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Heacham () is a village and electoral ward of 4,750 inhabitants,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heacham ward ) 〕 located beside The Wash in north-western Norfolk, England, between King's Lynn, to the south and Hunstanton, about to the north. ==History== There is evidence of settlement in the Heacham area for around the last 5,000 years, with numerous Neolithic and later Bronze Age finds throughout the parish. This is presumably because the local geology consists of primarily cretaceous sands and underlying chalk, meaning that there is very little surface water for miles in any direction. This can also be seen along the banks of the Caudle Carr located just outside Dersingham, where numerous archaeological sites have been found. Running water in conjunction with the fertile surrounding lands made Heacham an ideal settling location for early man. Evidence of habitation continues through the Iron age into the Romano-British era.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aerial photo showing Iron Age or Romano British enclosures in Heacham )〕 But the beginnings of the present village most probably did not occur until around the 5th century, with the Anglo-Saxon invasion and the beginnings of present-day East Anglia. The name of the village purportedly derives from a 12th-century Norman lord, Geoffrey de Hecham.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Heacham )〕 Although this is possible, it is unlikely as the name 'de Hecham' literally means 'of Hecham', implying the place name was already in existence. The name Hecham was noted in the Little Domesday Book which was written around 1086 as part of the Smithdon hundred (Smetheduna). Prior to the Norman Conquest, Heacham was controlled by two Saxons, Alnoth, and Toki the king's thegn whose estates were based around his hall in Castle Acre. After the conquest the lands passed to William de Warenne and his brother-in-law Frederick de Warenne, who was later killed by Hereward the Wake. The name Heacham is more likely to have derived from the name of the river, The Hitch, in conjunction with the Old English word ham or hamm which meant either ''homestead, village, manor, estate'' or ''enclosure, land hemmed by water or marsh or higher ground, land in a river bend, river meadow, promontory.'' In 1085 the manor of Heacham was given by William de Warenne to a cell of Cluniac monks from the Priory of St Pancras of Lewes to pray for the soul of his late wife Gundreda. After the dissolution, around 1541, the manor passed to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heacham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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