Horringer

Coordinates: 52°13′23″N 0°40′23″E / 52.223°N 0.673°E / 52.223; 0.673

Horringer is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A143 around two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 890. It was earlier known as Horningsheath, and the school kept this spelling until after the Second World War.

The village is home of Ickworth house, the neoclassical country house which is the seat of the 8th Marquess of Bristol and run by the National Trust.

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Horringer had a population of 901 with 397 households.

Population change

Notable persons

The religious controversialist and cleric Thomas Rogers (c. 1553–1616) was the rector of St Leonards, Horringer, from 1581 until his death.

Horringer was the birthplace of Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born Elizabeth Christiana Hervey on 13 May 1759. She became a notable society hostess and patron of the arts. Her father was Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, who later became Bishop of Cloyne (1767–1768) and Bishop of Derry (1768–1803). He was a believer in equality among religions.