Helhoughton, Norfolk

Description
Helhoughton, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wensum, 5 miles SW by W from Fakenham, and three-quarters of a mile SW from Eaynham Park station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway. It has a post office under Fakenham; money order office, East Rudham; telegraph office, West; Raynham. The parish comprises 1687 acres; population of the civil parish, 355; of the ecclesiastical, 511. The manor belongs to the Marquess Townshend. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of South Raynhain, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £240. Patron, the Marquess Townshend. The church, a plain building of flint, in the Early English style, was restored in 1890. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.