Banham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Diss, 12 miles (19 km) east of Thetford and 20 miles (32 km) south west of Norwich.^[1]

The civil parish has an area of 16.17 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,443 in 573 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.^[2]

The village received extensive publicity in 2005 when the contents of 'The Old Rectory' in Banham were auctioned. This auction is said to be one of the largest private antique auctions in Suffolk for more than a decade. Contents sold included the haunted portrait of Henrietta Nelson which was returned to Yaxley Hall after more than a century.

References

• ^  Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston. ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
• ^  Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

• Diss Express - village's local newspaper website

• Map sources for Banham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Banham.

Coordinates: 52.45091° N 1.03746° E

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