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Horringer

Coordinates: 52°13′23″N 0°40′23″E / 52.223°N 0.673°E / 52.223; 0.673
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Horringer
St Leonard's Church, Horringer
Horringer is located in Suffolk
Horringer
Horringer
Location within Suffolk
Population890 (2005)[1]
1,055 (2011)[2]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP29
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°13′23″N 0°40′23″E / 52.223°N 0.673°E / 52.223; 0.673

Horringer, formerly also called Horningsheath, is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies on the A143 about two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds. The population in 2011 was 1055.[1]

Heritage

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Horringer was earlier known as Horningsheath. The school kept this spelling until after the Second World War.[3]

The village includes the main entrance to Ickworth house, a Neoclassical country house which was the seat of the Earls and Marquesses of Bristol until the 7th Marquess sold the lease to the National Trust.

Notable residents

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In birth order:

Demography

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According to the Office for National Statistics, the parish of Horringer at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 had a population of 901 in 397 households,[10] which rose to 1,055 at the 2011 Census. The ward population of 2,593 in the 2011 Census was estimated at 2,617 in 2019.[11]

Population change

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Population change in Horringer from 1801 to 1891
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891
Population 543 523 539 586 597 670 662 599
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[12]
Population change in Horringer from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001 2011
Population 525 552 569 545 465 468 901 1,055
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[12]

Location grid

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References

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  1. ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ Horringer Village. Retrieved 31 March 2014. Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ ODNB: John Craig, "Rogers, Thomas (c. 1553–1616)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.
  5. ^ Karl S. Bottigheimer and Vivienne Larminie, "Bedell, William (bap. 1572, d. 1642)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, Sept 2004).
  6. ^ ODNB: Amanda Foreman, "Cavendish , Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1824)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.
  7. ^ ODNB: Gerard O'Brien, "Hervey, Frederick Augustus, fourth earl of Bristol (1730–1803)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.
  8. ^ "Melmoth Hall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ^ Haden-Guest, Anthony. "The end of the peer", The Observer, 22 January 2006. Accessed May 17, 2008.
  10. ^ "Suffolk County Council – 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  11. ^ City Population Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  12. ^ a b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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