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Holme Hale

Holme Hale is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Holme Hale is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Swaffham and 21 miles (34 km) west of Norwich.

"Hoom Hale"

Holme Hale's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and the Old Norse for the island and the nook of land.

In the Domesday Book, Holme Hale is listed as a settlement of 5 households in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I and Ralph de Tosny.

Bury's Hall was built in the parish in the Sixteenth Century and later expanded in later centuries. The building is the scene of a reported haunting of a priest who was murdered by Roundheads during the English Civil War.

Holme Hale Railway Station opened in 1875 as a stop on the Watton and Swaffham Railway. The station closed in 1964 to both passengers and freight.

According to the 2021 census, Holme Hale has a population of 525 people which shows an increase from the 494 people recorded in the 2011 census.

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