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Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk

Historical Description

Houghton-on-the-Hill, a parish consisting of a single farm and a few cottages, in Norfolk, near the river Wissey, 4½ miles SE from Swaffham, and 2 SW from Holme Hale station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Swaffham. Acreage, 609; population of the civil parish, 51; of the ecclesiastical, with North Piekenham, 289. The manor belongs to the Applewhaite family. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of North Piekenham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St Mary, consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.

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 parishHoughton-on-the-Hill St. Mary 
HundredSouth Greenhoe 
Poor Law unionSwaffham 

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 Houghton on the Hill:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1695-19151695-19151695-19221678-1892


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Houghton on the Hill from the following:


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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