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"POTTER-HEIGHAM, 15 miles N.E. by E. of Norwich, and 10½ miles N.N.W. of Yarmouth, has in its parish 420 souls, and 2347A. of land, exclusive of about 200A. in the large broads or ponds, on the north side of the vale of the Bure. A large portion of the soil is held by leaseholders under the Bishop of Norwich, the lord of the manor, appropriator, and patron of the Church, (St. Nicholas,) which is a vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £6. 13s. 4d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Richard B.P. Kidd, M.A., who has 10A. of glebe. . . . The latter are leased to S. Thaxter, Esq. A new Vicarage House and a National School were built in 1844." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Peter Green]
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- 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 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 Nicholas.
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Potter Heigham was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.
This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Potter Heigham was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.
- Sinclair, Olga
- Potter Heigham - The Heart of Broadland.
[ISBN 0946148384, Poppyland Publishing, North Walsham]
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Potter Heigham to another place.
Potter Heigham is in Happing Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Happing Hundred
- Description of Happing Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG415196 (Lat/Lon: 52.71997, 1.574477), Potter Heigham which are provided by:
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- 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.
- In 1785 Potter Heigham became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
- In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.