Norfolk: Hardingham

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Hardingham is about 5 miles W.N.W. of Wymondham.
It includes the hamlet of Flockthorpe.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St George.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St George: Description and pictures.
Church of St George: Description, services, map, pictures, etc.

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Baptisms, Hardingham, 1591-1817.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages, Hardingham, 1561-1846.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Burials, Hardingham, 1584-1846.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hardingham was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hardingham Parish Council: Parish council, news, pictures, etc.
Hardingham Tower Mill: Description, history and map.
Hardingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hardingham is in Mitford hundred.

History

Ross, Joan: Hardingham: the story of a Norfolk village.
[ISBN 0903803135, Ely, Providence Press, 1984]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Hardingham Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Hardingham, in the county of Norfolk, 15th April 1813.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1813]
[London, J. Dorington, 1813]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Danemoor Cottage, Hardingham: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1991]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: The Lordship of Hardingham and Flockthorpe.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Mitford and Launditch Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hardingham became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1801	48	74	444
1811	58	93	479
1821	59	94	461
1831	110	111	560
1841	122	--	602
1851	129	--	561

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	122	--	527
1871	116	128	503
1881	110	110	522
1891	118	118	528
1901	107	107	426
1911	--	108	438

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1861 Census: MITFORD. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the Mitford District is attributed to the migration of labourers to towns, and to Yorkshire and Northumberland, &c."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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