Hindolveston
| Hindolveston | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Hindolveston Village Sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG030290 |
| Location: | 52°49’24"N, 1°-0’53"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 599 (2021) |
| Post town: | Dereham |
| Postcode: | NR20 |
| Dialling code: | 01263 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Hindolveston is a village in the heart of Norfolk, eight and a half miles south of Holt and 21 miles north of Norwich.
The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Nethergate and Thurning. The 2021 censusrecorded a parish population of 599.
History
Hindolveston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English Hindwulfes tun; 'Hindwulf's settlement'.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Hindolveston is listed as a settlement of 17 households in the Eynsford Hundred. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William de Beaufeu.[2]
In 1844, a tower-mill was constructed in the village which closed in 1908.[3]
Hindolvestone Railway Station opened in 1882 as a stop on the Norwich Branch of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Cromer and Norwich City. The station closed in 1959.
In December 1943, a Vickers Wellington BK440 of No. 26 Operational Training Unit crashed in the parish after taking off from RAF Little Horwood. In 1985, excavations of the crash site managed to extract one of the propellers.[4][5]
Parish church
Hindolveston's parish church, St George on Church Lane, dates from the 1930s. It is a Grade II listed building.[6] The church is no longer open for Sunday service.[7]
St. George's was built to replace the earlier St. George's Church which collapsed in August 1892 under the designs of Herbert John Green and executed by Jonathan Beckett.[8]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hindolveston) |
- Guide to the history of Hindolveston windmill
- Walk around the village and a local map
- Hindolveston Parish Council
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Hindolveston in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "MNF3096 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3096.
- ↑ "MNF24563 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF24563.
- ↑ "World War Remembrance Links – Hindolveston Village" (in en-GB). https://hindolvestonparishcouncil.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/the-village/world-war-rememberance-links/#:~:text=On%20the%2011th%20December%201943,%20Wellington%20BK440%20took,Fakenham%20in%20Norfolk.%20All%20the%20crew%20were%20killed..
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049253: Church of St George, Hindolveston (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Hindolveston: St George the Martyr" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10057/.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hindolveston/hindolveston.htm.