Binham, Norfolk

Description
Binham or Binham Abbey, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 4 miles NE of Walsingham station on the G. E.R., and 5 SE of Wells, and has a post and money order office under Wighton (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Walsingham. It is pleasant and picturesque, much visited in summer by parties at the watering-places, and retains the shaft of an ancient market cross. A Benedictine abbey was founded here in 1104 by Peter de Valoines, the church of which still stands, and is used as the parish church. The nave has two pure Early Norman arcades, and the west front is very fine Early English. The parish comprises 2293 acres; population, 466. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £125. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1868, and some small charities. Binham received a charter for a market and fair from Henry I., and the latter is still held on 26 July.