West Harling, Norfolk
Historical Description
Harling, West, a parish in Norfolk, 2½ miles S by W of Harling Road station on the G.E.R., and 7½ E by N from Thetford. Post town, Thetford; money order and telegraph office, East Harling. Acreage, 3116; population, 135.
The manor, with all the property, belongs to the Nugent family, whose seat is West Harling HalL The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich, in the gift of the Nugents; net value, £86 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Decorated style, has an embattled tower, and contains some brasses. It was restored at the cost of Sir E. C. Nugent, Bart., in 1890.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | West Harling All Saints | |
Hundred | Guiltcross | |
Poor Law union | Guiltcross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for West Harling:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1538-1904 | 1538-1904 | 1538-1906 | 1538-1906 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for West Harling from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Harling, West (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of West Harling are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.