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"HARLING, (WEST) a parish of scattered houses, from 1 to 2 miles W.S.W. of East Harling, contains 117 souls, and 3166 acres of land, belonging to the Right Hon. Nicholas Wm. Ridley Colborne, who was created BARON COLBORNE, in 1839, and was born in 1779. . . . brother to the late Sir M.W. Ridley, Bart., of Newcastle on Tyne. On succeeding to the estate of his maternal uncle, Wm. Colborne, Esq., he assumed the surname of Colborne, and has since resided at West Harling Hall, . . . His lordship is lord of the manor and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9. 18s. 4d., and in 1831, at £185. The Rev. Charles John Ridley, M.A., is the incumbent. The Church (All Saints,) . . . and in the chancel are three fine brasses, one of a priest and two of the Birdwell family, who resided here in an embattled mansion, which was demolished in 1725. Here was anciently a hamlet called Middle Harling, with a church (St. Andrew,) which was levelled in 1543." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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West Harling is about 6 miles E. of Thetford.
It includes the hamlet of Middle Harling.
See also East Harling.
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Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.
- Church of All Saints
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1821: Heads of Households, etc.
- 1841
- 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 Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- 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 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), West Harling was in Guiltcross Registration District.
This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, West Harling was in Thetford Registration District for civil registration.
- Harling Parish Council for East and West Harling
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1937: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Harling to another place.
West Harling is in Guiltcross Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Guiltcross Hundred
- Description of Guiltcross Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Land Tax
- Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1767-1833.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL964841 (Lat/Lon: 52.419173, 0.887361), West Harling 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.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- After 1834 West Harling became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.
- Overseers' Rates
Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1774-1827.