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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hindolveston St. George | |
Hundred | Eynsford | |
Poor Law union | Aylsham |
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:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1693-1901 | 1693-1901 | 1722-1901 | 1722-1901 |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hindolveston (St. George))
Maps
Online maps of Hindolveston or Hilderston are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.