Ingham, Suffolk

Infobox UK place
official_name= Ingham
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL850700
latitude= 52.3041
longitude= 0.7199
post_town= BURY ST EDMUNDS
postcode_area= IP
postcode_district= IP31
dial_code= 01284
constituency_westminster= Bury St Edmunds
population=419 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=799847&c=Ingham&d=16&e=15&g=488648&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1193280388334&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 2001 census] ]
civil_parish= Ingham
shire_district= St Edmundsbury
shire_county= Suffolk

Ingham is a small village in Suffolk, England, located about six miles north of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 to Thetford in Norfolk. The village boasts a single church, post office and a pub, the Cadogan Arms which closed in 2006 for refurbishment.

Ingham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).

The Church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew and is Church of England. The post office provides some local library links. The village school closed in the mid 1980s as a result of declining numbers, despite the expansion of the village with the new housing estate in the 1960s and 1970s. Locals are mainly employed in Bury St Edmunds or Thetford, commuting to work, though some work locally in agriculture or transport industries.

Situated on a slight rise north of Bury St Edmunds the village has a large green, formerly including school playing fields to the east of the main road reached by a lane between the Church and the Post Office. Beyond the green lies the abandoned railway cutting - the line and Ingham railway station closed in the 1950s, though Ingham is still served by buses.

Thetford Forest lies a few miles to the north east.

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