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"HINDRINGHAM, a parish and large scattered village, 3 miles E. of Walsingham, has 721 inhabitants, and 3,314 acres of land, belonging to a number of proprietors; among whom are Robert W. Orris, Esq., Sir Charles Chad, R. England, Esq., and the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The latter are lords of the manor, appropriators of the great tithes, and owners of Hindringham Hall, a large moated mansion, now held on lease by Robert W. Orris, Esq. Godfrey's Hall, another ancient mansion, is the seat of George Waters, Esq. The CHURCH (St. Martin,) has a lofty tower with five bells. The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £9, and in 1831, at £138, was augmented in 1762, with £200 of Queen Anne's bounty, and £200 given by the Dean and Chapter, (the patrons) and laid out in 24A. of land at Walpole St. Peter, in addition to which, the vicar has 2A. of glebe, and the tithes of 40 acres. The Rev. Edward James, M.A., of Holt, is the incumbent, and John Orris, Esq., of London, is lessee of the rectorial tithes." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Hindringham is about 6 miles N.E. of Fakenham.
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- Church of St Martin
- 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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Walsingham, 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 Martin.
- Church of St Martin
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Martin
- Services, etc.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms and Banns
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hindringham was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Hindringham Knoll Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hindringham Lower Green Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hindringham Lower Green Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Hindringham Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hindringham Upper Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hindringham to another place.
Hindringham is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Hindringham History Group
- The Book of Hindringham: standing out in North Norfolk.
[ISBN 1841148571, Halsgrove, 2009] - Sands, R.J.
- Hindringham History.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1969] - Wyer, Sheila
- Requiem for a village: Hindringham.
[ISBN 095090600X, Fakenham, 1983]
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims: Hindringham (48).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1815.
[1815] - Great Britain: Statute
- Hindringham Inclosure Act, 1815.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Hindringham, in the county of Norfolk: 7th June 1815.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1815]
[London, J. Dorington, 1815]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF983363 (Lat/Lon: 52.887311, 0.946711), Hindringham which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Hindringham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
- Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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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.
- 1841 Census
- "Several persons have emigrated from Hindringham Parish since 1831."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Grayer's City, and Lower Green."