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Chedgrave is a village and civil parish in English county of Norfolk. Chedgrave is separated from nearby Loddon by the River Chet.
Chedgrave | |
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All Saints, Chedgrave | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
Population | 1,051 (2011) |
• Density | 299/km2 (770/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM364995 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR14 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Chedgrave's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and likely derives from the Old English for Ceatta's pit or grove.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Chedgrave is described as consisting of 73 households located in the hundred of Loddon. The village formed part of the estates of Ralph Baynard.[2]
According to the 2011 Census, Chedgrave has 1,051 residents living in 488 households.[3]
Chedgrave falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Ben Goldsborough of the Labour Party.
Chedgrave's war memorials take the form of two marble plaques inside All Saints' Church as well as a lychgate erected in 2018. The memorial lists the following name for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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