Norfolk: Hoe

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Hoe is about 2 miles N. of East Dereham.
The name may also be spelled Hoo.
See also Howe.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: The Monumental Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Andrew, Hoe, Norfolk.
Two volumes.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, RAF Swanton Morley Family History Society, 1993]

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.

Church Records

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: The Parish Registers of St Andrew's Church, Hoe, Norfolk.
Baptisms 1733-1883, Banns 1754-1789, Marriages 1733-1790, and Burials 1733-1812.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, RAF Swanton Morley Family History Society, 1990s]
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), Hoe was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hoe Post Mill: Description and history.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hoe is in Launditch hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Scarning

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hoe became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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 47 47 234

1811 34 48 233

1821 31 48 228

1831 44 48 235

1841 40 -- 220

1851 43 -- 223

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 41 -- 169

1871 41 43 177

1881 41 41 197

1891 38 38 185

1901 36 36 162

1911 -- 34 137

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: "A Chapelry to the Vicarage of East Dereham, Mitford Hundred."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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