Hengrave

Hengrave
Signpost in Hengrave
Hengrave Location within Suffolk
Population	173 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TL825686
District	West Suffolk district
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP28
Dialling code	01284

Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England

UK Parliament	West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°17′09″N 0°40′33″E / 52.2857°N 0.6757°E / 52.2857; 0.6757

Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham St Genevieve, Fornham All Saints and Risby.^[2] The River Lark provides the North East boundary of the parish.^[3]

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History

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Hemegretham meaning the homestead or village of Hemma's meadow.^[4] This is derived from the old Frisian word grēd meaning meadow or pasture.^[5] The parish was located in Thingoe Hundred.^[6]

Biodiversity

The botanist Thomas Gage lived in Hengrave Hall and produced an account of plants, moss and lichen which he had found in the village, which was published in The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk (1822) by his uncle, the historian John Gage Rokewode, who also lived in Hengrave Hall.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Places within 6 miles of Hengrave". www.genuki.org.uk. Genuki. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Hengrave, Suffolk". www.genuki.org.uk. Genuki. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Mills, A. D. (9 October 2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-157847-2.
^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ Gage, John (1822). The history and antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk. London & Bury St Edmunds: J. Carpenter; J. Deck.

External links

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Towns	Brandon Bury St Edmunds Clare Haverhill Mildenhall Newmarket
Civil parishes	Ampton Bardwell Barnardiston Barnham Barningham Barrow Barton Mills Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield Bradfield St Clare Bradfield St George Brockley Cavendish Cavenham Chedburgh Chevington Coney Weston Cowlinge Culford Dalham Denham Denston Depden Elveden Eriswell Euston Exning Fakenham Magna Flempton Fornham All Saints Fornham St Genevieve Fornham St Martin Freckenham Gazeley Great Barton Great Bradley Great Livermere Great Thurlow Great Whelnetham Great Wratting Hargrave Hawkedon Hawstead Hengrave Hepworth Herringswell Higham Honington Hopton Horringer Hundon Icklingham Ickworth Ingham Ixworth Ixworth Thorpe Kedington Kentford Knettishall Lackford Lakenheath Lidgate Little Bradley Little Livermere Little Thurlow Little Whelnetham Little Wratting Market Weston Moulton Nowton Ousden Pakenham Poslingford Rede Red Lodge Risby Rushbrooke with Rougham Santon Downham Sapiston Stansfield Stanton Stoke-by-Clare Stradishall Thelnetham The Saxhams Timworth Troston Tuddenham West Row Westley West Stow Whepstead Wickhambrook Withersfield Wixoe Wordwell Worlington
Grade I listed buildings	Coldham Hall St Edmundsbury Cathedral St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds Northgate House Bury St Edmunds Guildhall Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish Clare Priory St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare Ancient House, Clare Hengrave Hall All Saints' Church, Icklingham Ickworth House The Iron Bridge, Culford Park St Mary's Church, Mildenhall St Andrew's Church, Sapiston All Saints Church, Wordwell
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