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East Harling Reading & Recreation Land William John Lovack, stonemason, Rush Edward, watch maker, Cheese hill· Room (A. Smith, sec) School lane Sayer Thomas, veterir.ary surgeon, Edwards George, White Hart P.H. Lawrence Thomas Clarence, miller Vine cottage, near White Hart street White Hart street (wind) & farmer, Kenninghall road Seakens Frederick, assistant overseer & Everett Walter, grocer & draper & wine London & Provincial BankLim. (branch) collector for the parishes of Bretten- merchant, Market place (C. J. Pearson, manager) ; attends ham, East Harling & Roudham, Gar- Footer Arthur Benjamin, Queen's Head every tues. from 3 to 5; draw on boldisham road P .H. & fishmonger, Market place head office, 7 B:.tnk buildings E C & SeckerWm.jobbing gardener,Gallants la FrostSamuel,King'sHeadP.H.Kenning- Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.London E C Sharman Harriet (Mrs.), Bull P.H. hall road Long W alter, draper& grocer, Market pi Market place Gayford Arthur, farmer & valuer & Loveday Alfred, gun repairer,Market st Skipper Charles William, stud groom to land agent to LordEgerton of Tatton, Macro Herbert John, shopkeeper, White Lord Egerton of Tatton, Gallants la White house Hart street Smith & Son, drapers & grocers, White Gooderham Charles, gardener to Rev. Mason Edward J. B. insurance agent, Hart street B. H. Grigson, Ivy cottage Harling mills Smith Alice (Miss), dress ma. School la Graham Thomas & Son, lime burners Mornement Edward, jun. engineer & Smith Theophilus, Trowel & llammer Gurneys, Birkbeck, Barclay & Buxton, contractor for threshing, steam P,H. & sec. East llarling Medical bankers, ngw Barclay & Co. Limited ploughing, rolling &c. general agri- Club, White Hart street Rambling Thos. shopkeeper, Market pl cultural implement& machineryagnt Soffe William Edward, L.F.P.S.Glasg. Howlett Charles Henry, Nag's Head, Newson&Sons,stone masons, builders, surgeon, & medical officer & public P.H. & mail contractor decorators &c. Cheese hill vaccinator 3rd & 4th Districts, Guilt- Hudson Edward, Swan commercial NunnJamcs,vcrmin destroycr,Kcnning- cross union, White Hart street hotel & posting house, broughams, hall road SollyAlfred,butcher&farmer,Market pl tlys, dog carts &c. Market place Osborne Alban, beer retailer & saddler, 1 Spooner Samuel, tailor, Cheese hill Hunt James, chimner sweeper, Gar- Cheese hill Squires John. shoe ma. Kenninghall rd boldisham road Osborne Alfred Robcrt, coal dealer, Tillott Thomas Aaron, draper & grocer James George, furnishing & general Market place Towel! Harry, hair dresser, Market pl ironmonger, paints, oils, colours, Page James, shopkeeper, Nfarket place Unionist Club (Sir Edmund C. Nugent cutlery &c. Market place Palmer Frederick, coal dealer,Cheese hi bart. J. P. president; Robert Good- Kerrison Herbert, farmer & brick Peake Josiah, blacksmith & wheelwright, child, vice-president & sec.) maker, The Hill farm Cheese hill Warby Henry William, grocer & draper Kerrison Rebecca (Mrs.), carrier to & Porcher John, boot & shoe maker, Whewell Harriett (Mrs.), china & glass from railwaystatlon,G.E.R.Cheese hi Market place dealer, Market place Kerry William, beer retailer, Fan lane Richards Philip, dispensing & agricul- Whewell William Bircher, butcher & Kiddle Francis Mary (Miss), private tural chemist, & agent for W. & A. game dealer, White Hart street school, School lane Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit merchants Williams William, White Lion P.H. Killingback Sophia (Miss), laundry, Read Fr,derick William, cabinet maker. Market place School lane White Hart street Woods Alfred, family butcher,Cheese hi Knight James,farmer, Garboldisham rd Rudd Henry & Son, builuers & con· ~'right Charles, superintendent of LeaperGeo.CrownP.H.Garboldisham rd tractors, White Hart street County Police, Police station WEST HARLING is a parish in the southern vale of buurne Gawdy esq. of Mendham, Suffolk, from whom it the river Thet, 2?! miles south from the Harling Road descended to the family of Berdwell and was held by them station on the 'fhetford and section of the Great for many years, and subsequently came intothepossession of Eastern railway and 7 north-east fr-om , in the Mid Nicholas William (Ridley-Colborne), 1st baron Col borne, division of the county, Guiltcross and Shropham petty whose 11eat this was until his death, 3 May, 1854, when the sessional division, hundred and union of Guiltcross, Attle- title became extinct. Berdwell Hall, an embattled mansion borough county court district, rural