Norfolk: Hevingham

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Hevingham is about 3 miles S. of Aylsham.
See also Haveringland.

Biography

Benton, Evan O.: Man and Boy in a Norfolk Village.
About a farmer's son and his way of life in and around Hevingham in the early 1900s.
[Weston Longville, Roy Benton, 1981]

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Botolph in some records and to St Mary the Virgin and St Botolph in others.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Botolph: Services, etc.
Church of St Botolph: Picture of the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1712-1900, Banns 1754-1900, Marriages 1654-1900 and Burials 1654-1900.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
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), Hevingham was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Marsham, A.F.: A history of Hevingham: "The village by the low meadows at the water".
Originally in the "Baconsthorpe and District Parish Magazine", 1935-1943.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, Hevingham, 1970s]
Hevingham Smock Mill: Description, history and map.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hevingham is in South Erpingham Hundred.

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

History

Campbell, Bruce M.S.: The complexity of manorial structure in medieval Norfolk: a case study.
[Norfolk, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.39, 1986]
Campbell, Bruce M.S.: Medieval Manorial Structure.
[ISBN 0903101602, in "An historical atlas of Norfolk", edited by Peter Wade-Martins, 1994]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Hevingham (62) and Marsham (57).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1799.
[1799]
Great Britain: Statute: Hevingham and Marsham Inclosure Act, 1799.
An act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing, the open and common fields, half year or shack lands, warrens or reputed warrens, commons, heaths, commonable lands, and waste grounds, within the parishes of Hevingham and Marsham, in the county of Norfolk; and for extinguishing all rights of sheepwalk, shackage, and common, in, over, and upon, all the lands and grounds within the said parishes.
[1799]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hevingham became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
Buxton and other parishes poor relief and employment act, 1806.
See Brampton.

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	118	136	610
1811	126	136	548
1821	154	159	744
1831	188	192	931
1841	187	--	893
1851	180	--	842

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	188	--	838
1871	183	183	759
1881	180	180	764
1891	168	169	760
1901	172	173	746
1911	--	178	727

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.

1851 Census: "The decrease of population in the Parishes of Hevingham and Stratton-Strawless since 1841, is considered to be the result of emigration."
1901 Census: "Including Buxton Heath, and Westgate Street."

Voting Registers

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