Honington was held by St Edmundsbury abbey in 1086. There were 16 free men with two carucates of ploughland, eight acres of meadow and woodland for two pigs. The holding included a church with 20 acres of land. The main subtenant of the abbey was Peter, with 1 carucate of land.
Blackbourne Team benefice, i.e. Ixworth with Ixworthe Thorpe, Bardwell, Honington with Sapiston, Troston, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Ingham with Ampton, Gt and Lt Livermere and Barnham.