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Howe, Norfolk
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Howe is a village and civil parish in English county of Norfolk.
Howe is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Loddon and 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south of Norwich.
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History
Howe's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for mound.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Howe is listed as a settlement of 56 households in the hundred of Henstead. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I and St. Edmunds Abbey.[2]
Howe Hall was built in the Seventeenth Century.[3]
Geography
Due to its small size, separate population statistics for Howe have not been returned for the last three censuses.[4]
St. Mary's Church
Howe's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from Twelfth Century with some Roman material, being one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. St. Mary's is located on 'The Green' and has been Grade II listed since 1960.[5] The church holds Sunday service once a month and is part of the Poringland Benefice.[6]
St. Mary's also holds a carved lectern made in the French-style and a stained-glass window depicting Faith, Hope and Charity by Robert Bayne.[7]
Governance
Howe is part of the electoral ward of Newton Flotman for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.
War Memorial
Howe's war memorial is an elaborate wooden triptych inside St. Mary's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:[8]
The following name was added after the Second World War:
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