Hoe, Norfolk
{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|52.71222|0.95225|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =Hoe
|static_image = St Andrew's church, Hoe, Norfolk-geograph.org.uk-2037279.jpg
|static_image_caption=St Andrew's Church
|population = 241
| area_total_km2 = 9.25
|civil_parish=Hoe and Worthing
|shire_district= Breckland
|shire_county= Norfolk
|metropolitan_borough=
| metropolitan_county =
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= Mid Norfolk
|post_town= Dereham
|postcode_district = NR20
|postcode_area=NR
|dial_code=01362
|os_grid_reference= TF9952116818
}}
Hoe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hoe and Worthing, situated in Norfolk. The parish of Hoe and Worthing covers an area of {{convert|925|hectare|acre}}, with an estimated population of 219 at the 2001 census,[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. increasing to 241 at the 2011 Census. For local government purposes it falls within the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council and the Lincoln Ward of Breckland District Council.
The village lies {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} east of Beetley, {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} west of Swanton Morley and {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} by road north from Dereham.
It is served by St Andrew's Church[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hoe/hoe.htm Norfolk churches] in the Dereham and District Team Ministry Benefice.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoe.churchnorfolk.com/ |title=Home |website=hoe.churchnorfolk.com}} The nave was rebuilt in 1794 and the chancel in 1820.[White's history of Norfolk second edition 1845] A history of the church, Pro Deo Et Ecclesia: Historical Reflections of St Andrew's Church, Hoe, by Dr Josephine Lloyd was published in 2010.{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=Josephine |title=Pro Deo Et Ecclesia: Historical Reflections of St Andrew's Church, Hoe |date=1 June 2010 |publisher=Thornham Local History Society |isbn=978-0955333323}}
Governance
On 1 April 1935 the parish of Worthing was merged with Hoe,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099894|title=Relationships and changes Hoe Ch/CP/Hmlt through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 May 2022}} although the ecclesiastical parishes remain separate. On 1 January 2022 the merged parish was renamed "Hoe & Worthing".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/norfolk.html|title=Norfolk Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=26 January 2023}} In 1931 the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 151.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099894/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Hoe Ch/CP/Hmlt through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 May 2022}}
History
The name of the village comes from Old English and means 'spur of a hill'.{{Cite book |last=Ekwall |first=Eilert |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names |date=1936 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |edition=4th |location=Oxford |publication-date=1960}}
According to Vol. 2 of "A General History of Norfolk" printed by John Stacy in 1829,[A General History of the County of Norfolk, Edited by John Chambers, published by John Stacy London 1829] "Hoe belonged to the abbey of Ely, founded by St. Audrey or Etheldra, and was held by Ralph son of Ivo, of the abbot, and afterwards by the king, as appears from Domesday book; to which belonged a chapel with nave, a north and south aisle, a square tower, and three bells.
'Hoe Common' is a former Fuel Allotment of twelve acres enclosed by Act of Parliament15 Geo III Cap 52 'An Act for inclosing Lands in Scarning, Hoe, Worthing and Dillington, in the County of Norfolk. 6 May 1811' out of a large area of uncultivated land that stretched as far as Gressenhall. It is a County Wildlife Site managed for conservation of its acidic heathland habitat.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway has extended its heritage services to Hoe and Worthing. The railway has produced plans for the construction of a platform at Hoe, although at present it is focusing on extending the line to County School railway station, rather than establishing the new platform at Hoe.
References
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hoe
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Hoe, Norfolk}}
- http://www.hoeandworthingarchive.org.uk
- http://www.hoeandworthing.co.uk/
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