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"HARPLEY is a pleasant village on the crown and declivities of a lofty eminence, 12½ miles E.N.E. of Lynn, comprising in its parish 376 inhabitants, and 2,176 acres of land, including an extensive sheep walk. The Marquis Cholmondeley is lord of the manor, and owner of about 1,650 acres; and the rest belongs to J. Raven, Esq., except a few acres belonging to Mr. W.P. Walker; 88½A. of glebe; 14A. of church land; and several cottages belonging to Mr. W. Herring. The CHURCH, (St. Lawrence,) stands near the summit of the hill, and commands an extensive view of the surrounding country. It was built by Sir Robert Knowls, a famous general in the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £22, and in 1831 at £511, is in the gift of Anthony Hamond, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Pratt, B.A." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence.
- Church of St Lawrence
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Lawrence
- Services, etc.
- Jones, Mrs Herbert
- Notes on Harpley Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.8, 1879] - The Church
- Harpley, Church of St Lawrence.
[Harpley, the Church, 1970]
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Harpley was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Harpley Parish Council
- News, events, history, pictures, parish council, church, rectors, map, etc.
- Harpley Village History
- History, pictures, etc.
- Harpley Village (this is a link to an archived copy dated 2014)
- News, events, history, pictures, parish council, church, rectors, map, etc.
- Harpley Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Harpley Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Manning, D.
- Harpley Windmill, an investigation.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in the Journal vol.4, no.5, 1990]
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Harpley to another place.
Harpley is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
Parish outline and location - See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836 (this is a link an archived copy) and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF787259 (Lat/Lon: 52.801412, 0.649565), Harpley which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Harpley became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.