Finningham
Sign in to saveFinningham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in the East of England, located approximately 7.5 miles north of Stowmarket and 16 miles from the county town of Ipswich. In 2011 its population was 480.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Finningham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Finningham Church - geograph.org.uk - 356348.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St. Bartholomew, Finningham
- UK place.population
- 480
- UK place.population_ref
- (2005) 480 (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Stowmarket
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP14
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
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- Etymology
- History
- Church of St. Bartholomew
- Geography
- Demographics
- Population
- Age Structure
- Occupational Structure
- Religion
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Finningham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in the East of England, located approximately 7.5 miles north of Stowmarket and 16 miles from the county town of Ipswich. In 2011 its population was 480.
== Etymology == Finningham's name is a union of three words: Finn; ing; and ham. Finningham is a hamlet or encampment (ham) of the people (ing) of Finn or Finna. The surname Finn is German, derived from an ethnic name referring to people from Finland. The area was populated by the Angles - one of the main Germanic people who settled after the Romans.