DIRECTORY.] 299 HARPLEY. (.] EAST------HARLING (or MARKET HARLING) is a small have a very neat place of worship, and at the real' is a market town, parish, railway station and polling place for the burial-ground. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists South-Eastern division ofthe county,21 miles south-west from have places of worship. 'fhere is a flour mill, worked by , 9 n01•th-east from , and 104~ north-by- east the river Thet. A short distance north of the town is a from London, situated on nn acclivity above the Thet river, in limekiln, constantly in work. A corn market is held here Guiltcross hundred and union, Attleborough county court every Tuesday. The fairs are held May 4th: the cattle and district, rural deanery of Rock! and, archdeaconry of Norfolk, sheep fair, the first Tuesday after September 12th, and Oc­ and . The Harling-road station on the tober 24th. Petty sessions are held at the police station the Great Eastern line is a mile and a quarter west. The church first Tnceday in the month. Sir Robert J acob Buxton, of SS. Peter and Paul is situated on a slight elevation, close Bart., n. T•• , is lord of the manor. The Earl of Albemarle, to the high road, at the west entrance to the town: it has Thomas Thornhill, nnd Cecil Montg-omerie, Esqrs., are chief naTe, chancel and aisles: the "Harling chapel," at the landowners. The soil is light loam; subsoil, chalk. 'l.'he east end of the south aisle, is a fine Gothic building, and in chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is the edifice are 18 windows of corresponding architectural 2,572 acres, and the population in 18Gl was 1,109. style : the tower is lofty and well built, surmounted by 12 Parish Clerk, William Rust. small pinnacles and :m elegant spire: the interior contains, among others, the marble effigies of Sir Robert Harling and PosT & MoNEY ORDER OFFICE & Post Office Savings his lady, enclosed by a neat iron railing: there is a fine- Dank.-Thomas Bailey, postmaster. Letters by mail toned organ, and a gallery erected fot• the choir. The cart from Thetford, arrive at 4.30 a.m.; dispatched at register dates from the year 1544.. The living is a rectory, 7.20 p.m yearly value £523, in the gift of Mrs. Wilkinson, and held INSURANCE AGENTS:- by her husband, the Rev. Thomas Boston Wilkinson, M.A., Nm·wich Union, Waiter Everett of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There is a Free Reliance Mutual L~fe, W. 0. Cracknell school, supported by the Rector and parishioners, with Inland Revenue Office, 'Swan,' John ·wm. Priestman, accommodation for 150 children of both sexes, who have the collector use of an extensive library of books. The Society of Friends Police Station, Edward J ones, superintendent Atmore Richard, esq Cracknell Wm. tailor, grocer & draper Sapey Zachariah, farmer Evcrctt John, esq Daynes Jamcs, cooper & basket maker Sayer Charles, coal merchant Soffe William Edwanl, esq Elliott William, farmer Smith George, beer retailer Steward Mrs Evcrett Waiter, grocer&: draper Smith Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wilkinson Rev. Thom:1s Bosoon, M.A. James George, ironfounder Smith Robert, plumber & beer retailer [rector] Kerridge Henry, tailor Soffe William Edward, surgeon COMMERCIAL. Kerrison Herbert, farmer & brick maker Sally Alfred, butcher Anstee James John, harness maker Kerrison James, builder Sally George, Bull Appleby William, chemist & druggist Lawrence Jas. miller, Kenningball road Squire John, shoe maker Bailey Albert, baker Mineit Charles, tailor Tillott George, basket maker Bailey Thomas, cabinet maker, & post Norwich Crown Bank (branch), Tillott William, White Hart, & gardenr office (Harveys'& Hudsons') (JohnEverett, Watson William, plumber & painter Barnard Charles, Queen's Head agent); draw on Barnetts', Hoares', Whewell Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer Barnard George, tailor & beer retailer Hanburys' & Lloyd, London e.c ·whewell Henry, china & g·Iass dealer Barnard Robert John, shoe maker Os borne William, shopkeeper Woodcock Charles, butcher Barnes James, lime burner Pattison Robert, coal merchant \Yorthington David, linen draper Brewster William, gunsmith PeakeJ osiah, wheelwright & blacksmith Wright Edward, Nag's Head Clarke John, brickmaker Peck Edward Slack, shoe maker Youels Benjamin & Samuel, grocers & Colman Timothy, miller, ·merchant & Sapcy Sarah (lVIrs.), Swan inn, & in- linen drapers farmer land revenue oflice

