Parham, Suffolk

Description
Parham, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands on the river Ore, adjacent to the Framlingham branch of the G.E.R., 2 1/2 miles SSE of Framlingham, and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Wickham Market; money order and telegraph office, Framlingham. The parish comprises 2215 acres; population of the civil parish, 477; of the ecclesiastical, with Hackeston, 913. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Old Parham Hall, an ancient moated mansion, was the seat of the first Earl of Ufford, and passed to the Willoughbys and the Corrances, and is now occupied as a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hackeston, in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £131 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, comprising chancel, nave, N porch, and square western tower.