Norfolk: Hethersett
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Hethersett is about 5 miles S.W. of Norwich.
Archives and Libraries
- Hethersett Archive
- Documents held by the archive.
Cemeteries
See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
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 St Remigius.
There was also a church dedicated to All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of St Remigius
- Minister, services, events, pictures, etc.
- Church of St Remigius
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of St Remigius
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Remigius
- Services, description, picture, etc.
- Hethersett Parochial Church Council
- Our heritage for over 800 years.
[Hethersett, 1965]
- Linnell, Charles Lawrence Scruton
- Hethersett Norfolk: The Church of St Remigius and History of
the Parish.
[Hethersett, Church of St Remigius]
- Hethersett Methodist Church
- Minister, services, history, pictures, etc.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Ford, Margaret; and Virgoe, Norma
- A Sure Foundation: Two Hundred Years of Hethersett Methodist
Church
The history of Methodism in Hethersett.
[2005]
- Hethersett Independent Reformed Baptist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
- P.J.F.
- Baptists in Hethersett.
[1994]
Church Records
- Bishops Transcripts
- Baptisms and
Burials.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
- Extracts from the parish registers
- Inoculations in 1795; extract from Mr Wm. Hughes's will;
the keeping and contents of registers; and the duty on
births, deaths and marriages.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hethersett was in
Henstead Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Hethersett Village
- News, events, parish council, description, history, etc.
Many links from this Genuki Norfolk page are direct links into
relevant pages on this Hethersett Village site.
- Hethersett Society Research Group
- The Book of Hethersett: A Norfolk Village.
ISBN 1841142034, Halsgrove Community History Series, 2002]
- Hughes, Gwen E.
- Hethersett in pictures from the past.
[Wymondham, H.G. Stone and Co. (Printers), 1983]
- Austen, Eric
- All that I was: a village childhood in the thirties.
[ISBN 1874739072, Norwich, Mousehold Press, 1996]
- Richardson, Robert C.
- Some fell on stony ground. (Autobiography)
[Wymondham, Geo. R. Reeve, 1978]
- Hethersett Early Post Mill
- Description.
- Hethersett Great Melton Road Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hethersett Mill Road Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Hethersett 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
History
- Hethersett Society
- Hethersett Heritage: a history, including the buildings and
occupants over the centuries.
[Hethersett Society, 2004]
Buildings featured in the booklet.
- Hughes, Gwen E.
- Hethersett: two hundred years of change.
[Hethersett Society, Wymondham, H.G. Stone, 1983]
- Hughes, Gwen E.
- Selections from Hethersett History.
[Hethersett Amenity Society, 1977]
Land and Property
- Hethersett Hall
- Description and history.
- Pratt, Blanche
- Hethersett Hall: A peep into the past.
[The Author, 1997]
- Wood Hall
- Description and history.
- Longcroft, Adam
- Wood Hall, Hethersett: an historical survey.
[ISBN 1873676913, Norwich, Marwood Publishing, 1995]
- Arnall, D.C. and Rose, Edwin
- History of Myrtle Cottage, Lynch Green, Hethersett, Norfolk.
[Norfolk Landscape Archaeology Unit, 1994]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Hethersett Inclosure Act, 1798.
An act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing, the common
fields, commons, commonable lands, and waste grounds, within
the parish of Hethersett, in the county of Norfolk.
[1798]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Map of Hethersett
- Coloured map, with sketches of listed buildings.
Based on 1905 OS Map at 25 inches/mile, showing the development of
the village up to the 1980s.
[Hethersett Society, 2000]
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- War Memorial
- Description, etc.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Names, Personal
- De Salis
- Memoirs of Frederick August Ludowig Buchholtz De Salis.
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 90 | 150 | 696 |
1811 | 94 | 159 | 692 |
1821 | 183 | 186 | 927 |
1831 | 219 | 234 | 1080 |
1841 | 246 | --- | 1138 |
1851 | 264 | --- | 1209 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 268 | --- | 1169 |
1871 | 272 | 280 | 1170 |
1881 | 268 | 270 | 1123 |
1891 | 274 | 274 | 1134 |
1901 | 268 | 268 | 1072 |
1911 | --- | 278 | 1093 |
|
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.
- 1901 Census
- "Including Lynch Green."
Schools
- Hethersett School
- History of the National School.
- Hethersett School in 1900
- Entries from the school log books.
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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October 2008