Barningham, Suffolk
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Barningham is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about twelve miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds itself. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is the homestead of Beorn's people. The Domesday Book records the population of Barningham in 1086 to be 36. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 928. It has a primary school opposite a nice local pub called the Royal George, there's a shop with a post office, further down the road is St Andrews church.
Michael Lingwood wrote a history of the village from around 1086 to the modern day, titled "Our Own People" and published by Beorn Books.
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