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Hindolveston or Hilderston, Norfolk

Historical Description

Hindolveston or Hilderston, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands near the river Bure, 3 miles N from Foulsham, and 8 E from Fakenham. It has a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway, and a post office under Dereham; money order office, Melton Constable; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish comprises 2540 acres; population, 613. The manor is held by Lord Hastings as lessee of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £220. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church, which is a large and ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style, comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower, and is old but good. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.

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 parishHindolveston St. George 
HundredEynsford 
Poor Law unionAylsham 

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 Hindolveston:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1693-19011693-19011722-19011722-1901


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 Hindolveston or Hilderston from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Hindolveston or Hilderston 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.

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