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Hengrave

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Also known as Hengrave, Suffolk

Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North of the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham St Genevieve, Fornham All Saints and Risby. The River Lark provides the North East boundary of the parish.

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Place details

Locality
West Suffolk
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image
UK Hengrave.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Signpost in Hengrave
UK place.official_name
Hengrave
UK place.population
173
UK place.population_ref
(2011 Census)
UK place.shire_district
West Suffolk district
UK place.shire_county
Suffolk
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster
West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
UK place.post_town
Bury St Edmunds
UK place.postcode_district
IP28
UK place.postcode_area
IP
UK place.dial_code
01284
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL825686

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Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North of the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham St Genevieve, Fornham All Saints and Risby. The River Lark provides the North East boundary of the parish.

==History== The village is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Hemegretham meaning the homestead or village of Hemma's meadow. This is derived from the old Frisian word grēd meaning meadow or pasture. The parish was located in Thingoe Hundred.

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