Norfolk: Harpley

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Harpley is about 12 miles E.N.E. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Lawrence: Description and pictures.
Church of St Lawrence: Services, etc.
Jones, Mrs Herbert: Notes on Harpley Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.8, 1879]
The Church: Harpley, Church of St Lawrence.
[Harpley, the Church, 1970]

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), Harpley was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

Harpley Village: News, events, history, pictures, parish council, church, rectors, map, etc.
Harpley Post Mill: Description and history.
Harpley Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Manning, D.: Harpley Windmill, an investigation.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in the Journal vol.4, no.5, 1990]

Gazetteers and Directories

Harpley is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Genealogy

Paul Stidever has information about people connected with Harpley.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Harpley became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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