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Helhoughton, Norfolk

Historical Description

Helhoughton, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wensum, 5 miles SW by W from Fakenham, and three-quarters of a mile SW from Eaynham Park station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway. It has a post office under Fakenham; money order office, East Rudham; telegraph office, West; Raynham. The parish comprises 1687 acres; population of the civil parish, 355; of the ecclesiastical, 511. The manor belongs to the Marquess Townshend. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of South Raynhain, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £240. Patron, the Marquess Townshend. The church, a plain building of flint, in the Early English style, was restored in 1890. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishHeloughton All Saints 
HundredGallow 
Poor Law unionWalsingham 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Helhoughton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1557-19151557-19151540-19001556-1905


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Helhoughton from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Helhoughton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR21
Post TownFakenham

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