Horningtoft

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Village in Norfolk, England

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::summary Village in Norfolk, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
os_grid_reference	TF935231
official_name	Horningtoft
population	157
population_ref	(2021 census)
shire_district	Breckland
shire_county	Norfolk
region	East of England
civil_parish	Horningtoft
constituency_westminster	Mid Norfolk
postcode_district	NR20
postcode_area	NR
post_town	DEREHAM
dial_code	01328
website	http://horningtoft.org.uk/parishcouncil.html
static_image_name	File:Village sign - geograph.org.uk - 1411737.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Horningtoft Village Sign
area_total_sq_mi	2.21
hide_services	Yes
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Horningtoft is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Horningtoft is located 8 mi north of Dereham and 21 mi north-west of Norwich.

History

Horningtoft's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the curtilage of the people of the horn.

In the Domesday Book, Horningtoft is listed as a settlement of 16 households in the hundred of Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Horningtoft has a population of 157 people which shows an increase from the 127 people recorded in the 2011 census.

St. Edmund's Church

Horningtoft's parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the Martyr and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Edmund's is located on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1984. The church no longer holds Sunday service but is part of the Upper Wensum Benefice.

St. Edmund's Churchtower collapsed in the late Eighteenth Century.

Governance

Horningtoft is part of the electoral ward of Hermitage for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.

The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman MP since 2010.

Notable residents

Fuller Pilch- (1804-1870) Norfolk and Kent cricketer, born in Horningtoft.

War Memorial

Horningtoft's war memorials are two brass plaques in St. Edmund's Church which list the following names for the First World War: ::data[format=table title=""]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of death	Burial/Commemoration
Pte.	Thomas Annison	15th Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment	4 Feb. 1917	St. Edmund's Churchyard
Pte.	Miles Riches	11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment	22 Mar. 1918	Arras Memorial
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The following names were added after the Second World War: ::data[format=table title=""]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of death	Burial/Commemoration
LCpl.	Alfred W. Makins	6th Bn., Queen's Own Royal Regiment	15 Apr. 1943	Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
Pte.	Laura M. Collinson	Auxiliary Territorial Service	29 Apr. 1944	Fakenham Cemetery
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References

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