Hindolveston is a village and

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in the

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county of

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. The village is west-south-west of

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, north north west of

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and north east of

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. The village lies south of the town of

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History

Hindolveston has an entry in the

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of 1085. In the great book Hindolveston is recorded by the name ''Hidolfestuna'' and ''Hidolvestuna''. It is said to be in the ownership of the Bishop William. The survey also notes a church, twenty cattle, two

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and forty goats. The name is theorized to come from

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''Hildwulfes tūn'' = "farmstead belonging to a man called Sword-wolf". Hindolvestone railway station 'sic''.html" ;"title="sic.html" ;"title="'sic">'sic''">sic.html" ;"title="'sic">'sic''served the village from 1882 to 1959.

Saint George parish church

Saint George’s parish church was built in 1932Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Bale entry. to replace an earlier church which stood on the edge of the village. The old church had become unusable when the tower collapsed in August 1892. The church has a 1930s style and is the work of a local builder called Jonathan Beckett to a design by the

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architect, Herbert Green, which had been prepared at the turn of the 20th century. These plans, which had been drawn soon after the collapse of the old church, were adapted in the 1930s and have produced a church with a mixture of architectural features such as brick

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es and

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s. Material was rescued from the old church and has been included in the new one including the old church

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with vandalised panels, but not re-cut which show the

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, Instruments of the Passion and a

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symbol. Also salvaged at the time were some brass inscriptions and a fine figure brass for Edward and Margaret Hunt and their 14 children.

Transport

The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the

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which runs between Sheringham,

and Norwich. The nearest airport is

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References

External links

Guide to the history of Hindolveston windmillWalk around the village and a local mapHindolveston Parish website
{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk