Hargrave, Suffolk
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Hargrave is a village in the St Edmundsbury
district of Suffolk
, England
, about 7 miles (10 km) south west of Bury St Edmunds. Lying at the crossroads from Ousden
and Lady's Green (west) and Chevington (east). Barrow, Suffolk
(North) and Wickhambrook
(in the South).
The village has approximately 120 dwellings, two Churches and a Village Hall (built and funded by the village).
Following the Conquest the Manor became one of more than three hundred holdings of the Abbey, held at the time of Domesday by William De Waterville and subsequently, by the Monks; by Ralph the Falconer of Barrow; and by Robert Payne. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries it passed to Sir Thomas Kitson, and in 1717 was sold to the Earl of Bristol to become part of the Ickworth Estate.
In 1912, the area of land under cultivation in Hargrave was 1781 acres (7.2 km²), a mere twenty percent increase in the eight hundred years that had elapsed since Domesday. The population of the village developed equally slowly, and for the first five hundred years following the Domesday record it was virtually static. It then grew to 324 during the next three hundred years, probably due to the change in agriculture towards corn farming, and reached its peak of 520 in 1861. From then, the great depression in agriculture caused an exodus from the villages to the towns and Hargrave was no exception. Its population decreased to 264 by 1931 and has remained at approximately that level to the present day.
There has been a marked change in the occupations of the residents of the village. Two hundred years ago, 86 people from 64 families were engaged in agriculture, and in 1931, 77% of the families were similarly employed. Today, less than one tenth of our residents are employed on the farms in the village, and more than double their number are employed outside the village in retail and services industries, and in public sector and local government occupations. Almost three-quarters of our working residents commute to their place of work.
, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001
, Hargrave had a population of 273 with 110 households.
St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury may refer to:* The old or poetic name for Bury St Edmunds* St Edmundsbury, a borough centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds* The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and St James's Cathedral, St Edmundsbury...
district of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
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, about 7 miles (10 km) south west of Bury St Edmunds. Lying at the crossroads from Ousden
Ousden
Ousden is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around six miles west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 260.-External links:*...
and Lady's Green (west) and Chevington (east). Barrow, Suffolk
Barrow, Suffolk
-External links:Hidden East Anglia:Landscape Legends of Norfolk & Suffolk http://www.hiddenea.com/suffolkb.htm...
(North) and Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England.Located around ten miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill off the A143.The village was recorded in Domesday as "Wicham"....
(in the South).
The village has approximately 120 dwellings, two Churches and a Village Hall (built and funded by the village).
History
Around the turn of the first millennium, East Anglia was continuously being ravaged by invading Danes, leading to questions as to whether the nineteen local residents recorded in the Domesday Survey (1086) were surviving East Angles or were of Scandinavian origin. Prior to the Norman Conquest, the manor lands of Haragraua (Hares Grove) had been held by Aluiet, one of four Freewomen of West Suffolk, and it is recorded that she held 480 acres (1.9 km²) of land and the church. Some four fifths of the medieval churches of Suffolk were already in existence at the time of the Conquest and it is probable that Hargrave was one of them, although the oldest surviving fabric of the building dates from the Norman period of architecture. It is also probable that a medieval Hall existed in the vicinity of the present church and hall (although the existing Hargrave Hall dates from mid- sixteenth century), and that our nineteen early residents also lived in that area, undertaking their predominantly sheep and pig farming.Following the Conquest the Manor became one of more than three hundred holdings of the Abbey, held at the time of Domesday by William De Waterville and subsequently, by the Monks; by Ralph the Falconer of Barrow; and by Robert Payne. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries it passed to Sir Thomas Kitson, and in 1717 was sold to the Earl of Bristol to become part of the Ickworth Estate.
In 1912, the area of land under cultivation in Hargrave was 1781 acres (7.2 km²), a mere twenty percent increase in the eight hundred years that had elapsed since Domesday. The population of the village developed equally slowly, and for the first five hundred years following the Domesday record it was virtually static. It then grew to 324 during the next three hundred years, probably due to the change in agriculture towards corn farming, and reached its peak of 520 in 1861. From then, the great depression in agriculture caused an exodus from the villages to the towns and Hargrave was no exception. Its population decreased to 264 by 1931 and has remained at approximately that level to the present day.
There has been a marked change in the occupations of the residents of the village. Two hundred years ago, 86 people from 64 families were engaged in agriculture, and in 1931, 77% of the families were similarly employed. Today, less than one tenth of our residents are employed on the farms in the village, and more than double their number are employed outside the village in retail and services industries, and in public sector and local government occupations. Almost three-quarters of our working residents commute to their place of work.
Demography
According to the Office for National StatisticsOffice for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Overview :...
, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, Hargrave had a population of 273 with 110 households.
Population change
| Population growth Population growth Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement.... in Hargrave from 1801 to 1891 |
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | ||
| Population | 324 | 313 | 360 | 394 | 457 | 489 | 420 | 378 | ||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time | ||||||||||
| Population growth Population growth Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement.... in Hargrave from 1901 to 2001 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | |||
| Population | 337 | 304 | 252 | 264 | 238 | 228 | 273 | |||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time | ||||||||||
Location grid
External links
- onesuffolk website
- http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hargrave.htm St Edmund Church