Heckingham
| Heckingham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Cottages at Heckingham Holes | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM385987 |
| Location: | 52°32’5"N, 1°31’0"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 245 |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR14 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Heckingham is a village in Norfolk, sitting a mile and a half east of Loddon and eleven miles south-east of Norwich, along the course of the River Chet.
The 2021 census recorded Heckingham's population as 245 people.
History
Heckingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the hamlet of Hecca's people.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Heckingham is listed as a settlement of 54 households in the Hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Roger Bigod, Godric the Steward and St Edmunds Abbey.[2]
Between 1764 and 1767, a workhouse was built in Heckingham which was later used as a hospital. In 1766, a pest house was built nearby by John Harris of Ipswich for the afflicted.[3]
St Gregory's Church
Heckingham's parish church, St Gregory, on Church Lane, dates from the twelfth century. It is a Grade I listed building.[4] The church is no longer open for Sunday services and is in the care of Churches Conservation Trust.[5]
St Gregory's contains an eleventh century font and several mediæval monuments and memorials.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Heckingham) |
- St Gregory's: European Round Tower Churches
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Heckingham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf10539 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf10539.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1169302: Church of St Gregory, Heckingham (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Trust, Churches Conservation. "St Gregory's Church, Heckingham" (in en). https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-churches/st-gregorys-church-heckingham-norfolk#community-information.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/heckingham/heckingham.htm.