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Hethel, Norfolk

Historical Description

Hethel, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 2¼ miles S by W from Hethersett station, 1½ mile N from Ashwellthorpe station on the G.E.R., and 4 miles E by S from Wymond-ham. Post town, Norwich, vid Bracon Ash; money order office, Wreningham; telegraph office, Ashwellthorpe station. Acreage, 1443; population, 149. Hethel Thorne, near the church, is said to be as old as the time of King John. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, .6403. The rectory house is moated. The church is an ancient building of flint and brick, and it contains a fine monument to Myles Branthwaite. Hethel Hall is a chief residence.

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 parishHethel All Saints 
HundredHumbleyard 
Poor Law unionHenstead 

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 Hethel:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1710-18121710-18121711-18351710-1812


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 Hethel from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Hethel 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.

CountyNorfolk

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