The Sign
In the background of the sign is the flour mill with a man loading sacks onto his cart. The mill was built in 1826 in what had been maltings by James Fison and Lee Charters. It was renovated in the 1950's for producing animal feed and is now private housing. The church of St Andrew is on the left. A wheatsheaf reflects the farming tradition still carried on in the parish. There are plenty of examples of flora around the base of the sign representing the countryside. The lady handing a coin to the children is the widow Morley, the first female appointed as overseer of the poor.

The Name and Population
The population was 956 at the 2011 census. The village was called Berni(n)cham / Berningeham in the Domesday Book. The name means "Homestead/village of Beorn's people", from Old English.

Other Points of Interest

The puritan Maurice Barrow, one of the richest men in 17th-century Suffolk, bought the manor and estate of Barningham in 1628 from the widow of Henry Mason.