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Norfolk: Banham

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[Description by Sean McManus]

A small village with a single parish church (Saint Mary's) with its own graveyard situated next to the village green with the war memorial. This is just off the main street (Crown Street) which runs through the village and connects Banham with its neighbours - Kenninghall and New Buckenham. There is also a chapel on the outskirts of the village, again with its own burial grounds. Banham also has its own small primary school (around 120 pupils).

Points to note include that the village of Banham is actually very widely spread (but based along the main road), with its outskirts stretching to the very edges of the surrounding villages. Often places described as Banham can be as far as 2 miles from the village itself.

Banham's two peculiarities are the fact it has a quite large zoo and Monkey Sanctuary, and until recently had its own Chicken Processing Factory (Banham Poultry Produce). Old Industries used to include Cider and Brick making. It currently has 2 pubs: The Cideries at the zoo and, on the outskirts of the village, Banham Cider house, which until very recently did not even sell Bitter or Lager, just Cider, Wines and Spirits.

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February 1999