Halvergate Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6067°N 1.5787°W
Label Position:top
Os Grid Reference:TG424070
Official Name:Halvergate
Population:607
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Area Total Km2:24.65
Shire District:Broadland
Shire County:Norfolk
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Halvergate
Constituency Westminster:Broadland
Postcode District:NR13
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:NORWICH
Static Image Name:Primitive Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 820906.jpg
Static Image Caption:Primitive Methodist Chapel, Halvergate

Halvergate is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Reedham,[2] between the Rivers Bure and Yare, within The Broads. To the east of the village is the hamlet of Wickhampton and the Halvergate Marshes, an area of drainage marsh which was the site of the first Environmentally Sensitive Area in the United Kingdom in 1987.[3] [4]

The villages name origin is uncertain possibly, 'land costing half a heriot'.

The parish covers an area of 24.65km2 and had a population of 468 in 202 households at the 2001 census,[5] increasing to a population of 607 in 243 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. The civil parish includes the village of Tunstall.

The long distance footpath named the Weavers' Way passes through Halvergate, and this provides one of the few modes of access to Berney Arms.

The village has a cricket team that plays in the East Anglian Premier League.

See also

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Halvergate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 5 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics. 11 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011192830/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124153&c=Halvergate&d=16&e=62&g=6448507&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1470407371683&enc=1. dead.
  2. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. .
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/10/ruralaffairs Heaven on earth, Wickhampton, Norfolk
  4. http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/farming/funding/closedschemes/esa/broads.aspx Broads ESA
  5. http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes