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{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.71327|1.40960|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG304183
| official_name = Hoveton
| population = 2,127
| population_ref = (2021 census)
| static_image_name = File:Hoveton village sign - geograph.org.uk - 6704915.jpg
| static_image_caption = Hoveton Village Sign
| shire_district = [[North Norfolk]]
| shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Hoveton
| constituency_westminster = [[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]]
| postcode_district = NR12
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = NORWICH
| dial_code = 01603
| london_distance = 
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.90
| hide_services = Yes
}}'''Hoveton''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|f|t|ən}} is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Norfolk]], within [[The Broads|the Norfolk Broads]].

Hoveton is located {{Convert|7.3|mi|km}} south of [[North Walsham]] and {{Convert|8.1|mi|km}} north-east of [[Norwich]], separated from [[Wroxham]] by the [[River Bure]].

==Correct pronunciation==
{{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|f|t|ən}}; "Hofton"<ref>Hales,J. and Bennett, W. "Looking at Norfolk" (October 1971), Charles N. Veal & Company.</ref><ref>https://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/norfolk_place_names.htm</ref>

==History==
Hoveton's name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for ''Hofa's'' farmstead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hoveton%20St.%20John%20and%20St.%20Peter |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

In the [[Domesday Book]], Hoveton is listed as a settlement of 58 households in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Tunstead. In 1086, the village was divided between the [[East Anglia|East Anglian]] estates of [[St Benet's Abbey|St. Benet's Abbey]] and [[Roger of Poitou]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoveton [St John and St Peter] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/hoveton-st-john-and-st-peter/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref>

[[Hoveton & Wroxham railway station|Hoveton & Wroxham Railway Station]] opened in the village in 1874 and still operates as a stop on the [[Bittern Line]], between [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]] and [[Sheringham railway station|Sheringham]].

== Geography ==
According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], Hoveton has a population of 2,127 people which shows an increase from the 1,759 people recorded in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoveton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/north_norfolk/E04006435__hoveton/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

Hoveton is located within the [[Norfolk Broads]] close to [[Hoveton Great Broad]] and [[Hoveton Little Broad]].

== St. John's Church ==
Hoveton's parish church is dedicated to [[Saint John the Evangelist]] and dates from the Twelfth Century. St. John's is located on Horning Road and has been Grade II listed since 1955.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=CHURCH OF ST JOHN, Hoveton |num=1373437 |access-date=2025-06-01 }}</ref> The church remains open for Sunday service twice a month.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoveton: St John |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2930/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref>

St. John's features a good collection of Seventeenth Century stained-glass roundels as well as numerous memorials to the Blofeld family, including one to Captain John S. Blofeld who died in the service of the [[East India Company]] near [[Hyderabad]] in 1803. There is also a stained-glass window designed by [[Ninian Comper]] depicting the Risen Christ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hoveton/hoveton.htm |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>

== Hoveton Hall ==
{{Main article|Hoveton Hall}}
Hoveton Hall was built between 1809 and 1812 by [[Humphry Repton]] for Mrs Christabell Burroughes. Today, the house is in the care of the Buxton family.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=HOVETON HALL, Neatishead |num=1373443 |access-date=2025-06-01 }}</ref>

==Amenities==
[[Roys of Wroxham]], dubbed "the world's largest village store", has a store in Hoveton which has stood in the village since 1899.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roys History |url=https://www.roys.co.uk/history |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.roys.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Broadland High Ormiston Academy]] is located in Hoveton and is part of the [[Ormiston Academies Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=Ormiston Academy |title=Broadland High Ormiston Academy - Welcome |url=https://broadlandhighoa.co.uk/our-academy/welcome |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=broadlandhighoa.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Anthony Aufrère]]- (1757-1833) antiquary and barrister, born in Hoveton Hall.
*[[Alan Hunter (author)|Alan Hunter]]- (1922-2005) crime fiction author, born in Hoveton.
*[[John Blofeld (judge)|Sir John Blofeld]]- (b.1932) barrister and judge, born in Hoveton.
*[[Henry Blofeld|Henry Blofeld OBE]]- (b.1939) journalist and cricket commentator, born in Hoveton.
*[[Tom Blofeld]]- (b.1964) author and owner of [[Bewilderwood]], born in Hoveton.

==In popular culture==
The [[Norfolk]] landscape painter [[John Crome]], an associate of [[John Sell Cotman]] and others of the [[Norwich School (art movement)|Norwich School]], made an etching of Hoveton around 1812. Today, the painting is held by the [[National Gallery of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoveton St. Peter |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/hoveton-st-peter |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.gallery.ca |language=en}}</ref>

== Governance ==
Hoveton is part of the [[electoral ward]] of Hoveton and Tunstead for local elections and is part of the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[North Norfolk]].

The village's national constituency is [[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]], which has been represented by the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Steff Aquarone|Steff Aquarone MP]] since 2024.

== War Memorial ==
Hoveton's war memorial is a stone plaque in St. John's Church which lists the following names for the [[First World War]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Hoveton St John |url=https://roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/HovetonStJohn.html |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=roll-of-honour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Name
!Unit
!Date of death
!Burial/Commemoration
|-
|Gnr.
|Ernest Hunter
|122nd Bty., [[Royal Garrison Artillery]]
|6 Jun. 1915
|[[Perth (China Wall) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Perth Cemetery]]
|-
|Gnr.
|Bertie H. Corbyn
|282nd Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
|29 Jul. 1917
|[[Comines-Warneton|Maple Leaf Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Robert Wilkinson
|8th Bn., [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
|19 Apr. 1917
|[[Loos Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Ernest J. Hilton
|[[Derbyshire Yeomanry]]
|21 Apr. 1917
|[[Loos Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Harry J. Chambers
|7th Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]]
|4 Jul. 1916
|[[Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension|Aveluy Communal Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|John R. Felstead
|7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|23 Sep. 1917
|[[Duisans|Duisans British Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Albert G. Buck
|8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|17 Feb. 1917
|[[Grandcourt, Somme|Regina Trench Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Alfred J. Day
|9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|29 Jul. 1916
|[[White House Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|James Howard
|9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|23 Oct. 1916
|[[Méaulte|Grove Town Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Hugh J. Morter
|9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|15 Sep. 1916
|[[Thiepval Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Percy W. Nolleth
|31st Bn., Army Training Reserve
|8 Apr. 1917
|St. John's Churchyard
|-
|Pte.
|Jonah Corbyn
|10th Bn., [[Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)|Yorkshire Regiment]]
|8 Nov. 1916
|[[Vermelles British Cemetery]]
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Wroxham and Hoveton}}
{{commons category|Hoveton}}
{{Civil Parishes of North Norfolk}}

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[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]
[[Category:People from Hoveton]]