Norfolk: Hempnall

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Hempnall is about 9 miles S. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Depwade, 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 Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Hook, David, and Tricker, Roy: The Hempnall Group of Churches.
Bedingham St Andrew; Fritton St Catherine; Hardwick St Margaret; Hempnall St Margaret; Morningthorpe St John the Baptist; Shelton St Mary; Topcroft St Margaret; Woodton All Saints.
[Hempnall, Hempnall Group of Churches, 1987]
Hobson, Samuel: Be sure your sin will find you out! The rise, progress and consequences of sin considered: a sermon preached to a village congregation, on the Sunday after the execution of C. [Charles] Daines, the Hempnall murderer.
[Norwich, 1839]

Church Records

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), Hempnall was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hempnall Parish Council: Parish council business, news, events, maps, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hempnall is in Depwade Hundred.

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

History

Stammers, Gerald: My village: Hempnall.
[ISBN 0950128104, Norwich, 1969]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Hempnall Inclosure Act, 1817.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Hempnall, in the county of Norfolk.
[1817]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

War Memorial: Picture of the memorial. This is a link to an archived copy.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hempnall became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen).

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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