Place:Hemblington, Norfolk, England

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NameHemblington
Alt namesHemelingetunsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 190
Hemelintunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 190
Pedhamsource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.65°N 1.466°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoWalsham Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Blofield Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
Broadland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Hemblington is a civil parish in Norfolk, England, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich. It covers an area of 3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi) and had a population of 316 in 134 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to a population of 332 in 146 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Broadland District. As well as the village of Hemblington the parish includes the hamlet of Pedham some 1 1⁄2 miles (2 km) to the northwest.

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

"HEMBLINGTON, a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; 3 miles NE by N of Brundall [raiway] station, and 3½ WNW of Acle. Post town, Blofield, under Norwich. Acres: 739. Real property: £1,730. Population: 219. Houses: 47. Hemblington Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £56. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church has a round tower, and is good. There is a national school."

A Vision of Britain through Time mistakenly placed Hemblington in Aylsham and St Faiths and Aylsham Rural Districts. The Blofield pairing matches the maps.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Hemblington. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of the Hundreds of East and West Flegg.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • 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.
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