Norfolk: Hellesdon

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Hellesdon is about 2 miles N.W. of Norwich.
It is partly in Taverham Hundred in the county of Norfolk, and partly in the City of Norwich.
The name may also be spelled Hellesden.
The name is pronounced as Helsdon.

Cemeteries

Rye, Walter: History of the Parish of Hellesdon in the City of Norwich.
Including manors, buildings, families, church and churchyard inscriptions.
[Norwich, Roberts and Co., Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets no.3, 1917]
Church of St Mary: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.

Census

Church Directories

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

Church History

Hellesdon Churches: St Mary, St Michael and St Paul.: News, services, etc.
Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.
Palgrave, Aubrey; Palgrave, Derek; and Vincent, Bob: A history of St Mary's Church, Hellesdon.
[The Church, 1968]
Wilkins-Jones, Freda: Notes on the history of St Mary's Church, Hellesdon.
[2006]
Church of St Michael: Services, etc.
Church of St Paul: Description and pictures.
Church of St Paul: Services, etc.
Roman Catholic Church of St Boniface: Description and pictures.
Mile Cross 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: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hellesdon in Taverham Hundred was in St Faith's Registration District, and Hellesdon in the City of Norwich was in Norwich Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hellesdon Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Hellesdon: Short history.
Hellesdon Smock Mill: Description and history.
Hellesdon Press Lane Post Mill: Description and history.
Hellesdon Press Lane Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Hellesdon Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hellesdon is partly in Taverham Hundred in the county of Norfolk, and partly in the City of Norwich.

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

History

Hipper, Kenneth: A History of Hellesdon village.
[1978]
Joby, Richard Sidney: Hellesdon past and present.
[Norwich, Klofron, 1977]
Rye, Walter: History of the Parish of Hellesdon in the City of Norwich.
Including manors, buildings, families, church and churchyard inscriptions.
[Norwich, Roberts and Co., Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets no.3, 1917]
Tillett, Edward A.: Norwich Scrapbooks: Norwich Hamlets: Vol.1: Eaton, Earlham, and Hellesdon.
Newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, extracts from Blomefield, etc.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1900s]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Drayton, Bawburgh and Hellesdon.
50 claims. Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811]
Great Britain: Statute: Drayton, Bawburgh and Hellesdon inclosure act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Drayton and Bawburgh, in the county of Norfolk, and in the parish and hamlet of Hellesdon, in the same county and in the county of the city of Norwich.
[Independently printed edition, 1811]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Medical Records

The Norwich City Lunatic Asylum became Hellesdon Hospital.

Hellesdon Hospital: Description, history and pictures.
Castell, David: Hellesdon hospital: the first hundred years.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]
Ellis, David: Hellesdon Hospital 1880-1988.
[1988]
Norwich City Asylum: Annual reports. Volumes 1 (1881) to 42 (1922).
[Norwich, The Asylum, 1881-1922]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 the part of Hellesdon in Taverham Hundred became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.
The part of Hellesdon in the City of Norwich became part of the Norwich Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Norwich.

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.

Hellesdon in Taverham Hundred

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1801	9	9	45
1811	5	9	57
1821	9	9	45
1831	12	12	61
1841	13	--	76
1851	20	--	96

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	17	--	103
1871	22	22	95
1881	28	29	338
1891	34	34	451
1901	50	49	545
1911	--	64	826

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.

1821 Census: "Hellesdon Parish is mostly in the City of Norwich."
1861 Census: "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."
1901 Census: "A considerable proportion of the population of Hellesdon Civil Parish was enumerated in the Norwich City Lunatic Asylum."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 826, 554 were in a large establishment or institution. This was the Norwich City Lunatic Asylum.
"The large increase in the population of Hellesdon Civil Parish is attributed mainly to the increased number of patients in Norwich City Lunatic Asylum."

Hellesdon in the City of Norwich

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1801	33	33	155
1811	31	34	184
1821	32	32	248
1831	78	81	382
1841	72	--	324
1851	81	--	371

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	95	---	393
1871	90	90	376
1881	148	149	683
1891	---	---	---
1901	---	---	---
1911	---	---	---

1801 Census: The figures are for both Hellesdon in Norwich and Thorpe in Norwich.
1811 Census: The figures are for both Hellesdon in Norwich and Thorpe in Norwich.
1841 Census: "This part of Hellesdon is sometimes described as Hellesdon Hamlet."

Schools

Goreham, Geoffrey: Central to Middle: a history of Firside Middle School, Hellesdon.
[1982]
Hellesdon House: Hellesdon House School, Norwich.
[Hampton Hill, Lofthouse, Crosbie and Co., 1920s]

Voting Registers

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