Norfolk: Hoveton St John

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Hoveton St John is about 7 miles N.E. of Norwich.
The name may be pronounced as Hofton.
See also Hoveton St Peter.

Cemeteries

Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Hoveton St John.: See Swafield
The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Tunstead (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Hoveton St John.
See Ashmanhaugh

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, 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 John the Baptist.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St John the Baptist: Description and pictures.
Church of St John the Baptist: Services, etc.
Roman Catholic Church of St Helen: Description, history and pictures.
Roman Catholic Church of St Helen: Description and pictures.
Wroxham and Hoveton United Reformed Church: Minister, services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
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 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Hoveton St John was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Hoveton St John was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Hoveton Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, map, etc.
Hoveton St John and Belaugh Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hoveton St John is in Tunstead Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Hoveton St John.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1819.
[1819]
Great Britain: Statute: Hoveton Saint John Inclosure Act, 1819.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Hoveton Saint John, in the county of Norfolk: 14 June 1819.
[Norwich, Sewell and Blake, solicitors, 1819]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Names, Personal

Blofeld: See Norfolk People and Families
Roy (The shop "Roys of Wroxham" is in Hoveton St John).: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Hoveton St John became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.

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	27	22	278
1811	29	47	210
1821	35	52	270
1831	54	57	293
1841	55	--	317
1851	61	--	273

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	60	--	285
1871	61	64	293
1881	58	59	295
1891	61	61	304
1901	63	67	300
1911	--	72	334

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.

1801 Census: The number of families really is 22.
1851 Census: "The decrease of population in Hickling and Hoveton St. John, is owing to the depressed state of agriculture in these Parishes having driven many labourers to emigrate and others to seek employment on the railway works now in progress near Hull."
1861 Census: "TUNSTEAD. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the Tunstead District, which forms the "Tunstead and Happing Incorporation" for the support of the poor, is attributed to emigration and the migration of young persons to other parts."

Voting Registers

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