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Hillington, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°48′01″N 0°32′50″E / 52.80018°N 0.54734°E / 52.80018; 0.54734
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Hillington
St Mary's Church, Hillington
Hillington is located in Norfolk
Hillington
Hillington
Location within Norfolk
Area10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population400 (2011)
• Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF718255
Civil parish
  • Hillington
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE31
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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Norfolk
52°48′01″N 0°32′50″E / 52.80018°N 0.54734°E / 52.80018; 0.54734

Hillington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi) and had a population of 287 in 123 households as of the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 400 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It formerly had a railway station, but this closed in 1959.

History

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The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Helingetuna, which is believed to mean ‘the farmstead of the family or followers of a man named Hythla or Hydl'.[3]

Archaeological test pits were dug between 2015–2017 and a report was published in 2019.[4]

Notable people

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Hillington is the traditional home of the ffolkes baronets. Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet was Rector of Hillington from 1912 until his death.[5] His nephew, the intelligence officer and conservationist Tracy Philipps, was born here in 1888.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Hillington". www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Hilington" (PDF). www.access.archCam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Sir Francis Ffolkes". The Times: 19. 20 October 1938.
  6. ^ "Tracy Philipps". Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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