Honing
| Honing | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Honing Village Sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG327277 |
| Location: | 52°47’49"N, 1°27’2"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 310 (2021) |
| Post town: | North Walsham |
| Postcode: | NR28 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Honing is a village in Norfolk, within the Norfolk Broads and found thirteen miles south-east of Cromer and fifteen miles north-east of Norwich.
The wider civil parish also includes the village of Crostwight. The 2021 census recorded this parish with a population of 310. The North Walsham and Dilham Canal passes through the parish.
History
In the Domesday Book of 1086 lists Honing as a settlement of 32 households, divided between the East Anglian estates of St Benet's Abbey and Ranulf, son of Ilger.[1]
Honing Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, running services between Yarmouth Beach and Norwich. The station closed in 1959.
After the First World War, Honing was given a German 25 cm Schwerer Minenwerfer trench mortar as a war trophy. It stood outside Honing Post Office until it was given to Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum around 1970. It was returned in 2014 and stands outside the village hall.[2]
Parish church
Honing's parish church, St Peter and St Paul on Long Lane, dates from the fifteenth century. StThe church is a Grade II listed building.[3]
The church holds numerous memorials to the Cubitt family, including one to Edward G. Cubitt who fought at the Battle of Vitoria, the Siege of Pamplona and the Battle of Toulouse during the Peninsular War.[4]
Honing Hall
- Main article: Honing Hall
Honing Hall was built by the Chambers family in the mid-eighteenth century and then later acquired by Thomas Cubitt. Later extensions were made by John Soane and improvements to the gardens were made on the recommendations by Humphry Repton.[5][6]
Gallery
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St Peter and St Paul, Honing -
Honing Hall -
The disused North Walsham and Dilham Canal south of the village -
A Water pump on the station platform -
The North Walsham and Dilham Canal near Honing -
A 1917 World War One German 25cm schwerer Minenwerfer
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Outside links
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References
- ↑ Honing in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "First World War German mortar returns to Honing". Eastern Daily Press. 26 August 2015. https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20890699.first-world-war-german-mortar-returns-honing/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1169952: Church of St Peter and St Paul (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/honing/honing.htm.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1000362: Honing Hall (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "MNF8200 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF8200.