Hellington is a hamlet and

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in the

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district of the county of

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, England. In the 2001 census, it contained 24 households and a population of 69. It is centred on a crossroads south of Rockland St. Mary and around southeast of

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. The road north leads to Rockland St. Mary, south leads to the church and to Hellington Corner on the A146. East and west from the crossroads are both no through roads. East leads to Hellington Hall, a Grade II Listed 17th-century country house, and Low Common, a

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County Wildlife Site.Hellington Low Common (CWS 2262) – Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Retrieved 2018-03-05. West leads to Holverston.

Church of St John the Baptist

The church, St John the Baptist, is one of 124 existing

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es in

, and is a Grade I listed buildin

It contains a bronze war memorial to the dead and serving soldiers from World War I
memorial details
.

References

External links

on the Norfolk Churches website.
St John the Baptist on the European Round Tower Churches websiteGreen Pastures Nursery
(at Hellington Corner)

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