Barnham, Suffolk
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Barnham is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. It is about three miles south of Thetford. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "Beorn's homestead". The Domesday Book records the population of Barnham in 1086 to be 36. The 2001 census indicates a population of 571.
From 1808 to 1814, Barnham hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth.
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