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"HINGHAM, which gives name to a deanery, is a small but neat market town, consisting of a large square of good houses and shops, with several narrow streets, pleasantly seated on rising ground, near a large lake or mere, extending a mile in circumference, abounding in pike, eels, and other fish, and supplied by several copious springs, which give rise to a rivulet, flowing eastward to the Yare. It is distant 14 miles W.S.W. of Norwich, 9½ miles S. by E. of East Dereham, 6 miles W. of Wymondham, and 97 miles N.E. by N. of London. . . . Its PARISH has increased its population since the year 1801, from 1203 to 1691 souls, and contains 3525 acres of land, partly in the Rectory manor, and the Rev. W. B. Hurnard's manor of Gurney's, but mostly in Hingham Manor, of which Lord Wodehouse is lord, and owner of most of the soil. . . . The Church (St. Andrew,) is a large and handsome fabric, with a lofty tower, containing eight musical bells. It was rebuilt in 1316, by its rector, Remigius de Hethersete, and its patron, John le Marshal. Several chapels and numerous images decorated its interior, prior to the Reformation. . . . The rectory, valued in K.B. at £24. 18s. 4d., is in the gift of Lord Wodehouse, and incumbency of the Hon. and Rev. W. Wodehouse, who has a good residence, 33A. 3R. 3P. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £1260. 12s. 3d., awarded in 1842, in lieu of tithes." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © E.C. "Paddy" Apling]
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| Municipal Cemetery, Hingham, Cemetery |
| Meeting House, Hingham, Society of Friends |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891 (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Independent Chapel - Congregational, Hingham, Independent |
| Municipal Cemetery, Hingham, Cemetery |
| Chapel (now Hingham Methodist Church), Hingham, Primitive Methodist |
| Chapel (Stony Ln), Hingham, Primitive Methodist |
| Meeting House, Hingham, Society of Friends |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, 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 Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Minister, services, location, description, history, pictures, etc.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- No author
- The story of Hingham Church.
[Norwich, Goose, 1947] - Norris, Roger and Watson, Maureen
- Historic Hassocks of Hingham.
[St Andrew's Church, Hingham, 1990]
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hingham was in Forehoe Registration District.
- Hingham Town Council Pages
- Description, history, churches, Lincoln connection, maps, pictures, etc.
- Hingham Town Pages (this is a link to an archived copy from 2014)
- Description, history, churches, Lincoln connection, maps, pictures, etc.
- Hingham Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Hingham Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Hingham Society History Group
- Hingham, one hundred years captured in photographs.
[Hingham Society History Group, c1992] - Hingham Society History Group
- Hingham, one hundred years captured in photographs.
[Hingham Society History Group, vol 2, 1998] - Norris, Roger
- Hingham, a short guide.
[1988] - St Andrew's Church, Hingham
- Parish and people, an exhibition illustrating aspects of parish life in former days, June 1980.
[Hingham, Friends of St Andrew's Church, Typescript, 1980]
- 1739: Blomfield's History of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1793: Universal British Dictionary (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1830: Pigot's Directory of Norfolk
- 1831: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1937: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
The ancestor of Abraham Lincoln is thought to have been born in Hingham, Norfolk and, in the 1630s, people sailed from here and settled in Hingham Massachusetts.
- Hingham Society History Group
- Hingham, the American connection, from the earliest settlers to the present day.
[Hingham Society History Group, 1999] - Lonsdale, Mary E.
- The heyday of their strength, the story of the emigrants from Hingham, Norfolk to the New World in the 17th century.
[Wymondham, George Reeve, 1979] - Hingham (Massachusetts) Town Government Pages
- Town services, facilities, etc.
- Hingham (Massachusetts) Historical Society
- History, etc.
- History of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893
- This book, published in 1893, is being put online. It contains information on many aspects of Hingham, including history, genealogies, religion, etc.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hingham to another place.
Hingham is in Forehoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
- Description of Forehoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- History of Hingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- (From "The Norfolk Village Book", Countryside Books and the Norfolk Federation of Women's Institutes, 1990)
- Hingham Society History Group
- Hingham during the Second World War.
[Hingham Society History Group, c1996] - Lonsdale, Mary E.
- Hingham and St Andrew's Church.
[1971] - Lonsdale, Mary E.
- Hingham in history.
[1970s] - Wallis, A.
- Lincoln's Hingham, a concise guide to the history of the town and its many connections with the U.S.A.
[Hingham, Lincoln's Tea and Coffee Shoppe, 1990s] - Watt, George Gordon and Johnson, John Barham
- History of Hingham, Norfolk, and its Church of St Andrew.
[East Dereham, Mason, 1921]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Hingham Enclosure Act 1781.
An act for dividing, and inclosing commons and waste lands within the parish of Hingham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1781]
- Hingham Heritage Map
- With sketches. This is a link to an archived copy.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG023022 (Lat/Lon: 52.580105, 0.984134), Hingham which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- 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.
- Lincoln
- See Norfolk People and Families
- After 1776 Hingham became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.