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 south of Holt and north-north-west of Norwich.
Correct pronunciation "Hildostone (locally Hindol)";Hales, J. and Bennett, W. "Looking at Norfolk" (October 1971), Charles M. Veal & Company "Hilvestun"; "Hildosten or Hindol"
History Hindolveston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Hindwulf's settlement.
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.
In 1844, a tower mill was constructed in the village which closed in 1908.
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.
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.
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. The church is no longer open for Sunday service.
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.
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.
War Memorial Hindolveston War Memorial is a celtic-cross atop a square shaft located at the junction of 'The Street' and Melton Road. The memorial was built by T. H. Blythe of Foulsham, opened by Lord Hastings and lists the following names for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationCpl.Edward J. English9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment11 Oct. 1918Vis-en-Artois MemorialLCpl.William F. Barsted9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment18 Oct. 1916Bancourt British CemeteryLCpl.Frederick W. Eke11th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment21 Oct. 1916Thiepval MemorialDvr.Ernest E. HolseyRoyal Field Artillery att. 48th Division3 Nov. 1918Montecchio Precalcino Cem.Pte.Richard J. White4th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment23 Jul. 1916UnknownPte.Ernest W. Holsey1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment27 Aug. 1917Tyne CotPte.Charles A. White26th Bn., Royal Fusiliers2 Apr. 1918Arras MemorialPte.Elijah Margetson124th Coy., Labour Corps2 Sep. 1917Potijze Château CemeteryPte.George Mears2/5th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment26 Sep. 1917Tyne CotPte.Charles Codling1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment21 Apr. 1915Menin GatePte.William Craske1st Bn., Norfolk Regt.25 Oct. 1914Le Touret MemorialPte.Harry Codling4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.20 Aug. 1915Helles MemorialPte.Cecil A. Reeve5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Jerusalem MemorialPte.Alfred D. Eke1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment27 Oct. 1917Tyne CotPte.John W. Strike9th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment29 Sep. 1917Hargicourt Cemetery
References
External links
Guide to the history of Hindolveston windmill Walk around the village and a local map Hindolveston Parish website