Hilgay
| Hilgay | |
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| Area | 33.38 km2 (12.89 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,174 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TL621983 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Hilgay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 4 miles (6.4 km) outside of Downham Market. It covers an area of 33.38 km2 (12.89 sq mi) and had a population of 1,174 in 500 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Other places nearby are Fordham, Ryston, Southery and Denver.
Hilgay is now bypassed by the A10 road.
History - a journalist[who?] describes Hilgay like this:
"Hilgay, a village and a parish in Downham district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wissey, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Ouse, 3 NE of Hilgay fen . station, and Market-Downham and has a post office under Downham Market. The parish comprises 7,860 acres (31.8 km2) of which 5,908 are in the Fens. Real property, £13,492. Pop., 1,624. Houses, 365. The property is much subdivided. The hall about ½ a mile from the village, belonged to the abbots of Ramsey, went at the dissolussion to James Howe, belonged now to the Jones family and was rebuilt in the Tudor style in 1840."
There was once a Hilgay railway station on the Fen Line.
Notes
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
External links
- GENUKI(tm) page
- Map sources for Hilgay
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