THORNHAM (MAGNA), a parish in the hundred
of HARTISMERE, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (W. S.
W.) from Eye, containing 342 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, with which that of Thornham
Parva was consolidated in 1744; it is in the archdeaconry
of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in
the king's books at £7. 11. 3., and in the patronage of
Lord Henniker. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.