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Ingham, England

There are three villages in England of the name of Ingham. They are in the counties of:

Ingham, Lincolnshire[?] - about 15 km north of Lincoln;
Ingham, Norfolk - near Stalham[?] on the northern edge of the Norfolk Broads, in The Broads National Park;
Ingham, Suffolk[?] - about 6 km north of Bury St Edmunds.

All three were mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Possible meaning are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).

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