Barking, Suffolk

{{distinguish|Barking, London}}

File:Barking Village Sign, Suffolk.jpg

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Barking

| country= England

| region= East of England

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| coordinates = {{coord|52.137|1.026|display=inline,title}}

| post_town= Ipswich

| postcode_area= IP

| postcode_district= IP6

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| shire_county= Suffolk

| shire_district= Mid Suffolk

| hide_services= Yes

| population = 446

| population_ref = (2011 census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120369&c=Barking&d=16&e=62&g=6466311&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471360131440&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=16 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

|static_image_name = Barking - Church of St Mary.jpg

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|static_image_caption= Barking church

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Barking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is {{Convert|2|mi|0}} west of Needham Market on the B1078 road. The village is linear along the road with its centre being around the area known as Barking Tye and away from the large village church of St Mary.[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/barking.htm St Mary, Barking], Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

There are six bells that hang the church of St Mary with the largest weighing 11 cwt - 1 qr - 7 lb.[http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=BARKING+SU Dove's Guide], Retrieved 2013-04-14. All 6 bells were recast and rehung in 1911 by Alfred Bowell.

Barking Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest made up of a number of wooded areas mainly to the south of the village.[http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?m=sssi Barking Woods map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308082315/http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?m=sssi |date=2013-03-08 }}, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-25. These are ancient woodlands documented since the 13th century and including many coppiced and pollarded oak and ash trees covering a total of {{convert|95.1|ha|acres}}.[http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002317.pdf Barking Woods] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231716/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002317.pdf |date=2015-05-04 }}, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-25. One of the sites has active badger setts. Suffolk Wildlife Trust owns part of the largest of the wooded areas, Bonny Wood, which it operates as a nature reserve of {{convert|20|ha|acres}}, maintaining the coppiced woodland as a series of habitats.[http://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/reserves-and-visitor-centres/bonny-wood/ Bonny Wood] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218043957/http://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/reserves-and-visitor-centres/bonny-wood/ |date=February 18, 2013 }}, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

Barking is listed as a settlement with 63 households in the 1086 Domesday Book.{{Cite web |title=Barking {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TM0753/barking/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=opendomesday.org}}