Place:Hackford near Wymondham, Norfolk, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

Hackford near Wymondham was an ancient (ecclesiastical) and civil parish in the middle of Norfolk until 1935 when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Deopham. Since 1974 the parish is known as Deopham and Hackford. There are very few references other than the one given below.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hackford near Wymondham (also known as Hackford by Hingham) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"HACKFORD, a parish in Forehoe [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 1½ mile S by W of Kimberley [railway] station, and 2½ E of Hingham. Post town: Hingham, under Attleborough. Acres: 754. Real property: £1,617. Population: 222. Houses: 57. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £225. Patron: B. Gurdon, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a square tower. Charities, £11."

Research Tips

GENUKI provides a list of references for Hackford near Wymondham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.

• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Forehoe Hundred.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.