Hoe is a village in the civil parish of Hoe and Worthing, in the Breckland district, in the English county of Norfolk.
Hoe is located north of Dereham and north-west of Norwich.
History Hoe's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for hill-spur.
In the Domesday Book, Hoe is listed as a settlement of 20 households in the hundred of Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of St. Etheldreda's Abbey.
Hoe Hall was built on the site of a medieval moated site during the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries. There was previously a walled garden which was replaced by a swimming pool in the 1970s.
St. Andrew's Church Hoe's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located on the High Street and has been Grade II listed since 1960. The church holds regular Sunday service once a month.
Governance Hoe is part of the electoral ward of Lincoln for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman MP since 2010.
On 1 April 1935 the parish of Worthing was merged with Hoe, although the ecclesiastical parishes remain separate. On 1 January 2022 the merged parish was renamed "Hoe and Worthing". In 1931 the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 151.
War Memorial Hoe's war memorials are a set of brass plaques inside St. Andrew's Church which lists the following name for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationLt.George B. Bagnall6th Bn., Rifle Brigade23 Apr. 1917Arras Memorial The following names were added after the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationPOJames A. BarclayNo. 18 Squadron RAF (Blenheims)8 Dec. 1941Runnymede MemorialPte.Allured J. Taylor5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment24 Jan. 1942Kranji War Cemetery
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