Norfolk: Heacham

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Heacham is about 12 miles N.N.E. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history, pictures, services, newsletter, etc..
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Services, description, picture, etc.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1558-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Heacham was in Docking Registration District.

Description and Travel

Heacham: Description, pictures, events, organisations, businesses, parish council, etc.
Lingwood, Lemmon: Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s]
Sternberg, Joan: Don't tread on the butterflies: memoirs of a childhood in Heacham and Stiffkey, 1912-1932.
[ISBN 0948400943, Dereham, Larks Press, 2000]
Festing, Sally: The Story of Lavender.
[ISBN 0907335055, London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services, 1984]
Head, Henry: Norfolk lavender: a family business.
[ISBN 071171102X, Jarrold, 1999]
Norfolk Lavender Limited: The story of Norfolk Lavender.
[Heacham, 1980s]
Heacham Post Mill: Description, history and map.
Heacham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

1836: Emigrants from Heacham and Kettlestone to Quebec: Names, ages, etc.

Historical Geography

Heacham is in Smithdon Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Smithdon Hundred
Description of Smithdon Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Gunther, A.E.: A Guide to Heacham, its history and architecture, etc.
[Heacham, 1963]
Gunther, A.E.: The Age of Heacham's Older Buildings, 1726-1890.
[1993]
Lewton-Brain, C.H.: The archaeology of Heacham and the adjoining areas.
[King's Lynn, East Midlands Printing, 1967]
Lowerison, Harry: From paleolith to motor car. Or Heacham tales.
[A.J., 1906]
Neville-Rolfe, C.W.: Heacham in the fifties [1850s].
[London, Clement Ingleby, in "A Supplement to Blomefield's Norfolk, 1929]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Heacham Inclosure Act, 1780.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the lands and grounds within the parish of Heacham.
[Independently printed edition, 1780]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Bradfield: See Norfolk People and Families
Rolfe: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Heacham became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1801	75	120	524
1811	79	135	586
1821	136	169	710
1831	151	166	733
1841	184	--	811
1851	212	--	946

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	226	--	990
1871	230	253	992
1881	238	243	998
1891	245	249	989
1901	336	337	1325
1911	--	428	1764

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1901 Census: "By Local Government Board Order, No. 43,635, which came into operation on 1st April, 1902, the Civil Parish and Urban District of New Hunstanton was extended to include parts of the Civil Parishes of Heacham and Hunstanton. Neither part contained houses or population."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 1764, 65 were in 2 large establishments or institutions.

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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