Norfolk: Hethel

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Hethel is about 7 miles S.W. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Humbleyard, 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 All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Picture of the church
Sinclair, Meredith; and Wilson, Richard: All Saints Church, Hethel, Norfolk.
[Hethel, All Saints Church, 1970s]

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), Hethel was in Henstead Registration District.

Description and Travel

Bracon Ash and Hethel Parish Council: Parish council meetings, minutes, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hethel is in Humbleyard Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Moat House, Hethel: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Norfolk Studies Library, 1996]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Hethel Airfield: Description, history and pictures.
Bodle, Peter: The 389th Bomb Group in Norfolk: a pictorial history of the USAAF's 389th Bombardment Group at Hethel, during WWII.
[ISBN 0955191610, Stoke Ferry, Liberator Publishing, 2006]
Bowman, Martin W.: Airfield Focus 53: Hethel.
[ISBN 1870384989, Peterborough, GMS Enterprises, 2002]
Rhoads, John M.: Memories of World War II.
[Little Rock,AR, 1999]
Wilson, Paul, and Mackay, Ron: The Sky Scorpions: the story of the 389th Bombardment Group in World War II.
[ISBN 0764324225, Schiffer, 2006]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hethel became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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