Norfolk: Hedenham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Hedenham is about 3 miles N.W. of Bungay (which is in Suffolk).

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter in some records, and to the Virgin Mary in others.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Peter: Services, etc.
Church of St Peter.: Picture of the church.

Church Records

Parish Registers: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
Marriages 1559-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 4.
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), Hedenham was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Hedenham is in Loddon hundred.

History

Paget, Arthur Gordon Westwood: A short guide to the Church and Parish of Hedenham, Norfolk.
[Bungay, H.W. Short, 1936]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Earsham, Ditchingham and Hedenham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1812.
[London, Luke Hansard and Sons, printers, 1812]
Great Britain: Statute: Earsham, Ditchingham and Hedenham Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Earsham, Ditchingham, and Edenham [Hedenham], in the county of Norfolk: 20th March 1812.
[London, Luke Hansard and Sons, printers, 1812]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hedenham became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

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 43 55 273

1811 42 57 289

1821 59 62 283

1831 60 62 356

1841 58 -- 272

1851 58 -- 283

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 59 -- 280

1871 57 57 269

1881 62 62 281

1891 54 59 228

1901 54 54 243

1911 -- 53 212

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.

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