Ingworth
{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Ingworth
| country = England
| region = East of England
| shire_district = North Norfolk
| shire_county = Norfolk
| civil_parish = Ingworth
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| static_image_caption = Ingworth Village Sign
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| os_grid_reference = TG192296
| coordinates = {{coord|52.81934|1.25309|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = NORWICH
| postcode_area = NR
| postcode_district = NR11
| dial_code = 01263
| constituency_westminster = North Norfolk
| london_distance = {{convert|129|mi|km}}
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.82
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Ingworth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Ingworth is located {{convert|1.7|mi|km}} north of Aylsham and {{convert|14.3|mi|km}} north of Norwich.
History
Ingworth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Inga's enclosure.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ingworth |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}
In the Domesday Book, Ingworth is listed as a settlement of 16 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod and Reginald, son of Ivo.{{Cite web |title=Ingworth {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1929/ingworth/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=opendomesday.org}}
A watermill was listed in Ingworth on the River Bure as far back as the Domesday Book. The most modern mill building was built in Seventeenth Century and demolished in 1912.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Ingworth watermill |url=https://norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/ingworth.html |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=norfolkmills.co.uk}}{{Cite web |title=MNF12682 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}
Geography
Due to its small size, separate population statistics are not collected for Ingworth.{{Cite web |title=Ingworth (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/north_norfolk/E04006437__ingworth/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}
The northern border of the parish is marked by the River Bure whilst the northern boundary is the Weavers' Way.
St. Lawrence's Church
Ingworth's parish church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Lawrence's is located on Banningham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1960.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, Ingworth - 1172575 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1172575 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The church no longer holds Sunday service.{{Cite web |title=Ingworth: St Lawrence |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10365/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}
St. Lawrence was one of Norfolk's round-tower churches before the tower collapsed in the early Nineteenth Century.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ingworth/ingworth.htm |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}
The church also holds Ingworth's war memorial, a metal plaque which commemorates Pte. Eustace C. Kaufman who was killed on 8 April 1917 serving with the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Bn., Canadian Expeditionary Force and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. Kaufman was the son of the Rector of Ingworth and had emigrated to Canada as a farmer before the war.{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Ingworth |url=https://roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ingworth.html |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=roll-of-honour.com}}
Governance
Ingworth is part of the electoral ward of Erpingham for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Ingworth}}
- [https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-h-l/ingworth-2/ St Lawrence's on the European Round Tower Churches Website]
{{Civil Parishes of North Norfolk}}
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