Sible Hedingham (/ˌsɪbəl ˈhɛdɪŋəm/ SIB-əl HED-ing-əm[2]) 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).
| 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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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALSTEAD |
| Postcode district | CO9 |
| Dialling code | 01787 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the village together with Hedingham Castle amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the king.[3][4] The land included woodland for 70 pigs that was in total valued at £4.
A variation on the village name is "Hengham Sybyle".[5]
In 1863, Sible Hedingham was the site of one of the last 19th-century witchcraft accusations in England. The victim is now known as "Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham".
The village is twinned with the French commune of Choisy-au-Bac,[6] located in Picardy region, Oise department (c. 80 km north of Paris, near Compiègne).
Notable people associated with Sible Hedingham
edit- J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964), poet died here[7]
- Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
- Savitri Devi (1905–1982), prominent proponent of Nazism, animal rights and deep ecology, who died here
- 'Dummy', an unnamed elderly deaf mute man murdered by a mob in 1863 after he was accused of witchcraft.
- Sir John Hawkwood (1320–1394), English mercenary (or Condottiero) who was active in 14th-century Italy[8]
- John Hilton (surgeon) FRCS, FRS, FZS (1805–1878), Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria and greatest anatomist of his time[9]
- Joan Prentice, a woman living in an almshouse here who was accused of witchcraft and she was hanged in Chelmsford in 1589.[10]
- 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
References
edit- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Sible Hedingham Parish (1170213791)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ jimmyw74 (25 March 2011). "Illegal Landbanking". YouTube. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Death of Poet". Birmingham Post. No. 32893. 30 March 1964. p. 22. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Fowler, Kenneth (8 October 2009). "Hawkwood, Sir John (d. 1394), military commander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12693. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Kirkup, John (23 September 2004). "Hilton, John (1805–1878), anatomist and surgeon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13327. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Gibson, Marion (2004). "Essex witches (act. 1566–1589)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70257. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 20 March 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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