Ingworth is a village and a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

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county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nor ...

. It is north of

Aylsham Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, ...

, north of

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, east of

North Walsham North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, within the North Norfolk district. Demography The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 12,634. For the purposes of local government, the pa ...

and south-southwest of

Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authorities are Nor ...

. The nearest railway station is at

, which is located on the

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between Sheringham and

. The nearest airport is

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. The village is bypassed by the

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road, to the west. The village and parish of Ingworth had, in the 2001 census, a population of 94. For the purposes of local government, the village falls within the

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North Norfolk North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was ...

. The population taken at the 2011 census remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of

Erpingham Erpingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Its area of had a population of 541 in 210 households at the 2001 Census. Including Ingworth it increased to 700 at the 2011 Census. Governance For the purposes of loca ...

Description

The parish of Ingworth is very small and covers an area spanning only 212 hectares. The parish has borders with three other parishes. To the north is the parish of

, to the south-west is the parish of

Blickling Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, about north-west of Aylsham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 136 and covers , falling to 113 at the 2011 Census. Since the 17th century t ...

and the parish of

is to the south-southeast. The boundary with the parish of Blickling is indicated by the course of the

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which also skirts the western edge of the village. Part of the parishes northern boundary at Beech Lane is the designated

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known as the Weavers Way which runs for between Cromer to

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...

. Norwich road which runs north to south through the village and parish was once the main road from Norwich to Cromer before the Aylsham by-pass was built. This route can be clearly seen on Faden's large-scale map (at one inch to the mile) of the county of Norfolk of 1779. The village has no pub, shop or post office although there is a traditional-style phone box. There is also a small playground provided by the parish council. The parish council meets monthly in the village reading room. The village's name comes from the

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for ''Inga’s enclosure''.

History

The Domesday Book

Ingworth has an entry in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1085 where it, its population, land ownership and productive resources were extensively detailed In the survey Ingworth is recorded by the names of ''Ingewrda'' and ''Inghewurda''. The main tenants being the Roger Bigot and Reynald Fitzlvo. The survey also list that there was ½ a mill. In the Domesday survey fractions,The Normans in Norfolk, By Sue Margeson, Fabienne Seillier and Andrew Rogerson, Pub:1994, Page 21, in this case ½ a mill, were used to indicate that the entry was on an estate that lay within more than one parish.

References

External links

St Lawrence's on the European Round Tower Churches Website
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