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|population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124481&c=Hengrave&d=16&e=62&g=6466819&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471873956781&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=22 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
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'''Hengrave''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]] district, in the county of [[Suffolk]], England. It is to the North of 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, Suffolk|Risby]].<ref name="Genuki 6mh">{{cite web |title=Places within 6 miles of Hengrave |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/node/81600/places/6 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |publisher=Genuki |access-date=19 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The [[River Lark]] provides the North East boundary of the parish.<ref name="Genuki Hengrave">{{cite web |title=Hengrave, Suffolk |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Hengrave |website=www.genuki.org.uk |publisher=Genuki |access-date=19 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Hengrave''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Borough of St Edmundsbury|St Edmundsbury]] district, in the county of [[Suffolk]], England. It is near the town of [[Bury St Edmunds]].

==History==
The village is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 as ''Hemegretham'' meaning the homestead or village of Hemma's meadow.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mills|first=A. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br8xcW1f_a8C&q=gr%C4%93d+meadow&pg=PT386b|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |date=2003-10-09 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-157847-2 |language=en}}</ref> This is derived from the [[old Frisian]] word ''grēd'' meaning meadow or pasture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Suffolk/Hengrave |access-date=2020-06-30 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> The parish was located in [[Thingoe Hundred]].<ref name="Gage on Hengrave">{{cite book |last1=Gage |first1=John |title=The history and antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk. |date=1822 |publisher=J. Carpenter; J. Deck |location=London & Bury St Edmunds |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31158005597892&view=1up&seq=15&skin=2021}}</ref>

==Biodiversity==
The botanist [[Thomas Gage (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''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011983971 |title=The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk |date=1822 |access-date=2024-10-25 |author =John Gage |website=catalog.hathitrust.org}}</ref> (1822) by his uncle, the historian [[John Gage Rokewode]], who also lived in Hengrave Hall.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Hengrave Hall]]
*[[Hengrave Hall]]
*[[Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Population173 (2011 Census)[1]
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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 of 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]

History

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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

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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[7] (1822) by his uncle, the historian John Gage Rokewode, who also lived in Hengrave Hall.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Places within 6 miles of Hengrave". www.genuki.org.uk. Genuki. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hengrave, Suffolk". www.genuki.org.uk. Genuki. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ Mills, A. D. (9 October 2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-157847-2.
  5. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. ^ Gage, John (1822). The history and antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk. London & Bury St Edmunds: J. Carpenter; J. Deck.
  7. ^ John Gage (1822). "The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk". catalog.hathitrust.org. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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