Hevingham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HEVINGHAM (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Aylsham.

Hevingham St Botolph is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Hevingham is a Norfolk village and civil parish situated between the A140 road Norwich to Cromer road and the B1149 road Norwich to Holt road. It is 7 miles (11 km) from the city of Norwich and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the market town of Aylsham.

For local government purposes the civil parish is part of the Broadland District.

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.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 403

Parish registers Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Item 3 Baptisms 1648-1736 Marriages 1654-1720 Burials 1654-1738 Item 4 Baptisms and burials 1736-1801 Marriages 1742-1752 Item 5 Baptisms and burials 1801-1812 Item 6 Baptisms 1813-1840 Item 7 Baptisms 1840-1869 Item 8 Marriages and banns 1754-1812 Item 9 Marriages 1813-1836 Item 10 Burials 1823-1861 Item 11 Banns 1823-1861 FHL BRITISH Film 1597077 Items 3-11 Item 28 Baptisms 1869-1901 Item 29 Marriages 1837-1900 Item 30 Burials 1863-1900 Items 31-33 Banns 1861-1900 FHL BRITISH Film 1657180 Items 28-33 Archdeacons transcripts

Baptisms and burials 1600-1608, 1628-1633, 1665-1812 Marriages 1601-1608, 1628-1633, 1665-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526780 Item 5

Census records
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

Poor Law Unions
Aylsham Poor Law Union

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Parish chest materials of Hevingham, 1724-1872 Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD403/10, 28.

Churchwardens' accounts, 1724-1872; Surveyors' accounts, 1823-1836. FHL BRITISH Film 2149732 Items 12 - 13

Parish chest records, 1809-1850 Norfolk Record Office no.: PD 403/11-19, 21-26

Town books, 1809-1834 (includes overseers' accounts &amp; poor rate assessments) FHL BRITISH Film 1702396 Items 14-19 Town books (cont.), 1834-1836 Overseers' accounts, 1836-1838 Poor rate books, 1838-1850 FHL BRITISH Film 1702397 Items 1-9 See also

England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Norfolk: Hevingham on GenUKI