Holverstone or Holveston, Norfolk
Historical Description
Holverstone or Holveston, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 3¾ miles S from Brundall station on the G.E.R., and 5¼ SE from Norwich. Post town, Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Brooke. Acreage, 355; population, 38. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Burgh Apton, in the diocese of Norwich. There is no church.
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 | Holverstone St. Mary | |
Hundred | Henstead | |
Poor Law union | Henstead |
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.
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 Holverstone or Holveston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Holverstone (St. Mary))
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.