Norfolk: Hethersett

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Hethersett is about 5 miles S.W. of Norwich.

Archives and Libraries

Hethersett Archive: List and description of documents held by the archive.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Humbleyard, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Remigius.
There was also a church dedicated to All Saints.
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, history 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.
Hethersett Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
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.

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.

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 Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
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.

Directories

Hethersett Parish Council: Hethersett Handbook 1995.
[Hethersett, Hethersett Parish Council, 1995]

Gazetteers and Directories

Hethersett is in Humbleyard hundred.

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]

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]
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Henstead Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

War Memorial: Description, etc.

Names, Personal

De Salis: Memoirs of Frederick August Ludowig Buchholtz De Salis.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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.

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