Norfolk: Heacham
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Heacham is about 12 miles N.N.E. of King's Lynn.
Cemeteries
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Census
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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.
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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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: 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]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Names, Personal
- Bradfield
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Rolfe
- See Norfolk People and Families
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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.
Voting Registers
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