Editing Halvergate

{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.60669|1.57865|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = top
| os_grid_reference = TG424070
| official_name = Halvergate
| population = 585
| population_ref = (2021 census)
| shire_district = [[Broadland]]
| shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Halvergate
| constituency_westminster = [[Broadland and Fakenham]]
| postcode_district = NR13
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = NORWICH
| dial_code = 01493
| london_distance = 
| hide_services = 
| static_image_name = Primitive Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 820906.jpg
| static_image_caption = Primitive Methodist Chapel, Halvergate
| area_total_sq_mi = 9.49
}}

'''Halvergate''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]], between the Rivers [[River Bure|Bure]] and [[River Yare|Yare]]. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of [[Tunstall, Norfolk|Tunstall]].

Halvergate is located {{Convert|2.8|mi|km}} south-east of [[Acle]] and {{Convert|12|mi|km}} east of [[Norwich]].

== History ==
Halvergate's name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for the land costing half a [[heriot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Halvergate |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

In the [[Domesday Book]], Halvergate is listed as a settlement of 69 households [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Walshamshire. In 1086, the village was part of the [[East Anglia|East Anglian]] estates of [[King William I]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halvergate {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG4106/halvergate/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref>

Halvergate Hall was built in 1840 for Sir Cyrus Gillet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF48179 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF48179 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>

[[Stracey Arms Windpump]] was built in 1883 to drain water from the surrounding marshland into the [[River Bure]]. The mill ceased working in 1946 but was used as a fortified pillbox during the [[Second World War]]. The mill briefly operated as a tea room which closed in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Tunstall Stracey Arms drainage windmill |url=https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/tunstall-stracey-arms-drainage.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkmills.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Mutton's Mill]] was originally known as Manor Mill but was eventually named after the last mill keeper, Fred Mutton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Halvergate Mutton's drainage windmill |url=https://norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/halvergate-muttons-drainage.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=norfolkmills.co.uk}}</ref>

In 1944, a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] of the [[466th Bombardment Group]] crashed in the parish after taking-off from [[RAF Attlebridge]] killing all of its crew. A group of enthusiasts excavated the wreck in 1979 and were startled to discover the bomb load still in place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF15358 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF15358 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref> 

== Geography ==
According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], Halvergate has a population of 585 people which shows a decrease from the 907 people recorded in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halvergate (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/broadland/E04006225__halvergate/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

Halvergate is within [[The Broads]] National Park and is close to [[Halvergate Marshes]], a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]. The [[Weavers' Way]] footpath passes through the village.

== Church of St. Peter & St. Paul ==
Halvergate's parish church is dedicated to [[Saint Peter]] and [[Saint Paul]] and dates from the Fifteenth Century. The church is located within the village on 'The Street' and has been Grade I listed since 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, Halvergate - 1152737 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152737?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> St. Peter & St. Paul's is no longer open for Sunday services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halvergate: St Peter & St Paul |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10026/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref>

The church was renovated several times during the [[Victorian era]], most notably in the 1870s by [[Richard Phipson]]. Despite this, there is still some surviving Fifteenth Century stained-glass windows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/halvergate/halvergate.htm |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>

== Amenities ==
Acle & Halvergate Cricket Club play home games at the Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields close to the village. The club operates several teams including a youth setup with the First XI playing in the Premier Division of the Norfolk Cricket Alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acle CC |url=https://acle.play-cricket.com/Teams/76442 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=acle.play-cricket.com}}</ref>

The Red Lion Pub has been open in the village since at least 1789.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RED LION - HALVERGATE |url=https://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkh/halvergate/halverl.htm |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkpubs.co.uk}}</ref> The pub remains open.

== Governance ==
Halvergate is part of the [[electoral ward]] of Marshes for local elections and is part of the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Broadland]].

The village's national constituency is [[Broadland and Fakenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Broadland and Fakenham]] which has been represented by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party's]] [[Jerome Mayhew|Jerome Mayhew MP]] since 2019.

== War Memorial ==
Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial is a granite obelisk topped with a ceremonial urn that was built by Mr. W.R. Utting of Acle and unveiled in August 1920 by the Reverend J. Blackbourne, Rector of Acle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings, Halvergate - 1443359 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1443359?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The memorial lists the following Halvergate men for the [[First World War]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Halvergate & Tunstall |url=https://roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Halvergate.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=roll-of-honour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Name
!Unit
!Date of Death
!Burial/Commemoration
|-
|Dvr.
|Stephen Hewitt
|146th Bde., [[Royal Field Artillery]]
|30 Aug. 1916
|[[Lachanas|Lahana Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|George Bloom
|MT, [[Army Service Corps (UK)|Army Service Corps]]
|25 Nov. 1918
|Unknown
|-
|Pte.
|Wilfrid R. Smith
|2nd Bn., [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
|16 Apr. 1917
|[[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne Eastern Cem.]]
|-
|Pte.
|Frederick Bradshaw
|15th Coy., [[Machine Gun Corps]]
|12 Sep. 1916
|[[Norfolk Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Hiram F. Gall
|4th Bn., [[Middlesex Regiment]]
|18 Nov. 1916
|[[Queens Cemetery, Puisieux|Queens Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Edward Diboll
|1st Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]]
|27 Jul. 1916
|[[Thiepval Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Herbert Knights
|1st Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|4 Sep. 1916
|[[Delville Wood Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Evelyn Everson
|1st Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|28 May 1918
|[[Tannay, Nièvre|Tannay British Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Albert S. Mallett
|2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|5 Jul. 1916
|[[Basra War Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Albert Watts
|7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|27 Mar. 1918
|[[Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Valentine Foster
|9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|17 Dec. 1915
|[[Menin Gate]]
|-
|Pte.
|William Hunn
|9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|19 Aug. 1916
|[[Auchonvillers Military Cemetery|Auchonvillers Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|A. Charles Springall
|7th Bn., [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|Royal Warwickshire Regt.]]
|27 Aug. 1917
|[[Bedford House Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|C. Clement R. Mallett
|10th Bn., Royal Warwicks
|26 Sep. 1918
|[[Lapugnoy|Lapugnoy Cemetery]]
|-
|Dhd.
|James W. Springall
|H.M. Trawler ''Miura''
|23 Aug. 1915
|[[Chatham Naval Memorial]]
|}
The following names were added after the [[Second World War]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Name
!Unit
!Date of Death
!Burial/Commemoration
|-
|St1C
|Herbert Barrett
|[[HMS Curacoa (D41)|HMS ''Curacoa'']]
|2 Oct. 1942
|[[Chatham Naval Memorial]]
|-
|St1C
|Jack W. Fransham
|[[Royal Navy]]
|19 Oct. 1942
|Halvergate Churchyard
|-
|Dvr.
|Eric W. Jermy
|251 Coy., [[Royal Engineers]]
|19 Aug. 1943
|[[Kanchanaburi War Cemetery]]
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
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