Place:Hainford, Norfolk, England

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Hainford (originally Haynford) is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 951 in 365 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to a population of 989 in 391 households at the 2011 UK Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Broadland.

Hainford is situated close to the A140 road. The parish is bordered by Hevingham to the north, Buxton to the northeast, Frettenham to the east, Spixworth to the southeast, Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith to the south, Horsford to the west and Stratton Strawless to the northwest.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hainford from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"HAINFORD, or HAYNFORD, a parish in St. Faith [registration] district, Norfolk; near the river Bure and the line of proected railway from Norwich to Cromer, 7 miles N of Norwich. Post town, Coltishall, under Norwich. Acres: 1,600. Real property: £3,350. Population: 643. Houses: 147. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to R. P. Marsham, Esq. The living is a recory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £425. Patron: Rev. Henry P. Marsham. The church was built in 1840. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £142."

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Hainford. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Taverham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
• 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.