Little Barningham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Little Barningham is located 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Cromer and 19 miles (31 km) north of Norwich.
Little Barningham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the smaller homestead of Beorn's people.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Little Barningham is listed as a settlement of 31 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, William de Warenne, William de Beaufeu and Robert, son of Corbucion.[2]
During the Second World War, parts of the parish became RAF Matlaske, a satellite airfield for RAF Coltishall. After the war, the airfield returned to agricultural use.[3]
According to the 2021 census, Little Barningham has a population of 124 people which shows an increase from the 111 people recorded in the 2011 census.[4]
Little Barningham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from medieval period, though it was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located on 'The Street' and has been Grade II listed since 1960.[5] The church is no longer open for Sunday service.[6]
St. Andrew's features a rare boxed-pew with an elaborate woodern carving of Death on top which is dated from 1640. The carving is a replacement after the original was stolen in 1995.[7]
Little Barningham is part of the electoral ward of Gresham for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.
Little Barningham War Memorial is a wheel-cross monument in St. Andrew's Churchyard[8] which lists the following names for the First World War:[9][10]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pte. | Joseph Rowe | 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards | 25 Oct. 1914 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | Arthur Bartram | 1st Bn., Essex Regiment | 5 Oct. 1917 | Denain Cemetery |
| Pte. | Fred Ayton | 1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment | 19 Aug. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | George Goffin | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 22 Feb. 1920 | St. Andrew's Churchyard |
| Pte. | George E. Mann | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 1 Oct. 1915 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Alfred J. Ford | 8th Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment | 29 Apr. 1916 | Fort Pitt Military Cemetery |
| Pte. | Kenneth M. Newstead | 5th Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers | 25 Nov. 1917 | Jerusalem War Cemetery |
| Pte. | E. Charles Baxter | 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment | 6 Aug. 1918 | Pernes British Cemetery |
The following names were added after the Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gdsm. | Leslie Riches | 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards | 27 May 1941 | Alamein Memorial |
| Gdsm. | Oliver G. Riches | 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards | 21 May 1940 | Dunkirk Memorial |
| Pte. | Leonard W. Dennis | Pioneer Corps | 22 Feb. 1945 | St. Andrew's Churchyard |
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