Chedgrave

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Chedgrave
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Chedgrave
Location within Norfolk
Area3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Population1,051 (2011)
  Density 299/km2 (770/sq mi)
OS grid reference TM364995
Civil parish
  • Chedgrave
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR14
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°32′30″N1°29′12″E / 52.54167°N 1.48667°E / 52.54167; 1.48667

Chedgrave is a village and civil parish in English county of Norfolk. Chedgrave is separated from nearby Loddon by the River Chet.

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History

Chedgrave's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and likely derives from the Old English for Ceatta's pit or grove. [1]

In the Domesday Book, Chedgrave is described as consisting of 73 households located in the hundred of Loddon. The village formed part of the estates of Ralph Baynard. [2]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Chedgrave has 1,051 residents living in 488 households. [3]

Chedgrave falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party.

War memorial

Chedgrave's war memorials take the form of two marble plaques inside All Saints' Church as well as a lychgate erected in 2018. The memorial lists the following name for the First World War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

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References

  1. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 7, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Chedgrave
  2. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 7, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM3699/chedgrave/
  3. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 7, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006530
  4. Hoffmann, R. (2004). Retrieved December 7, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Chedgrave.html

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