Finningham Parish Council

Finningham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk.

Finningham's name is a union of three words: Finn, ing, and ham. Finningham is a hamlet or encampment (ham), of the people (ing), of Finn or Finna. The surname Finn is German, derived from an ethnic name referring to people from Finland. The area was populated by the Angles - one of the main Germanic people who settled after the Romans.

Finningham sits in a slight valley either side of the River Dove that flows north-eastwards via Eye, to join the River Waveney at the Norfolk border.

The village is situated on the 'High Suffolk' claylands, deposited on the Ice Ages over the chalk that underlies most of the county. This makes the area good for arable farming because the clay binds the soil together and makes it less prone to erosion.