Hainford

Village in Norfolk, England

Human settlement in England

Hainford

All Saints' Church

Hainford

Location within Norfolk

Area| 2.68 sq mi (6.9 km2)
Population| 1,037 (2021 census)
• Density| 387/sq mi (149/km2)
OS grid reference| TG229188
Civil parish|

* Hainford

District|

* Broadland

Shire county|

* Norfolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| NORWICH
Postcode district| NR10
Dialling code| 01603
Police| Norfolk
Fire| Norfolk
Ambulance| East of England
UK Parliament|

* Broadland and Fakenham

List of places

England
Norfolk

52°43′18″N 1°18′00″E﻿ / ﻿52.721738°N 1.3°E﻿ / 52.721738; 1.3

Hainford (originally Haynford) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Hainford is located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south of Aylsham and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) north of Norwich.

## History

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Hainford's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'enclosure ford.'[1]

In the Domesday Book, Hainford is listed as a settlement of 9 households hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Roger the Poitevin.[2]

Hainford Hall was built in the Eighteenth Century and is now derelict.[3] The hall was at one time the property of Jonathan Worrell who owned 139 enslaved people in Barbados.[4]

During the Second World War, several anti-invasion defences were built in Hainford. Furthermore, a stick of Luftwaffe bombs were dropped in the nearby Waterloo Plantation in an attempt to hit Stratton Strawless Hall which was being used as a radar installation at the time.[5]

There were two aircraft crashes in Hainford during the Second World War. In 1942, a Bristol Beaufighter of No. 68 Squadron RAF crashed in the parish likely flying from RAF Coltishall[6] and in April 1945 a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group, 754th Bombardment Squadron crashed in the parish, two of the seven crew survived.[7]

## Geography

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According to the 2021 census, Hainford has a population of 1,037 people which shows an increase from the 989 people recorded in the 2011 census.[8]

The B1354, between Thursford and Saxthorpe, passes through the village.

## All Saints' Church

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Hainford's parish church dates from the Nineteenth Century and was built to the designs of John Brown. All Saints' is located outside of the village of Newton Road and has been Grade II listed since 1984.[9] The church holds Sunday services most weeks.[10]

The ruins of the medieval All Saints' Church also stands within the parish.[11]

## Amenities

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The Chequers Pub has stood in the village since 1789 and burnt down in 1987, which allegedly resulted in the death of one firefighter.[12] The pub remains open.[13]

Hainford Church of England Primary School is located within the village which is part of the Harnser Schools Federation. The headteacher is Mr. P. Cross.[14]

## Governance

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Hainford is part of the electoral ward of Hevingham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

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

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Hainford War Memorial is a stone calvary cross with an octagonal shaft[15] which lists the following names for the First World War:[16]

Rank  | Name  | Unit  | Date of Death  | Burial/Commemoration

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Capt.  | Douglas G. Rooke  | Coldstream Guards | 2 Nov. 1918  | Staglieno Cemetery
St1C  | Frederick T. Ulph  | HMS Begonia | 29 Mar. 1916  | Portsmouth Naval Memorial
St1C  | Arthur J. Larwood  | HMS Marmion | 21 Oct. 1917  | Chatham Naval Memorial
Cpl.  | William A. Tallowin  | Water Transport, Royal Engineers | 17 Sep. 1918  | St. Omer Cemetery
LCpl.  | Frederick Smithson  | 10th Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment | 28 Apr. 1918  | Esquelbecq Cemetery
Gnr.  | Arthur J. Fiddy  | 87th Bde., Royal Field Artillery | 15 Dec. 1918  | Dernancourt Cemetery
Gnr.  | Arthur J. Howard  | 104th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery | 21 May 1916  | Basra Memorial
Gnr.  | Cornelius Skipper  | 293rd Bty., R.G.A.  | 12 Oct. 1917  | Dozinghem Cemetery
Pte.  | John T. Coleman  | 36th Bn., Australian Imperial Force | 10 Jan. 1917  | All Saints' Churchyard
Pte.  | Arthur J. Earl  | 10th Bn., Essex Regiment | 6 Apr. 1918  | Hangard Cemetery
Pte.  | George W. Wright  | 14th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment | 21 Aug. 1917  | Villers-Faucon Cemetery
Pte.  | Robert J. Haines  | 144th Coy., Labour Corps | 19 Mar. 1918  | Oxford Road Cemetery
Pte.  | Stanley E. Curson  | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 19 Apr. 1917  | Jerusalem Memorial
Pte.  | John Fiddy  | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 27 Aug. 1917  | Monchy-le-Preux Cemetery
Pte.  | Sidney Howard  | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 5 Dec. 1917  | Honnechy Cemetery
Pte.  | Edward Smith  | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 7 May 1917  | Arras Memorial
Pte.  | M. Norman Larwood  | 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 19 Jul. 1916  | Thiepval Memorial
Pte.  | Ivan S. Woodcock  | 10th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 3 Jun. 1916  | All Saints' Churchyard
Pte.  | George H. Ulph  | 12th Bn., Norfolk Regt.  | 6 Apr. 1918  | Jerusalem War Cemetery
Pte.  | Alfred W. Burton  | 1st Bn., North Staffordshire Regt. | 14 Mar. 1915  | Cite Bonjean Cemetery
Pte.  | Arthur W. Royal  | 8th Bn., Queen's Own Regiment | 22 Mar. 1918  | Pozières Memorial
Pte.  | Herbert Furness  | 2/7th Bn., Sherwood Foresters | 21 Mar. 1918  | Arras Memorial
Pte.  | Frank E. Furness  | 21st Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment | 29 Mar. 1918  | Mindel Trench Cemetery
Pte.  | Frank Howard  | 2/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment | 10 Oct. 1916  | Loos Memorial
Pte.  | Edward G. Daynes  | 1st Bn., Yorkshire Regiment | 16 Jan. 1917  | Hollybrook Memorial
St2C  | Frederick T. Royal  | HMS Pembroke II | 23 Oct. 1918  | Woodlands Cemetery
Tel.  | Allen J. Cory  | HMS Queen Mary | 31 May 1916  | Chatham Naval Memorial

