Horringer

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title: "Horringer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["horringer", "villages-in-suffolk", "civil-parishes-in-suffolk", "borough-of-st-edmundsbury"] description: "Village in West Suffolk, England" topic_path: "general/horringer" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horringer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in West Suffolk, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Horringer
coordinates
population	890
population_ref	(2005)
1,055 (2011)
shire_district	West Suffolk
shire_county	Suffolk
region	East of England
post_town	Bury St Edmunds
postcode_district	IP29
postcode_area	IP
static_image	Horringer Church - geograph.org.uk - 21912.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Leonard's Church, Horringer
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|country = England |official_name = Horringer |coordinates = |population = 890 |population_ref = (2005) 1,055 (2011) |shire_district = West Suffolk |shire_county = Suffolk |region = East of England |constituency_westminster = |post_town = Bury St Edmunds |postcode_district = IP29 |postcode_area = IP |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = |static_image = Horringer Church - geograph.org.uk - 21912.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption = St Leonard's Church, Horringer

Horringer, formerly also called Horningsheath, is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies on the A143 about two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds. The population in 2011 was 1055.

Heritage

Horringer was earlier known as Horningsheath. The school kept this spelling until after the Second World War.

The village includes the main entrance to Ickworth house, a Neoclassical country house which was the seat of the Earls and Marquesses of Bristol until the 7th Marquess sold the lease to the National Trust.

Notable residents

In birth order:

• Thomas Rogers (c. 1553–1616), a religious controversialist and cleric was the Rector of St Leonards, Horringer, from 1581 until his death.
• William Bedell (1571-1642), rector of Horringer 1616-1627, subsequently Provost of Trinity College Dublin and Lord Bishop of Kilmore, patron of the translation of the Old Testament into the Irish language.
• John Covel (1638-1722), clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University
• Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born Elizabeth Christiana Hervey in Horringer on 13 May 1759, became a notable society hostess and patron of the arts. Her father, Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, later Bishop of Cloyne (1767–1768) and Bishop of Derry (1768–1803), believed in equality among religions.
• Melmoth Hall (1811–1885), born here, became a first-class cricketer in Australia.
• The remains of Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (1915–1985) were returned from Menton, France, by his son in 2010 for a funeral at Horringer before burial at St Mary's Church, Ickworth.

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, the parish of Horringer at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 had a population of 901 in 397 households, which rose to 1,055 at the 2011 Census. The ward population of 2,593 in the 2011 Census was estimated at 2,617 in 2019.

Population change

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Population change in Horringer from 1801 to 1891	Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891	Population
543	523	539	586	597	670	662	599
'*Source: *A Vision of Britain Through Time'''''
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Population change in Horringer from 1901 to 2001	Year	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001	Population	1,055
2011
525	552	569	545	465	468	901
'*Source: *A Vision of Britain Through Time'''''
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Location grid

|title = Neighbouring villages, and hamlets |Northwest = Little Saxham |North = Westley |Northeast = Bury St Edmunds |West = Ickworth |Centre = Horringer |East = Nowton |Southwest = Chevington |South = Whepstead |Southeast = Hawstead

References

References

1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] Suffolk County Council
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. Horringer Village. [http://horringer1.wordpress.com/about-2/a-history-of-horringer/ Retrieved 31 March 2014.] {{Webarchive. link. (13 March 2016)
4. ODNB: John Craig, "Rogers, Thomas (c. 1553–1616)" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23998 Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.]
5. Karl S. Bottigheimer and Vivienne Larminie, "Bedell, William (bap. 1572, d. 1642)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, Sept 2004).
6. ODNB: Amanda Foreman, "Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1824)" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4930 Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.]
7. ODNB: Gerard O'Brien, "Hervey, Frederick Augustus, fourth earl of Bristol (1730–1803)" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13111, Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.]
8. "Melmoth Hall". ESPN Cricinfo.
9. Haden-Guest, Anthony. [https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2006/jan/22/features.magazine37 "The end of the peer"], ''The Observer'', 22 January 2006. Accessed May 17, 2008.
10. "Suffolk County Council – 2001 Census Profiles".
11. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/wards/west_suffolk/E05012780__horringer/ City Population Retrieved 25 January 2021.]
12. "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others.

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