Helhoughton
| Helhoughton | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF868264 |
| Location: | 52°48’13"N, 0°46’13"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 503 (2021) |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Dialling code: | 01485 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Helhoughton is a village in Norfolk, four miles west of Fakenham, and 29 miles west of Norwich.
The 2021 census recorded Helhoughton's population as 503.
History
Helhoughton's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Norse origin and derives from the Old Norse name Helgi and the Old English for a farmstead.[1]
The Domesday Book lists Helhoughton as a settlement of 73 households and as part of the estates of The King , Peter de Valognes, William de Warenne and Hugh de Montfort.[2]
Parts of the parish made up RAF West Raynham which was used by No. 2 Group RAF during the Second World War.[3]
Parish church
The parish church, All Saints, on The Street, dates from the eighteenth century It is a Grade II listed building.[4]
All Saints' contains a brass memorial to William Stapleton from 1440 and a set of royal arms from the reign of King James I which were subsequently re-lettered in the reign of Queen Anne.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Helhoughton) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Helhoughton in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "MNF3685 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3685.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1305355: Church of All Saints (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/helhoughton/helhoughton.htm.