Sible Hedingham
| Sible Hedingham | |
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 St Peter's Church | |
  Sible Hedingham Location within Essex | |
| Population | 3,994 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL7734 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALSTEAD |
| Postcode district | CO9 |
| Dialling code | 01787 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Sible Hedingham is a large village and civil parish in the Colne Valley in the Braintree District of Essex, in England. It has a population of 3,994 according to the 2011 census.[1] Sible Hedingham lies in the northern corner of Essex, close to both the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders. The village covers some 2,123 hectares (5,246 acres).[citation needed]
The Domesday Book lists the village together with Hedingham Castle amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the king.[2][3] The land included woodland for 70 pigs that was in total valued at £4.
A variation on the village name is "Hengham Sybyle".[4]
The village is twinned with the French commune of Choisy-au-Bac,[5] located in Picardy region, Oise department (c. 80 km north of Paris, near Compiègne).
Notable people associated with Sible Hedingham
- J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964), poet
- Savitri Devi (1905–1982), prominent proponent of animal rights, deep ecology and Nazism, who died here
- Sir John Hawkwood (1320–1394), English mercenary (or condottiere) who was active in 14th-century Italy
- John Hilton (surgeon) FRCS, FRS, FZS (1805–1878), Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria and greatest anatomist of his time
- Samuel Wilbore (1595-1656) – a founder of Portsmouth Colony (Rhode Island, US; 7 March 1638) as a religious dissenter from the Plymouth Colony of Boston, Massachusetts
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sible Hedingham Parish Local Area Report". nomisweb.co.uk. Office for National Statistics. 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Durham University.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1036 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
- ^ Roger Bigod held a number of manors including a massive number in Suffolk and Norfolk given to him by the King. These obviously included Sible Hedingham, but also included Pebmarsh, Ovington and the area of Belchamp.
- ^ Plea Roll of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/bCP40no647dorses/IMG_0761.htm; third entry, second line residence of John Ekefeld, yeoman
- ^ "A French connection: Twinning teams mark 25 years together". Halstead Gazette. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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External links
Media related to Sible Hedingham at Wikimedia Commons
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