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Sible Hedingham

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Population
  
3,994 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Sible Hedingham

Country
  
England

Shire county
  
Essex

District
  
Braintree District

OS grid reference
  
TL7734

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Dialling code
  
01787

UK parliament constituency
  
Braintree

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Sible Hedingham is a large village and civil parish in the Colne Valley in Braintree District of Essex, in England. It has a population of 3,994 according to the 2011 census. Sible Hedingham lies in the northern corner of Essex, close to both the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders. The village covers some 2123 hectares (5248) acres.

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Map of Sible Hedingham, Halstead, UK

The Domesday Book lists the village together with Hedingham Castle amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the king. The land included woodland for 70 pigs that was in total valued at £4.

A variation on the village name is "Hengham Sybyle".

The city is twinned with the French city of "Choisy-au-Bac", located in Picardy region, Oise department (~80km North of Paris, near Compiègne).

Notable people associated with Sible Hedingham

  • J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964) - English poet.
  • Savitri Devi (1905-1982) - prominent proponent of animal rights, deep ecology and Nazism.
  • Sir John Hawkwood (1320-1394) - English mercenary (or condottiere) who was active in 14th-century Italy.
  • John Hilton (surgeon) FRCS, FRS, FZS (1805-1878) - British Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria and greatest anatomist of his time.

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    Sible Hedingham Wikipedia
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