BARNINGHAM (LITTLE), a parish in the southern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Aylsham, containing 233 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 15. 2,, and in the patronage of J. Browne, Esq. and others. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. A charter for a market and a fair was granted by Edward I. to Walter de Berningham, who at that time possessed the manor.