Norfolk: Hardley

For more information about this parish see Norfolk Parish Links.
Search for more references to this parish - See Contents & Search above.
Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Hardley is about 10 miles E.S.E. of Norwich.
It includes Hardley Street.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description, services and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Description, services, location, picture, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Pictures of the church.
Church of St Margaret: Wall paintings in the church.

Church Records

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), Hardley was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hardley Drainage Mill: Description, restoration, pictures, etc.
Hardley Drainage Mill: Description and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hardley is in Loddon hundred.

History

Carpenter, S.C.: Langley with Hardley: past and present.
[ISBN 0952893207, 1996]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Hardley and Langley Inclosure Act, 1810.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Hardley and Langley, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1810]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering 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 Hardley became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

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 28 40 202

1811 27 40 196

1821 28 38 222

1831 37 40 211

1841 45 -- 214

1851 52 -- 255

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 57 -- 271

1871 59 59 244

1881 55 57 243

1891 57 58 246

1901 58 56 246

1911 -- 55 226

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.