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

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Census

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.
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.

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 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

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Hethersett Parish Council
Hethersett Handbook 1995.
[Hethersett, Hethersett Parish Council, 1995]

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]

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.

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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