Helhoughton

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Helhoughton

| country = England

| region = East of England

| shire_district = North Norfolk

| shire_county = Norfolk

| civil_parish = Helhoughton

| static_image = All Saints, Helhoughton, Norfolk.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = All Saints Church

| population = 503

| population_ref = (2021 census)

| os_grid_reference = TF8626

| coordinates = {{coord|52.80364|0.77029|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = FAKENHAM

| postcode_area = NR

| postcode_district = NR21

| dial_code = 01485

| constituency_westminster = North Norfolk

| london_distance = {{convert|112|mi|km}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 2.64

}}

Helhoughton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Helhoughton is located {{convert|4.2|mi|km}} west-south-west of the town of Fakenham and {{convert|29.3|mi|km}} west-northwest of Norwich.

History

Helhoughton's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse name Helgi and the Old English for a farmstead.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Helhoughton |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Helhoughton is listed as a settlement of 73 households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I, Peter de Valognes, William de Warenne and Hugh de Montfort.{{Cite web |title=Helhoughton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TF8627/helhoughton/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=opendomesday.org}}

Parts of the parish made up RAF West Raynham which was used by No. 2 Group RAF during the Second World War.{{Cite web |title=MNF3685 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3685 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Helhoughton has a population of 503 people which shows an increase from the 346 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Helhoughton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/north_norfolk/E04006423__helhoughton/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

All Saints' Church

Helhoughton's parish church dates from the Eighteenth Century and is located within the village on 'The Street.' All Saints' has been Grade II listed since 1959.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Helhoughton - 1305355 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305355?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The church holds Sunday services twice a month.{{Cite web |title=Helhoughton: All Saints |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2699/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}

All Saints' features a brass memorial to William Stapleton from 1440 and a set of royal arms from the reign of King James I which were subsequently re-lettered in the reign of Queen Anne.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/helhoughton/helhoughton.htm |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Governance

Helhoughton is part of the electoral ward of The Raynhams for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Notable Residents

Marshal Sir David Craig OBE was created Baron Craig of Radley, of Helhoughton in the County of Norfolk in 1991.

War Memorial

Helhoughton's war memorial is a stone plaque fixed to the exterior of the churchtower which lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial/Commemoration

Gnr.

|William H. Nudds

|Royal Field Artillery

|28 Jul. 1917

|Coxyde Cemetery

Pte.