled it. John's son Thomas Blennerhasset inherited it in 1573 and in 1598 sold it, together with all the other very extensive rights, lands and messuages in many surrounding parishes, to Sir Robert Lee (who became Lord Mayor of London in 1602), for £3,600. Sir Robert died in 1605 having settled Barsham manor on his son (Sir) John Lee, then in his minority. In 1623 Sir John Lee sold the same premises for an undisclosed sum to Sir John Suckling, Comptroller of the Household, who had acquired the neighbouring estate of Roos Hall as his residence in 1600. From his time Barsham descended in the Suckling family.[14]
Between 1972 and 1976, Barsham was the site of Barsham Faire.[16]
Notes
- Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.[8][10] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.[9]
References
- ^ East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ a b Barsham and Shipmeadow, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ Barsham and Shipmeadow parish council. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ Knott S (2008) Holy Trinity, Barsham, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2009-04-24
- ^ Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Knott S Suffolk churches with round towers, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Waveney District Council Listed Buildings in Waveney District Area[permanent dead link], 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-20
- ^ Will of Sir Edward Echyngham of Barsham (P.C.C. 1527).
- ^ F.H. Suckling, 'Some Notes on Barsham juxta Beccles, co. Suffolk', The Genealogist XXI (1905), pp. 124-42, 243-50, and XXII (1906), pp. 52-61 (Internet Archive), 128-34, 149-54 and 212-22.
- ^ F.H. Suckling, 'Some notes upon Barsham juxta Beccles, Co. Suffolk' (fifth part), The Genealogist XXII, pp. 149-54 (Internet Archive).
- ^ English Heritage Images of England - The Rectory, Barsham. Retrieved 2009-04-24
- ^ Fairs Archive. Retrieved 2020-01-06
External links
Media related to Barsham at Wikimedia Commons