Hindolveston
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 "; "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 towermill 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:| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of death | Burial/Commemoration |
| Cpl. | Edward J. English | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 11 Oct. 1918 | Vis-en-Artois Memorial |
| LCpl. | William F. Barsted | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 18 Oct. 1916 | Bancourt British Cemetery |
| LCpl. | Frederick W. Eke | 11th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment | 21 Oct. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Dvr. | Ernest E. Holsey | Royal Field Artillery att. 48th Division | 3 Nov. 1918 | Montecchio Precalcino Cem. |
| Pte. | Richard J. White | 4th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment | 23 Jul. 1916 | Unknown |
| Pte. | Ernest W. Holsey | 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment | 27 Aug. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Pte. | Charles A. White | 26th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 2 Apr. 1918 | Arras Memorial |
| Pte. | Elijah Margetson | 124th Coy., Labour Corps | 2 Sep. 1917 | Potijze Château Cemetery |
| Pte. | George Mears | 2/5th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment | 26 Sep. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Pte. | Charles Codling | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 21 Apr. 1915 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | William Craske | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 25 Oct. 1914 | Le Touret Memorial |
| Pte. | Harry Codling | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 20 Aug. 1915 | Helles Memorial |
| Pte. | Cecil A. Reeve | 5th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 19 Apr. 1917 | Jerusalem Memorial |
| Pte. | Alfred D. Eke | 1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment | 27 Oct. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Pte. | John W. Strike | 9th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment | 29 Sep. 1917 | Hargicourt Cemetery |