Norfolk: Hoveton St Peter

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Hoveton St Peter is about 8 miles N.E. of Norwich.
The name may be pronounced as Hofton.
See also Hoveton St John.

Cemeteries

Church of St Peter: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.
The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Tunstead (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Hoveton St Peter.
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 Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter: Services, etc.
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 Peter was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Hoveton St Peter 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.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hoveton St Peter 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: Belaugh, Scottow, Little Hautbois, Hoveton St Peter.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1828.
[1828]
Great Britain: Statute: Belaugh and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1828.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Belaugh, Scottow, Little Hautbois, and Hoveton Saint Peter, in the county of Norfolk: 9th May 1828.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828]
[London, Doringtons and Jones, 1828]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Hoveton St Peter 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	13	13	71
1811	11	15	97
1821	15	20	117
1831	25	25	129
1841	27	--	137
1851	27	--	122

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	27	--	131
1871	26	26	135
1881	26	28	138
1891	24	24	136
1901	24	24	121
1911	--	22	102

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.

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

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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