Horringer

Horringer 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.[1]

Horringer

St Leonard's Church, Horringer
Horringer
Location within Suffolk
Population890 (2005)[1]
1,055 (2011)[2]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP29
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Heritage

Horringer was earlier known as Horningsheath. The school kept this spelling until after the Second World War.[3]

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:

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,[9] 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.[10]

Population change
Population growth 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[11]
Population growth in Horringer from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001 2011
Population 525 552 569 545 465 468 901 1,055
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[11]

Location grid

References
  1. Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. Horringer Village. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ODNB: John Craig, "Rogers, Thomas (c. 1553–1616)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled
  5. ODNB: Amanda Foreman, "Cavendish , Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1824)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.
  6. ODNB: Gerard O'Brien, "Hervey, Frederick Augustus, fourth earl of Bristol (1730–1803)" Retrieved 30 March 2014, pay-walled.
  7. "Melmoth Hall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  8. Haden-Guest, Anthony. "The end of the peer", The Observer, 22 January 2006. Accessed May 17, 2008.
  9. "Suffolk County Council – 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  10. City Population Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  11. "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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