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{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Hoxne
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| region= East of England
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.35|1.2|display=inline,title}}
| population= 889
| population_ref= (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124860&c=Hoxne&d=16&e=62&g=6466406&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1471618095188&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|
| post_town= EYE
| postcode_area= IP
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| shire_district= [[Mid Suffolk]]
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|static_image_caption= Village Hall, Hoxne
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'''Hoxne''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|k|s|ən}} {{respell|HOK|sən}}) is
In geology, Hoxne gives its name to the [[Hoxnian Stage]], a British regional subdivision of the [[Pleistocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Epoch]].
== Overview ==
The area around the village is of
In 1797, [[John Frere]] (1740-1807) found flint hand tools twelve feet deep in [[Hoxne Brick Pit]], and he was the first person to recognise
==Hoxne Hoard==
The [[Hoxne Hoard]] (pron.: /ˈhɒksən/ hok-sən) is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth century found anywhere within the Roman Empire. Only fourteen years after the last dig by the U. Chicago team, on the same farm, only a few hundred meters south along the road, the Hoxne Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist on 16 November 1992. The Hoard consists of 14,865 Roman gold, silver and bronze coins from the late fourth and early fifth centuries, and approximately 200 items of silver tableware and gold jewelry.[4] These objects are now in the British Museum in London, where the most important pieces and a selection of the rest are on permanent display. In 1993, the Treasure Valuation Committee valued the hoard at £1.75 million (today £2.66 million).▼
{{Main|Hoxne Hoard}}
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The village is also home to a 15th Century, Grade II listed lodge, formerly known as Bishops Lodge, built in 1480 by the [[Henry le Despencer|Bishop of Norwich]]. It is today a popular pub, The Swan.▼
▲The village is also home to a 15th
== Saint Edmund ==
It is said that [[Edmund the Martyr|Saint Edmund]], King of [[East Anglia]], hid under the bridge known in those times as Gold Bridge to elude the pursuing Danes. A newly married couple saw the king's gold spurs and gave his location away to his enemies. According to the legend, Saint Edmund put a curse on all couples who cross the bridge on their way to get married.<ref>Anthony D. Hippisley Coxe, ''Haunted Britain'', pg. 105, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1973</ref>▼
[[File:Hoxne Village Hall-3871419375.jpg|thumb|left|Inscription on Hoxne Village Hall]]
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The account continues, explaining how he was subsequently killed by the Danes at [[St Edmund's Memorial, Hoxne]] after refusing to disavow [[Christianity]].
[[Jean Ingelow]]'s poem 'The Tradition of the Golden Spurs' tells of this legend and she added the following note:
* About the year 870, the Danes under Hingvar invaded East Anglia, which was then governed by Edmund, a king of singular virtue and piety.
* After defending his people with great valour, Edmund was at last defeated in a battle fought near Hoxne in Suffolk. Being hotly pursued, he concealed himself under a bridge called Gold-bridge. The glittering of his golden spurs discovered him to a newly married couple who were returning home by moonlight, and the bride betrayed him to his enemies.
* The heathen Danes offered him his crown and his life if he would deny the Christian faith, but he continued steadfast, and when he was dragged on to the bridge, he pronounced a malediction (or warning) on all who should afterwards pass over it on their way to be married, the dread of which is still so strong in the neighbourhood that it is said no bride or bridegroom has ever been known to pass over it to this day.<ref>'A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings', published anonymously, 1850</ref>
For Hingvar, see [[Ivar the Boneless]].
==See also==
*[[Hoxne
*[[Hoxne manor]]
*[[Hoxne Priory]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.hoxne.net/ Hoxne village website]
* [https://www.hoxnehistory.org.uk/ Ancient buildings, history, and walks, in Hoxne]
* [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hoxne.html St. Peter and St. Paul Church]
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* [http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/hoxne.html Hoxne Mill]
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* [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/7864.ctl Hoxne site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909144353/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/7864.ctl |date=9 September 2006 }} of the [[Lower Paleolithic
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602074402/http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/stedmund.cfm Hoxne claim to martyrdom site] of
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