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Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In the 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
it contained 24 households and a population of 69.
It is centred around a crossroads ½ mile (¾ km) south of Rockland St. Mary and around 6½ miles (10½ km) southeast of Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
. The road north leads to Rockland St. Mary, south leads to the church and to Hellington Corner on the A146
A146 road
The A146 is a road that runs between two of East Anglia's largest population centres - Norwich in Norfolk and Lowestoft in Suffolk.The entire route has primary classification and as such has been improved over the years, although traffic levels can lead to delays.- Norwich :Before the construction...
. East and west from the crossroads are both no through roads; east leading to Hellington Hall and Low Common and west leading to Holverston
Holverston
Holverston is a civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England ¾ mile southeast of Rockland St. Mary. It includes Holverston Hall and associated barn conversions reached by road from Hellington to the east. In the 2001 census it contained 9 households and a population of 29. All traces of the...
.
Church of St John the Baptist
The church, St John the Baptist, is one of 124 existing round-tower churchRound-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...
es in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, and is a Grade I listed building http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=226745. It contains a bronze war memorial to the dead and serving soldiers from World War I (memorial details).
External links
- Ordnance Survey Pathfinder (1:25000) map of Hellington
- St. John the Baptist on the Norfolk Churches website.
- St. John the Baptist on the Round Tower Churches website
- Green Pastures Nursery (at Hellington Corner)
- Hellington Hall