Sible Hedingham (/ˌsɪbəlˈhɛdɪŋəm/SIB-əl HED-ing-əm[2]) is a large village and civil parish in the Colne Valley in the Braintree District of Essex, in England. It has a population of 3,994 according to the 2011 census.[1] Sible Hedingham lies in the northern corner of Essex, close to both the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders. The village covers some 2,123 hectares (5,246 acres).[citation needed]
The Domesday Book lists the village together with Hedingham Castle amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the king.[3][4] The land included woodland for 70 pigs that was in total valued at £4.
A variation on the village name is "Hengham Sybyle".[5]
In 1863, Sible Hedingham was the site of one of the last 19th century witchcraft accusations in England. The victim is now known as "Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham".
The village is twinned with the French commune of Choisy-au-Bac,[6] located in Picardy region, Oise department (c.80km north of Paris, near Compiègne).
Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
Savitri Devi (1905–1982), prominent proponent of Nazism, animal rights and deep ecology, who died here
'Dummy' , an unnamed elderly deaf mute man murdered by a mob in 1863 after he was accused of witchcraft.
Sir John Hawkwood (1320–1394), English mercenary (or condottiere) who was active in 14th-century Italy[8]
John Hilton (surgeon) FRCS, FRS, FZS (1805–1878), Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria and greatest anatomist of his time[9]
Joan Prentice, a woman living in a almshouse here who was accused of witchcraft and she was hanged in Chelmsford in 1589.[10]
Samuel Wilbore (1595-1656) – a founder of Portsmouth Colony (Rhode Island, US; 7 March 1638) as a religious dissenter from the Plymouth Colony of Boston, Massachusetts
jimmyw74 (25 March 2011). "Illegal Landbanking". YouTube. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1036 ISBN0-14-143994-7
Roger Bigod held a number of manors including a massive number in Suffolk and Norfolk given to him by the King. These obviously included Sible Hedingham, but also included Pebmarsh, Ovington and the area of Belchamp.
"Death of Poet". Birmingham Post. No.32893. 30 March 1964. p.22. Retrieved 17 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
Fowler, Kenneth (8 October 2009). "Hawkwood, Sir John (d. 1394), military commander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12693.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Kirkup, John (23 September 2004). "Hilton, John (1805–1878), anatomist and surgeon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13327.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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