deanery of Rockland, of stone, surrounded by a deep moat, formerly occupied the archdeaconry of Norfolk and . Middle or site of the present Hall, but was pulled down in 1725 by Little Barling was united to West Harling in 1433. The Joshua Draper esq. who had purchased the West llarling church of All Saints, situated in the park, is an ancient estate from the three nieoes and heiresses of Sir Bassing­ structure of flint, in the Decorated style, consisting of bourne Gawdy, 3rd and last bart-. d. 1723 ; the existing chancel with chapel, nave, south porch and an embattled Hall, a mansion of brick, begun about 1725 by Joshua western tower containing 8 tubular bells, presented by Lady Draper esq. was sold by him in 1736 to Richard Gipps esq. Nugent: in the c!:lapel were buried several members of the who completed the work: the house, which stands in the Gawdy and Berdwell families, including John Gawdy, ob. centre of an extensive and beautiful park, watered by the 29 Nov. 1694: the church was thoroughly restored by Sir E. river Thet, is built in part with the materials of Old Berd­ C. Nugent hart. in 1890; the pulpit was the gift of Lady well Hall, and is now the property and residence of Sir Nugent: there are 150 sittings. The register dates from Edmund Charles ~ugent bart. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor the year 1559· The living is a rectory, gross tithe rent- and chief landowner. ln the park is the site, now indicated charge {,I go, average {,144, net yearly value £86, including by a circular plantation, of the church of St. Andrew, 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir Edmund Middle Harling, demolished in I543· The soil is sandy; C. Nugent bart. and held since 1883 by the Rev. Edward subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, rye, barley and George Boultbee Inge. The town lands, lying in Banham oats. The area is 2,613 acres; rateable value, £r,oos; and Kenninghall, and given by Margaret, wife of John the population in 1891 was 135. Gawdy esq. mentioned above, now ( 1896) produce £13 10s. Parish Clerk, George Wilson, Stone House farm. yearly, which sum is distributed every year in clothing to Letters from Thetford, via East · Harling, which is the the oldest and poorest men and women alternately. In nearest money order & telegraph office the time of the Conqueror there were here several small No Letter Box. Letters are delivered about 8 a.m. & 5.30 manors held as a berew.ic of the capital manor of Kenning- p.m. & collected at same times hall by the Albinis and their successors, the de Angerville The children of this place attend East Harling & BriJgham family; about 1564 the estate was purchased by Bassing- schools Inge Rev. Edward George Boultbee Bennett Charles, farm bailiff to Timothy Lock John, Thorpe farm (rector). Rectory Colman esq Riches Jeremiah, gamekeeper to Sir E. Nugent Sir Edmund Charles hart. D.L., Coote Robert, 2nd gamekeeper to Sir C. Nugent hart J.P. West Harling hall Edmund Charles Nugent hart. The Wiggett Arthur, head gardener to Sir Nngent George Colborne J.P. West Lodge E. C. Nugent bart. Gardeners' cottages Harling hall Hanton George, farm bailiff to Sir Wilson George, farm bailiff to Timothy Edmund Chas. Nugent bt. Paper cot Colman esq. Stone House farm HABPLEY is a parish and village, half a mile north from embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: Massingham station on the Midland and Great Northern . the south aisle is battlemented and the oak door on this side joint railway, 12 miles east-north-east from Lynn and 10 is carved with figures, and the rood screen still remains south-west from Fakenham, in the North ·western division under the chancel arch: the chancel was restored in 1878: of the county, Freebridge Lynn hundred, petty sessional the church is seated with open benches, affording 320 sit­ division and union, county court district of Lynn, rural tings. The register dates from the year 1722. The living deanery of Lynn Freebridge, archdeaconry of Lynn and is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £350, net yearly diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Lawrence, which value £310, with 90 acres of glebe and residence, in the stands on an eminence, is a large structure of flint and gift of Horace Beck esq. and held since 188o by the Rev. stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Harry Edward Beck M.A. of Trinity Hail, Cambridge. nave with clerestory, aisles, handsome south porch and an Here is a Methodist New Connexion chapel, built in 1873, NORFOLK. ll