Norfolk: Hellington

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Hellington is about 6 miles east south east of Norwich.
It was sometimes called Hillington, which is the same name as a village near King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, 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 John the Baptist.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Manning, Charles Robertson: Notes on the Architecture of Hellington Church (St John the Baptist).
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.5, 1859]
Tricker, Roy: Eleven Churches, a Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk.
Ashby St Mary (St Mary), Bergh Apton (St Peter and St Paul), Bramerton (St Peter), Carleton St Peter (St Peter), Claxton (St Andrew), Framingham Pigot (St Andrew), Hellington (St John the Baptist), Holverstone (St Mary), Rockland St Mary (St Mary), Rockland St Mary (St Margaret), Surlingham (St Mary the Virgin), Surlingham (St Saviour), Thurton (St Ethelbert), Yelverton (St Mary the Virgin).
[Bramerton Group of Churches, 1978]

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Hellington is in Loddon Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Ashby St Mary.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Voting Registers

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