Ordnance Survey map of Mettingham in the 20th century
Mettingham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It had a population of 211 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.[1]
The northern boundary of the parish is formed by the River Waveney which marks the county boundary with Norfolk. The northern section of the parish is within the area of The Broads National Park. The parish borders the parishes of Bungay, Shipmeadow, Ilketshall St John and the Norfolk parishes of Broome and Ellingham. The B1062 Bungay to Beccles road runs through the centre of the parish.[2]
In the 1870s, Mettingham was described as:
"a village and a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk. The village stands near the river Waveney, at the boundary with Norfolk, 2 miles E of Bungay r. station; is a scattered place; and has a postoffice under Bungay."[3]
Its church, All Saints, is a round-tower church and about a mile to the south, Mettingham Castle comprises the ruins of a moated medieval fortified manor house, with a medieval monastic college, Mettingham College, in its grounds.[4] The college was relocated to the site in 1394 and was dissolved in 1542 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
^ abcVillage profile: Mettingham, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^Mettingham, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^Wilson, John Marius (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^Historic England. "Mettingham Castle (391619)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 June 2011.
Mettingham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the market town of Bungay in the...
Mettingham Castle was a fortified manor house in the parish of Mettingham in the north of the English county of Suffolk. Mettingham Castle was founded...
Mettingham College was a monastic college in the parish of Mettingham in the English county of Suffolk. The college was located within Mettingham Castle...
of Mettingham (died 1301) was an English judge. He served as a law clerk for Gilbert of Preston starting in 1265. After Preston's death Mettingham was...
awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Peter Harold Wright was born in Mettingham, near Bungay in Suffolk on 10 August 1916, during the First World War...
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of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) and borders the parishes of Bungay, Mettingham, Shipmeadow, Ilketshall St Andrew, Ilketshall St Lawrence and Ilketshall...
the King's council by the end of that year. After the death of John of Mettingham in 1301, Hengham was selected to replace him and was appointed Chief Justice...
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Weyland Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1289–1290 Succeeded by John of Mettingham Honorary titles Preceded by Ralph de Dacre Constable of the Tower 1285–1308...
along the east coast that include Baconsthorpe, Caister, Claxton and Mettingham Castle in Suffolk. The castle is situated in a green field site close...
his position and exiled Sir Ralph Sandwich 1289–1290 Resigned John of Mettingham 1290–1301 Died Sir Ralph de Hengham 1301–1309 Retired Sir William Bereford...
1847; appropriated. Mettingham, Suffolk, 1394–1542, Chantry college of master and twelve fellows in private chapel within Mettingham Castle; non-parochial...
that leads to the village. On the Suffolk side are found the parishes of Mettingham. Shipmeadow and Barsham. On the Norfolk side Gillingham comes next before...
Homersfield, Ilketshall (St Andrew, St John, St Lawrence, St Margaret), Mettingham, North Cove, Redisham, Ringsfield, Shadingfield, Shipmeadow, Sotterley...
May 1814 Renwick Inclosure Act 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. lxxi 18 May 1814 Mettingham and Bungay Trinity Inclosures Act 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. lxxii 18 May 1814...
St John, Ilketshall, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Ilketshall St Margaret, Mettingham, North Cove, Redisham, Ringsfield, Shadingfield, Shipmeadow, Sotterley...
names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "Mettingham — British History Online". Roberts, G. (1834). The History and Antiquities...
area of The Broads National Park. The parish borders the parishes of Mettingham, Barsham, Ilketshall St John and Ilketshall St Andrew. The Norfolk parishes...
Bungay, the ancient stronghold of the Bigods; the picturesque ruins of Mettingham, built by John de Norwich in the reign of Edward III; Wingfield, surrounded...
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