Honington Genealogical Records
Honington Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
An index to baptisms, marriages and burials in Norfolk parish registers. Images of the registers can be viewed separately.
Transcriptions of CoE and non-conformist baptism registers. They typically contain parents names', father's occupation, but not residence. Many include mothers' maiden names.
Honington Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index to marriages in Honington listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Abstracts of around 8,000 records containing details of parties who intended to marry.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Honington Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index of burials recorded at All Saints, Honington_. The index includes the name of the deceased, the date of burial, age (where available) and occasionally other notes.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
Honington Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
A list of taxes paid by heads of households.
Newspapers Covering Honington
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Norfolk area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Regional news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Norfolk district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A regional newspaper covering news and events in Norfolk and Suffolk. The newspaper contains numerous notices and articles useful to family historians, such as notices of birth, marriage and death.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Honington Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Full transcriptions of around 1,400 17th century wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk. Contains an index of all the people and places mentioned in the wills.
Full transcriptions of several hundred early wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk.
An index to over 10,000 names occurring in Suffolk wills.
An index to early wills proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury and the Commissary Court of Bury St. Edmunds.
Honington Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Honington Military Records
An introductory history to an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army.
A calendar that lists most of the important dates in the history of the Regiment.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Honington Court & Legal Records
Over 130,000 browsable pages detailing the administration of the dependent poor in Norfolk. Records contain details on births, marriages & deaths; punishments; admissions and discharges and more.
Books recording votes cast in elections. These records name freeholders, and sometimes their tenants.
Transcriptions and translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes. A number of cases relate to Suffolk.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Honington Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
Honington Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted. Covers various years.
Honington Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Suffolk detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Honington Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Browsable images of booklets containing transcriptions of hundreds-of-thousands of gravestones and other memorials. Maps are included to help locate memorials.
Photographs and descriptions of Norfolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to vital details engraved on over 5,000 gravestones and other monuments across the county of Norfolk.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Honington Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Honington Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Describes the parishes in the three hundreds of Wangford, Mutford and Lothingland, in the north-east of the county.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Photographs and images of churches in Suffolk.
Honington School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Honington Occupation & Business Records
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Thousands of profiles of Norfolk pubs, arranged by location. Contains photographs, names of licensees or landlords, architectural details, name changes, historical extracts and more.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles and photographs of steam, water and windmills in the county.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Honington
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees of Norfolk gentry families, including descriptions of their arms. This volume also includes a number of transcripts of wills, inquisitions post mortems and other records.
Pedigrees of Norfolk gentry families, including descriptions of their arms.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Honington Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Pedigrees of Norfolk gentry families, including descriptions of their arms. This volume also includes a number of transcripts of wills, inquisitions post mortems and other records.
Pedigrees of Norfolk gentry families, including descriptions of their arms.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Honington Church Records
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
A map delineating parishes in the county of Norfolk.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
Biographical Directories Covering Honington
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Honington Maps
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A map delineating parishes in the county of Norfolk.
An online application that allows you to browse several types of maps, including tithe maps, enclosure maps and aerial photography.
A map charting settlements, streets, rivers, natural features etc.
Honington Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Honington, recently distinguished as the birth-place of the late Robert Bloomfield, author of the Farmer’s Boy, &c. He was the younger son of George Bloomfield and Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Manby, the village schoolmistress; but the poet was so unfortunate as to lose his parent by the small-pox, when he was Jess than a twelvemonth old, and his mother was left a widow with six children. Mrs. Bloomfield’s poverty prevented her from giving her son Robert any regular schooling; some tuition, however, he received from Mr. Rodwell of Ixworth, to whom he went for some months to be improved in writing. A stone was erected to her memory by the late Duke of Grafton; and the inscription upon it written by the Rev. R. Fellowes, of Fakenham, expresses that—"In her household affairs, she was a pattern of industry, cleanliness, and every domestic virtue. By her kind, her meek and innocent behaviour, she had conciliated the good-will of all her neighbours and acquaintance, nor among the busy cares of time was she ever forgetful of eternity. But her religion was no hypocritical service, no vain form of words; it consisted in loving God and keeping his commandments, as they have been made known to us by Jesus Christ."
Honington-green being enclosed, was thus lamented by Nathaniel, the brother of Robert Bloomfield; and a view of the church and green was prefixed to this poem:
The proud city’s gay wealthy train,
Who nought but refinements adore,
May wonder to hear me complain
That Honington-green is no more!
But if to the church you e’er went,
If you knew what the village had been,
You will sympathize, while I lament
The enclosure of Honington-green.
Still had labour been blest with content,
Still competence happy had been,
Nor indigence utter’d a plaint
Had Avarice spar’d but the green.
Could there live such an envious man,
Who endur’d not the halcyon scene,
When the infantine peasantry ran,
And roll’d on the daisy-deck’d green.
While the green, though but daisies its boast,
Was free as the flowers to the bee,
In all seasons the green we lov’d most,
Because on the green we were free;
Though the youth of to-day must deplore
The rough mounds that now sadden the scene,
The vain stretch of Misanthropy’s power,
Th’ enclosure of Honington-green:
Yet when not a green turf is left free,
When not an odd nook is left wild,
Will the children of Honington be
Less blest than when I was a child?
No! childhood shall find the scene fair,
Then here let me cease my complaint,
Still shall health be inhal’d with the air
Which at Honington cannot be taint;
And though age may still talk of the green,
Of the heath, and free commons of yore,
Youth shall joy in the new-fangled scene,
And boast of that change we deplore.
