Parham Suffolk

Parham Suffolk Parham is a village situated in the East Anglian county of Suffolk The parish comprises 2,212 acres. Real property, £3,741. Pop. in 1851, 532; in 1861, 470.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Parham like this:

‘PARHAM, a village and a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Ore, adjacent to the Framlingham branch of the East Suffolk railway, 2¼ miles S S E of Framlingham; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Wickham-Market. Houses, 101. The property

is divided among a few. Old Parham Hall was the seat of the first Earl of Ufford; and passed to the Willoughbys and the Corrances. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hackeston, in the diocese of Norwich.’

Parham has one of the few remaining Second World War Air Museums in the country that has connection with the USA. This is a special tourist attraction open on Sundays and Wednesdays, housing an exhibition of wartime artefacts in the redundant Control Tower. It commemorates the 390th Bomber Group of the American 8th Air Force. Also in the museum, is a room devoted to the Parham section of the British Resistance Organisation.

A recent find is this old postcard sent from Parham to Mr J Brownsord the Butcher in Framlingham by Mrs Folkard about he...
04/06/2026

A recent find is this old postcard sent from Parham to Mr J Brownsord the Butcher in Framlingham by Mrs Folkard about her meat order and delivery

Really looking forward to being involved with the History Fair in Framlingham tomorrow 👍
01/05/2026

Really looking forward to being involved with the History Fair in Framlingham tomorrow 👍

Really looking forward to being involved with this event in Framlingham on Saturday 2nd May 2026
03/04/2026

Really looking forward to being involved with this event in Framlingham on Saturday 2nd May 2026

My latest old Parham postcard find sent in 1908 by Mabel Elizabeth BENSTEAD to her mother Edith in Lowestoft - the 1911 ...
02/02/2026

My latest old Parham postcard find sent in 1908 by Mabel Elizabeth BENSTEAD to her mother Edith in Lowestoft - the 1911 census shows Mabel working as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist living at Chapel Road in Saxmundham.
Mabel married Ernest Leonard ROXBY on 1st August 1915 at St Margaret’s church in Lowestoft
Does anyone have any connections?

If you haven’t looked yet please check out my Charnwood Genealogy where I am trying to reunite old photos and postcard...
31/01/2026

If you haven’t looked yet please check out my Charnwood Genealogy where I am trying to reunite old photos and postcards with their original families charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com - all comments and feedback appreciated many thanks Simon 👍

News and updates from my Charnwood Genealogy adventures

As you know I share any Parham related genealogy postcards on this page - however I also have a growing collection of Fr...
20/01/2026

As you know I share any Parham related genealogy postcards on this page - however I also have a growing collection of Framlingham related genealogy postcards so I have today set up an additional page on my Charnwood Genealogy blog to share them as many names may also connect to Parham and surrounding villages. I have more to add and additional information to include but please check out what I have added so far - many thanks Simon

https://charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com/framlingham-genealogy-postcards

Recently I have been able to obtain lots of old postcards sent to Framlingham in Suffolk and I will be sharing those here so that possibly any family members can find a connection to their own ance…

Welcome to all new followers of this page - it is always great to learn even more about the history of Parham and the fa...
15/11/2025

Welcome to all new followers of this page - it is always great to learn even more about the history of Parham and the families who lived there, so if anyone has any old photos of the village or of their ancestors that they would be willing to share on this page we would love to see them
Take care and stay safe
Many thanks Simon

Another old postcard find was this one sent to Miss B CHAMBERS at the Hill Farm in Marlesford on 17th April 1906 - does ...
20/07/2025

Another old postcard find was this one sent to Miss B CHAMBERS at the Hill Farm in Marlesford on 17th April 1906 - does anyone have a connection to her?

My latest old postcard find with a Parham connection - sent to Miss Elsey at Parham Hall on 19th September 1911. Does an...
20/07/2025

My latest old postcard find with a Parham connection - sent to Miss Elsey at Parham Hall on 19th September 1911. Does anyone have a connection?

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