Sible Hedingham facts for kids
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| Population | 3,994 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL7734 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALSTEAD |
| Postcode district | CO9 |
| Dialling code | 01787 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Sible Hedingham is a large village in Essex, England. It is located in the Colne Valley, which is part of the Braintree District. In 2011, about 3,994 people lived there. Sible Hedingham is in the northern part of Essex, close to the borders of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The village covers an area of about 2,123 hectares (5,246 acres).
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A Look at History
The village of Sible Hedingham is mentioned in the Domesday Book from 1086. This book was a huge survey ordered by King William the Conqueror to record all the land and property in England. The Domesday Book shows that Sible Hedingham, along with Hedingham Castle, was given to a powerful person named Roger Bigod by the king. The land even included enough woodland to support 70 pigs! The total value of the land was recorded as £4.
Sometimes, the village name was written as "Hengham Sybyle."
The Story of Dummy
In 1863, Sible Hedingham was involved in a sad event. An elderly man, who was deaf and could not speak, was wrongly accused of being a witch. He was known as "Dummy." Sadly, he was attacked by a group of people and died. This event is remembered as one of the last times someone was accused of witchcraft in England during the 1800s.
Village Twinning
Sible Hedingham has a special friendship with a French town called Choisy-au-Bac. This is called "twinning." Choisy-au-Bac is located in the Picardy region of France, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Paris.
Famous People from Sible Hedingham
Many interesting people have connections to Sible Hedingham:
- J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964) was a poet who passed away in the village.
- Rachel Barrett (1874–1953) was a suffragette. Suffragettes were women who fought for the right to vote. Rachel was also a newspaper editor.
- Savitri Devi (1905–1982) was a writer who supported Nazism, animal rights, and deep ecology. She died here.
- 'Dummy' was the unnamed elderly deaf man mentioned earlier, who was sadly killed in 1863 after being accused of witchcraft.
- Sir John Hawkwood (1320–1394) was an English mercenary, also known as a Condottiero. This means he was a leader of soldiers who fought for money, and he was very active in Italy during the 14th century.
- John Hilton (surgeon) (1805–1878) was a very important surgeon and anatomist (someone who studies the body's structure). He was even the Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria.
- Samuel Wilbore (1595–1656) was one of the people who founded Portsmouth Colony in Rhode Island, USA. He moved there in 1638 because he had different religious beliefs from the Plymouth Colony in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Alderford Mill
See also
In Spanish: Sible Hedingham para niños
