Illington

Human settlement in England

Wretham

District

Breckland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTHETFORDPostcode districtIP24Dialling code01953PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°28′23″N 0°52′01″E / 52.47308°N 0.866831°E / 52.47308; 0.866831

Illington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wretham in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England.^[1] The village is 6.2 miles north east of Thetford, 24 miles west south west of Norwich and 92.3 miles north east of London.^[2] The nearest railway station is at Thetford for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53.^[3] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Wretham.^[4]

History

The villages name means 'farm/settlement of Illa's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Illa'.^[5]

Illington has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.^[6] In the great book Illington is recorded by the name ‘’Illinketune’’. The main landholder is William de Warenne

References

^ OS Explorer Map 236 - King’s Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 978-0-319-46408-3.
^ County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5
^ "Population statistics Illington AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "Illington AP/CP through time: Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 191, Illington, ISBN 1-85833-440-3