HARDLEY, 2½ miles E. of Loddon, and 12 miles E.S.E. of Norwich, has in its parish 255 souls, 52 houses, and 1,460 acres of land, belonging mostly to Sir W. B. Proctor, the lord of the manor. Hardley Cross, near a Staith, is the boundary of the jurisdictions of Norwich and Yarmouth on the river. The Church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has a round tower and three bells; the patronage of the curacy, certified at £40, is vested in the trustees of the Great Hospital, Norwich, and enjoyed by the Rev. Thos. White Holmes, of Loddon. The tithes were commuted in 1842, for £312. There are 6a. 2r. 25p. of church land, let for £11 a year. The Methodists have a chapel here.
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