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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hethersett like this:
HETHERSETT, a village and a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk. The village stands near the Norwich and Brandon railway, 5½ miles SW by W of Norwich; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Wymondham..The parish comprises 2, 674 acres. Real property, £7, 498. ...
Pop., 1, 169. Houses, 268. Thickthorn House and Hethersett Hall are the chief residences. Canteloff or Cantelose manor here was formerly a parish; still ranks ecclesiastically as a rectory; and had a church, the site of which is still called the old churchyard. Kett and his rebel band held their councils in the parish, in 1549, under a large tree called the Old Oak. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Canteloff, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £651.* Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The church was built about 1350, and has a lofty embattled tower, with small spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed national school, and charities £53.
Hethersett is now part of SOUTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hethersett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hethersett, in South Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5455
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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