Hempstead, near Holt, Norfolk

Hempstead is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.7 miles south-southeast of the town of Holt, and 11.2 miles west of Cromer. Hempstead is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council. In the last Census, carried out in 2001, the population of Hempstead was counted as 179,[1] the population slightly reducing to 177 at the 2011 Census.[2]

There is also a village called Hempstead near Stalham, also in North Norfolk.
Hempstead

Hempstead Village sign
Hempstead
Location within Norfolk
Area7.19 km2 (2.78 sq mi)
Population177 (2011 census)
• Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG105370
Civil parish
  • Hempstead
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHOLT
Postcode districtNR25
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

In the fifteenth century the Stapleton family held the manor of Hempstead. It passed by marriage to the Calthorpe family, who remained there until the 1570s.

The Parish Church

The parish church is called All Saints’ and is unusual in the fact that the apse has a thatched roof, the main part of the roof being of pantile. At the western end of the church is a red-brick built, short tower which was rebuilt in 1744.[3]

The church is a Grade II* listed building

Benefice and events

The church and its parish are a member of the 'Barninghman Group'[4] and the benefice of Matlaske:[5] a benefice containing 10 parishes under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Norwich. The parish holds a church fête every summer and is currently the most successful in the benefice.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) use postcode NR25 6TN on the site
  2. "Civil Parish 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "The Insiders Guide to Hempstead in North Norfolk, from northnorfolkimages.co.uk". Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
  4. http://barninghamgroup.co.uk/
  5. https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/church/search?benefice=333

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