Norfolk - East Harling

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 335-6.

EAST HARLING (or MARKET HARLING) is a small market town, parish, polling place for the Southern division of the country, with station called Harling road, on the Great Eastern railway, 1¼ miles northwest from the village, 9 miles north-east from Thetford and 104½ from London, situated on an acclivity above the Thet river, in Guiltcross hundred and union, Attleborough county court district, rural deanery of Rockland, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is situated on a slight elevation, close to the high road, at the west entrance to the town: it consists of chancel, nave and aisles: The "Harling chapel," at the east end of the south aisle, is a fine Gothic building, and in the church are 18 windows of corresponding style: the tower is lofty, surmounted by 12 small pinnacles and an elegant spire: in the Harling chapel are effigies of Sir Robert Harling and his lady, enclosed by an iron railing: in the chancel is a Purbeck slab, under canopy, to Sir William Chamberlain K.G. commander in France, ob. 1462, and Ann his wife, but the effigies, which were of brass, have long been missing: there are other monuments: there is a fine toned organ, and a gallery erected for the choir: the church was restored in 1878-79 and seated with open benches. The register dates from the year 1544. The living is a rectory, yearly tithe rent-charge £591 with 68 acres of glebe with residence in the gift of Mrs.Wilkinson and held since 1829 by her husband, the Rev. Thomas Boston Wilkinson, M.A. (1824) of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. The Society of Friends have a meeting house, and at the rear is a burial ground; there is also a Primitive Methodist chapel. The town lands, of 96 acres, produce £80 yearly, which is distributed as follows—one third to the church, one third towards the support of the public school, and the remainder to an Improvement fund; also under an order of the Enclosure Commission, £45 the rent of 56 acres of fenland, is laid out in fuel for the poor. There is a flour mill, worked by the river Thet. A short distance north of the town is a limekiln. A corn market is held here every Tuesday. The fairs are held May 4th: the cattle and sheep fair the first Tuesday after September 12th and October 24th; the lamb fair 6th July. Sir Robert Jacob Buxton bart, M.P., D.L. is lord of the manor The Earl of Albermarle, Thomas Thornhill esq. J.P. and Cecil T. Molyneaux-Montgomerie esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is light loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips; rateable value £4,134; and the population in 1881 was 1,062.

Parish Clerk, Thomas Morris Last.

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POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.— George Barnard, postmaster. Letters by mail cart from Thetford arrive at 4.25 a.m.; dispatched at 8 p.m.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR GUILTCROSS & SHROPHAM PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION

The Right Hon. The Earl of Albermarle, Quidenham
Sir Robert J. Buxton bart. M.P. Shadwell court
John Gall esq. New Buckenham
The Rev. Addison Browne, Hemsworth, Rockland
The Hon. Arnold Keppel
The Hon. & Rev E. S. Keppel, Quidenham
Cecil T. Molyneay-Montgomerie esq. Garboldisham
William Morris esq. West Wretham
Henry Thomas Partridge esq. Garboldisham
The Rev. John Spurgin, Hockham

INSURANCE AGENTS:—

Norwich Union Fire, W. Everett
Reliance Mutual Life, W. O. Cracknell

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:—

Inland Revenue Office, Swan hotel
County Police Station Robert Stark, superintendent.
The local force consists of superintendent & two constables

PUBLIC OFFICERS:—

Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for the Division of Guiltcross & Shropham, E. N. Cole, Croxton
Inspector of Nuisances for Guiltcross Rural Sanitary Authority, & School Attendance Officer for Guiltcross Union, Thomas Sayer
Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, 4th District Guiltcross Union, William Edward Saffe
Relieving Officer & Registrar of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Wm. Henry Berry.

There is a public school, which will hold 250 children of both sexes, average attendance 100, who have the use of an extensive library of books; William Charles England, master

Railway Station, Richd. Alban Wm. Sayer, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Banham Mrs.
Cracknell William Octavius
Colman Timothy, Eastfield house
Everett John
Gitters Robert, Atmore house
Goodchild Robert
Graham Rev. John [Primitive Methodist]
Sapey Zachariah
Soffe William Edward
Steward Mrs.
Wilkinson Rev. Thomas Boston M.A. [rector]
Youels Samuel
COMMERCIAL.
Adams William, boot maker
Bailey Albert, baker
Bailey William, farmer, Town farm
Banham & Vince, coal merchants, office, Harling Road station
Barnard Charles, shopkeeper & boot ma
Barnard George, tailor
Barnard Robert John, boot maker
Barnes William, beer retailer
Brewster William, gunsmith
Catchpole Robert, watch maker
Colman Thomas B. miller (water)
Colman Timothy, farmer, East Field ho
Crook Robert, boot maker
Cullum George, glove ma. & hair dresser
Daynes James, cooper & basket maker
Dixon, John, beer retailer
Edwards George, carpenter
Everett Walter, grocer & draper
Foote Arthur Benjamin, Queen's Head, & fishmonger
Gregrory Jonathan, farmer
Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay & Buxton, bankers (branch) (John Everett, agent);
draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London e.c.
Hambling Thomas, shopkeeper
Howlett Charles Henry, Nag's Head
Hudson Edward, Swan hotel, & inland revenue office
James George, iron & brass founder
Kerridge Henry, tailor
Kerrison Charles, carter
Kerrison, farmer & brick ma
Last Thomas Morris, tailor
Lawrence Thomas, miller (wind), Kenninghall road
London & Provincial Bank Limited (sub-branch), attends every tuesday; draw on head office, London e.c.
Napthen Henry, wheelwright
Newson Thomas Wincup, builder & plumber
Osborne John, harness maker
Osborne William, grocer
Pattinson & Womack, coal, salt,cake & manure mers. Harling Road station
Peake Josiah, blacksmith
Pestell Harry, blacksmith
Poll Charles, baker
Richards Philip, dispensing & agricultural chemist
Sayer Rebecca (Mrs.), coal merchant
Sayer Thomas, veterinary surgeon & inspector of nuisances for Guiltcross Rural Sanitary Authority & school attendance officer for Guiltcross Union
Sharman Harriet (Mrs.), Bull
Smith Harry, shopkeeper
Smith Robert, King's Head
Smith William, Crown
Soffe William Edward, surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, 4th District, Guiltcross Union
Solly Alfred, butcher
Squire John, shoe maker
Squire Thomas, farmer
Starke Robert, superintendent of police
Tillott Charles William, White Hart
Tillott Thomas Aaron, shopkeeper
Tillott George, basket maker
Towell Harry, hairdresser
Vincent George, White Lion
Warby Henry Wm. grocer & draper
Wharton Henry, farmer
Whewell Henry, china & glass dealer
Whewell John Bircher, dealer in game
Whewell William Bircher, butcher
Woods Alfred, pork butcher
Woodcock Susan, Hammer & Trowel
Worthington David, shopkeeper