Haveringland

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.73983|1.19374|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG156205

| official_name = Haveringland

| population = 365

| static_image = Haveringland-g2.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = St. Peter's Church

| shire_district = Broadland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Haveringland

| constituency_westminster = Broadland and Fakenham

| postcode_district = NR10

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01603

| london_distance =

| hide_services = Yes

| area_total_sq_mi = 4.65

| population_ref = (2021 census)

}}

Haveringland is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Haveringland is located {{Convert|5|mi|km}} south of Aylsham and {{Convert|8.1|mi|km}} north-west of Norwich.

History

Haveringland's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the land of Haefer's people.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Haveringland |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Haveringland is listed as a settlement of 22 households hundred of Eynesford. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Reginald, son of Ivo.{{Cite web |title=Haveringland {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1520/haveringland/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=opendomesday.org}}

In the Twelfth Century, a Augustinian Priory was founded in Haveringland, named for William of Norwich. There are no ruins of the Priory today.{{Cite web |title=MNF7754 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF7754 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

A pillory dating from 1804 still stands in the village.{{Cite web |title=MNF28447 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF28447 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

During the Second World War, parts of RAF Swannington were built in the parish which was used by No. 100 Group RAF.{{Cite web |title=MNF7465 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF7465 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Haveringland has a population of 365 people which shows a decrease from the 283 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Haveringland (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/broadland/E04006226__haveringland/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

St. Peter's Church

Haveringland's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. St. Peter's has been Grade II listed since 1961.{{Cite web |title=PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, Haveringland - 1372948 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372948?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/haveringland/haveringland.htm |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}} St. Peter's holds intermittent church services throughout the year.{{Cite web |title=Haveringland: St Peter |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10363/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}

Governance

Haveringland is part of the electoral ward of Great Witchingham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

Haveringland's war memorial is a brass plaque inside St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial/Commemoration

Pte.

|John S. Rust

|8th Bn., Norfolk Regiment

|19 Jul. 1916

|Thiepval Memorial

Pte.