Hoe, Norfolk

Hoe
St Andrew's Church
Hoe Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TF9952116818
Civil parish	Hoe and Worthing
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dereham
Postcode district	NR20
Dialling code	01362
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°42′44″N0°57′08″E / 52.71222°N 0.95225°E / 52.71222; 0.95225

Hoe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hoe and Worthing, in the English county of Norfolk.

Hoe is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Dereham and 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

Hoe's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for hill-spur. ^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Hoe is listed as a settlement of 20 households in the hundred of Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of St. Etheldreda's Abbey. ^[2]

Hoe Hall was built on the site of a medieval moated site during the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries. There was previously a walled garden which was replaced by a swimming pool in the 1970s. ^{[3] [4]}

St. Andrew's Church

Hoe's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located on the High Street and has been Grade II listed since 1960. ^{[5] [6]} The church holds regular Sunday service once a month. ^[7]

Governance

Hoe is part of the electoral ward of Lincoln 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.

War Memorial

Hoe's war memorials are a set of brass plaques inside St. Andrew's Church which lists the following name for the First World War: ^[8]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of death	Burial/Commemoration
Lt.	George B. Bagnall	6th Bn., Rifle Brigade	23 Apr. 1917	Arras Memorial

The following names were added after the Second World War:

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of death	Burial/Commemoration
PO	James A. Barclay	No. 18 Squadron RAF (Blenheims)	8 Dec. 1941	Runnymede Memorial
Pte.	Allured J. Taylor	5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment	24 Jan. 1942	Kranji War Cemetery

References

1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
2. "Hoe | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
3. "mnf2832 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
4. "mnf48876 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
5. "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Hoe and Worthing - 1077329 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
6. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
7. "Hoe: St Andrew". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
8. "Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

External links

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