HONINGTON is a parish and village on an affluent of the Little Ouse, 5 miles south-east from Bamham station on the Bury, Thetford and Swaffham section of the Great Eastern railway, 3 north-west from Ixworth and 9 north-east from Bury St. Edmunds, in the North Western division of the county, Blackbourn hundred and petty sessional division, Thetford union and county court district, rural deanery of Blackburne, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is a building of flint in the Norman, Perpendicular and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, vestry and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells; the south doorway, chancel arch and nave being Norman, the south porch and tower Perpendicular and the rest Decorated: the chancel retains a piscina: the octagonal font dates from the 14th century: there are two brasses, well preserved, one to Anne Curteis (1585), the other to George Dyke (1594): the church affords 138 sittings, 62 of which are free. The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £247, net yearly value £210, with residence and 13 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1875 by the Rev. William Henry Illingworth L.Th, of Hatfield Hall, Durham. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The charities include one by an unknown donor, consisting of 7a. 2r. of land in the parish of Stanton; the Bishop of Lincoln’s charity consists of 18 acres of land in the parish of Ixworth; and there is a fuel allotment of 21a. 1r. 6p. of land in the parish, the produce of which is expended for educational purposes and in bread and coals for the poor. Honington was the birthplace (3 Dec. 1766) of Robert Bloomfield, the poet; he died at Shefford, Beds, 19 Aug. 1823. The Duke of Grafton K.G., C.B. who is lord of the manor, Samuel Death esq. and G. Gates esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,197 acres; rateable value, £1,422; the population in 1891 was 259.
School (mixed), built in 1863, & also open to children from Ixworth Thorpe; average attendance, 56.
Most Common Surnames in Honington
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Blackbourn Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McRo | 16 | 1:19 | 23.19% | 1,027 |
| 2 | Taylor | 15 | 1:20 | 0.76% | 7 |
| 2 | Addison | 15 | 1:20 | 10.07% | 503 |
| 4 | Tipple | 14 | 1:21 | 20.59% | 1,030 |
| 5 | Thompson | 13 | 1:23 | 1.71% | 52 |
| 6 | Davey | 12 | 1:25 | 2.63% | 122 |
| 7 | Calver | 11 | 1:27 | 2.68% | 145 |
| 7 | Simper | 11 | 1:27 | 14.10% | 935 |
| 9 | Fuller | 10 | 1:30 | 1.65% | 74 |
| 9 | Brunning | 10 | 1:30 | 4.41% | 322 |
| 11 | Hayward | 8 | 1:37 | 1.08% | 54 |
| 11 | Goddard | 8 | 1:37 | 1.47% | 94 |
| 11 | Balls | 8 | 1:37 | 0.95% | 35 |
| 11 | Cutting | 8 | 1:37 | 2.35% | 191 |
| 11 | Balaam | 8 | 1:37 | 4.65% | 440 |
| 16 | Smith | 7 | 1:43 | 0.09% | 1 |
| 16 | Hind | 7 | 1:43 | 50.00% | 2,863 |
| 16 | Horrex | 7 | 1:43 | 6.19% | 658 |
| 16 | Sparrows | 7 | 1:43 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 20 | Stone | 6 | 1:50 | 1.87% | 211 |
| 20 | Peck | 6 | 1:50 | 0.78% | 50 |
| 20 | Thurlow | 6 | 1:50 | 1.89% | 216 |
| 23 | Sparrow | 5 | 1:60 | 1.02% | 109 |
| 23 | How | 5 | 1:60 | 22.73% | 2,213 |
| 23 | Gauth | 5 | 1:60 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 26 | Stevens | 4 | 1:75 | 1.72% | 316 |
| 26 | Wainwright | 4 | 1:75 | 10.00% | 1,498 |
| 26 | Gooch | 4 | 1:75 | 0.72% | 89 |
| 26 | Mayhew | 4 | 1:75 | 0.54% | 58 |
| 26 | Borham | 4 | 1:75 | 13.33% | 1,861 |
| 26 | Palfry | 4 | 1:75 | 80.00% | 5,441 |
| 26 | Bullet | 4 | 1:75 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 26 | Ambouse | 4 | 1:75 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 34 | Norton | 3 | 1:99 | 1.30% | 319 |
| 34 | Banham | 3 | 1:99 | 1.37% | 328 |
| 34 | Padley | 3 | 1:99 | 25.00% | 3,101 |
| 37 | Crosby | 2 | 1:149 | 1.94% | 731 |
| 37 | Catchpole | 2 | 1:149 | 0.31% | 71 |
| 37 | Ager | 2 | 1:149 | 1.54% | 577 |
| 37 | Packard | 2 | 1:149 | 1.57% | 587 |
| 37 | Flory | 2 | 1:149 | 2.11% | 782 |
| 37 | Gayford | 2 | 1:149 | 9.52% | 2,275 |
| 37 | Cammell | 2 | 1:149 | 5.88% | 1,694 |
| 37 | Pollay | 2 | 1:149 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 45 | Fisher | 1 | 1:298 | 0.15% | 69 |
| 45 | Hart | 1 | 1:298 | 0.13% | 53 |
| 45 | Nicholson | 1 | 1:298 | 5.00% | 2,347 |
| 45 | Pugh | 1 | 1:298 | 4.17% | 2,116 |
| 45 | Manning | 1 | 1:298 | 0.15% | 70 |
| 45 | Fenton | 1 | 1:298 | 0.38% | 267 |
| 45 | Liddle | 1 | 1:298 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 45 | Fordham | 1 | 1:298 | 0.57% | 436 |
| 45 | Sladen | 1 | 1:298 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 45 | Greengrass | 1 | 1:298 | 1.05% | 782 |
| 45 | Wase | 1 | 1:298 | 5.56% | 2,498 |
| 45 | Battrum | 1 | 1:298 | 5.00% | 2,347 |
| 45 | Wrights | 1 | 1:298 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 45 | Hurrill | 1 | 1:298 | 100.00% | 9,362 |