Editing Halvergate (section)

== History ==
Halvergate's name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for the land costing half a [[heriot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Halvergate |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

In the [[Domesday Book]], Halvergate is listed as a settlement of 69 households [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Walshamshire. In 1086, the village was part of the [[East Anglia|East Anglian]] estates of [[King William I]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halvergate {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG4106/halvergate/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref>

Halvergate Hall was built in 1840 for Sir Cyrus Gillet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF48179 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF48179 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>

[[Stracey Arms Windpump]] was built in 1883 to drain water from the surrounding marshland into the [[River Bure]]. The mill ceased working in 1946 but was used as a fortified pillbox during the [[Second World War]]. The mill briefly operated as a tea room which closed in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Tunstall Stracey Arms drainage windmill |url=https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/tunstall-stracey-arms-drainage.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkmills.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Mutton's Mill]] was originally known as Manor Mill but was eventually named after the last mill keeper, Fred Mutton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Halvergate Mutton's drainage windmill |url=https://norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/halvergate-muttons-drainage.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=norfolkmills.co.uk}}</ref>

In 1944, a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] of the [[466th Bombardment Group]] crashed in the parish after taking-off from [[RAF Attlebridge]] killing all of its crew. A group of enthusiasts excavated the wreck in 1979 and were startled to discover the bomb load still in place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF15358 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF15358 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>