Holverston is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

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¾ mile (1¼ km) southeast of Rockland St. Mary. It includes the 16th century Holverston Hall (reached from the A146 between

Framingham Pigot Framingham Pigot is a village and civil parish in the English of Norfolk. The village is located north-west of Loddon and south-east of Norwich, along the A146 between Norwich and Lowestoft. History Framingham Earl's name is of Anglo-Saxon ...

and

Thurton Thurton is a village in South Norfolk lying 8½ miles (13½ km) south-east of Norwich on the A146 Norwich to Lowestoft road between Framingham Pigot and Loddon. The A146 effectively divides the village in two; a 40 mph limit is in force. At ...

) and associated

barn conversion The conversion of barns involves the conversion of old farming barns to structures of commercial or residential use. Responsible residential conversion According to the United States National Park Service, a medium-sized barn with sufficient extan ...

s reached by road from

Hellington Hellington is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at t ...

to the east. In the 2001 census it contained 9 households and a population of 29. All traces of the thatched, round towered church (St. Mary) had disappeared by 1845.GENUKI: Norfolk: Genealogy: Towns and Parishes: Holverston: White's 1845
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External links

Norfolk Heritage Explorer - Parish Summary: Holverston

References

South Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub