Hindolveston
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| Hindolveston | |
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 Hindolveston Village Sign | |
  Hindolveston Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 6.47 sq mi (16.8 km2) |
| Population | 599 (2021 census) |
| • Density | 93/sq mi (36/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TG030290 |
| • London | 131 miles (211 km) |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEREHAM |
| Postcode district | NR20 |
| Dialling code | 01263 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Hindolveston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Nethergate and Thurning.
Hindolveston is located 8.4 miles (13.5 km) south of Holt and 20.8 miles (33.5 km) north-north-west of Norwich.
History
Hindolveston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Hindwulf's settlement.[4]
In the Domesday Book, Hindolveston is listed as a settlement of 17 households in the hundred of Eynesford. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Beaufeu.[5]
In 1844, a towermill was constructed in the village which closed in 1908.[6]
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, 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.[7][8]
Geography
According to the 2021 census, Hindolveston has a population of 599 people which shows an increase from the 598 people recorded in the 2011 census.[9]
St. George's Church
Hindolveston's parish church is dedicated to Saint George and dates from the 1930s. St. George's is located within the village on Church Lane and has been Grade II listed since 1959.[10] The church is no longer open for Sunday service.[11]
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.[12]
Governance
Hindolveston is part of the electoral ward of Stibbard for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