The following names were added following the Second World War:

Rank  | Name  | Unit  | Date of Death  | Burial/Commemoration

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|
|

2Lt.  | William P. Harvey MiD | Malay States Volunteer Force  | 18 Sep. 1942  | Kranji War Memorial
FSgt.  | Malcolm Lewin  | No. 172 (Coastal) Squadron RAF | 27 Jun. 1944  | Runnymede Memorial
LCpl.  | John T. Skitmore  | Royal Corps of Signals att. 3 Div. | 17 Oct. 1944  | Mook War Cemetery
Dvr.  | Stanley J. Howard  | 560 Coy., Royal Engineers | 21 Aug. 1943  | Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Pte.  | Arthur N. Luff  | 6th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment | 10 Jun. 1943  | Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

## Gallery

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* The Chequers village pub

* Parish church of All Saints

## References

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1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
2. ^ "Hainford | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
3. ^ Historic England. "HAINFORD HALL, Hainford (1372956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
4. ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
5. ^ "MNF12269 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
6. ^ "MNF24745 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
7. ^ "MNF24746 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
8. ^ "Hainford (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
9. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Hainford (1372957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
10. ^ "Hainford: All Saints". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
11. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
12. ^ "CHEQUERS - HAINFORD". www.norfolkpubs.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
13. ^ "The Chequers in Hainford". www.thechequershainford.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
14. ^ "About our School | The Harnser Schools". Harnser Schools. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
15. ^ Historic England. "Hainford War Memorial, Hainford (1449648)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
16. ^ "Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

## External links

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Media related to Hainford at Wikimedia Commons

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Civil parishes of Broadland

* Acle
* Alderford
* Attlebridge
* Aylsham
* Beeston St Andrew
* Beighton
* Belaugh
* Blickling
* Blofield
* Booton
* Brampton
* Brandiston
* Brundall
* Burgh and Tuttington
* Buxton with Lammas
* Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
* Cawston
* Coltishall
* Crostwick
* Drayton
* Felthorpe
* Foulsham
* Freethorpe
* Frettenham
* Great and Little Plumstead
* Great Witchingham
* Guestwick
* Hainford
* Halvergate
* Haveringland
* Hellesdon
* Hemblington
* Hevingham
* Heydon
* Honingham
* Horsford
* Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith
* Horstead with Stanninghall
* Lingwood and Burlingham
* Little Witchingham
* Marsham
* Morton on the Hill
* Old Catton
* Oulton
* Postwick with Witton
* Rackheath
* Reedham
* Reepham
* Ringland
* Salhouse
* Salle
* South Walsham
* Spixworth
* Sprowston
* Stratton Strawless
* Strumpshaw
* Swannington
* Taverham
* Themelthorpe
* Thorpe St Andrew
* Upton with Fishley
* Weston Longville
* Woodbastwick
* Wood Dalling
* Wroxham

See also
Breckland
Great Yarmouth
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
North Norfolk
South Norfolk
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