Hevingham

Hevingham is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk.

It has inscriptions to the families of Hobart, Thetford, Deynes, Leigh, Scambler, and a curious sexagon font, with mutilated figures under florid Gothic arches"[5]Archaeological evidence shows that the site of the village has been occupied since the Bronze Age.

[3] With its red brick 16th century manor house, Park Farm is the former site of a moated bishops' palace.

[8] There are records of a post medieval windmill or Smock mill[9] which stood in the North east part of the village, to the west of the Cromer road and was sold at auction 'to be dismantled' in 1869.

[3] There is a complete World War II pillbox located in the south-western corner of Buxton Heath, itself a site of special scientific interest.

Situated one mile north of the village centre, the church is dedicated to Botolph of Thorney; an English 7th century saint of travellers and farmers.

Francis Blomfield when he wrote about the village in 1750, mentioning that "it lay at the confluence of several small streams".

[12] The sign is situated at the corner of the village green on Westgate (Formerly a pond called 'Westgate pit') and the current incarnation was erected in 2009.

Sanders Coaches[15] provide regular bus services linking the village to several destinations including Holt and Norwich.

The village sign in 2007. It depicts crossed brooms, historically broom-making was a staple industry in Hevingham.