WEST HARLING is a parish, one mile and a half Rev. Walter Richard Hickman, of Emmanucl College, Cam­ west-south-west from East Harling, and 2~ south from the bridge. Sir George Edmund Nugent, Bart., .r.P., who re­ Harling-road railway station, in the southern vale of the sides at The Hall, a splendid brick-built mansion, in the river '!'het, in the South-Eastern division of the county, centre of an extensive and beautiful park, watered by the hundred and union of Guiltcross, Attleborough county river Thet, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The court district, rural deanery of Rockland, archdeaconry of soil is sandy; subsoil, chalky. The chief crops are rye, Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich. The church of All Saints barley and oats. ln 1861 the population was 124, and the is an ancient structure, and stands in the park: the interior area is 3,034 acres. is in good repair, and neatly pewcd: in the chancel are Parish Clerk, Nathan Kerridge. several very ancient brasses. The register dates from the year 155!J. The living is a rectory, yearly value £168, with Lettei'S through Thetrord, vii.l East Harling, which is the residence, in tbe gift of the Hon. Lady Nugent, and held by the nearest money order office Hickman Rev. WalterRichard [rector] COMMERCIAL. j Pymer Thomas, farmer Nugent Sir George Edmund, bart. J,P •• The Hall Brasnett Edward, farmer Ringer John, farmer

HARPLEY is a parish and village, 12~ miles east-north­ dists have each a chapel here. Fourteen acres of land, now east from Lynn, and 10 from Fakenham, in the Western let for £14 per annum, were left for the repairs of the division of the county, Freebridge Lynn hundred and union, church, and £24 10s. for charities, £20 of which were left county court district of Lynn, rural deanery of Lynn, and by the late Mr. Herring; the same gentleman caused alms· arch deaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. houses to be erected to contain ten ol1l poople, who each Lawrence is a large structure of flint and stone, situated on receive 4s. per week; he also left £10 per annum to the an eminence, and consists of nave with clerestory, chancel, National school. A pleasure fair is held on the 2-ith of July. aisles, the south aisle embattled, handsome south porch, and The 1\Iarquis of Cholmondeley is lord of tile manor and square western tower containing 5 bells: the south entrance principal landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay and door is of oak, with carved figures: the interior is seated chalk. The crops are on the four-course shift. The area with open benches, and the rood-screen still remains under is 2,193 acres, and the population in 1861 was 4 79. the chancel arch: the whole building, excepting the chan­ Parish Clerk, Robert Porter. cel, has been recently restored. The register dates from the year 1722. The living is a rectory, yearly value £495, with PosT OFFICE.-James Mountain, receiver. Letters an-he residence, arising from £460 tithe rent-charge, and 88~ tl1rough Brandon at 7 .3{} a.m.; dispatched at 5.15 p.m. acres of glebe, in the gift of Anthony Hamond, Esq., and East Rudham is the nearest money order office held by the Hev. William Pratt, B.A., of Trinity College, National School, Cambridge. Here is a National school, erected in 1845. CARRIERS TO LYNN-Robert Porter & Henry Bartle, The Methodist New Connexion and the Primitive Metho- tuesday, thursday & saturday, returning same days Pratt Rev. William, B.A. [rector] Bartle George, farm bailiff to Horace Boddy John, shopkeeper Forster Mr. Thomas Beck, esq Burton Samuel, farm bailiff to Horace COMMERCIAL. Bartle Henry, carrier Beck, esq Balding William, Rose ~ Crown, & Bartle Jacob, dealer Carpenter Susan (Mrs.), grocer&draper • carpenter Beck Charlotte (Mrs.) farmer Claxton Catherine (Mrs.), White Lion Bartle Abraham, sheep dresser Beck Horace, farmer ' Claxton Francia, boot & shoe maker