Hickling, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Hickling St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Waxham deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

The village is split into two parts, Hickling Green and Hickling Heath. Hickling Heath is the part which usually attracts the most tourists who come on boat trips and moor up at the staithe there.

Hickling village is situated on the edge of the Hickling Broads and is popular because of the large wildlife reserve and the local public houses for motor cruisers and day launches.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Tunstead 1837-1869
 * Smallburgh 1870-1938
 * North Walsham 1939-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 449/1-10, 13-14

Census records
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Hickling.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
For Tunstead and Happing see http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/smallburgh_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hickling-st-mary/ for information about the parish

http://www.hickling-village-norfolk.co.uk/ village website

http://www.hickling-village-norfolk.co.uk/Churches/St-Marys-Church.html tour of the church.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51030 British History online

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-223648-church-of-st-mary-hickling British Listed Buildings

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hickling/hickling.htm