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BARHAM:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

[Transcribed and edited information from The Victoria County History series- 1932]

"BARHAM, the parish of Barham comprises four large farms, a church, an inn, and a few houses, and it has a diminishing population. The land rises from Woolley Brook which runs through the south-western side of the parish, where it is about 100ft. above sea-level to a little under 200 ft. towards the north. The soil is clay, and the parish is about half permanent grass and half arable land; cereals and beans are grown.

The village lies on high ground in the middle of the parish on the road from Spaldwick to Buckworth. The church is located at the north end of the village, and near to it are two timber-framed thatched cottages. South of the church is an 18th century farmhouse built of stone and brick with a tiled roof.

An inclosure award is dated 28th December 1780. The civil parish was abolished in 1935, and the ecclesiastical parish was abolished in 1965, to help create Barham and Woolley parish. "