Henry Harrod (1817–1871) was an English lawyer and antiquary.

Life

Harrod was born at

Aylsham Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, ...

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on 30 September 1817, and educated at

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. He was admitted an attorney in Michaelmas term 1838, and for many years was in practice at Norwich. In 1862 Harrod moved to

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, and entered into partnership with Richard Henry Holloway, solicitor. In 1865 he went to 4 Victoria Street, Westminster, where he became a professional antiquary. He was working on a monograph on the

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separa ...

when he died at 2 Rectory Grove,

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, Surrey, on 24 January 1871, and was buried at

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. His wife was the eldest daughter of Colonel Franklin Head.

Works

Harrod was for twelve years secretary to the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society, and contributed papers to their ''Transactions.'' During this period he collected the information which in 1857 he published in ''Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk.'' It combined documentary evidence with proofs from architectural details, the illustrations being from his own drawings. Ante-Chapel Castle Acre Priory

On 16 March 1854 Harrod was named a fellow of the

Society of Antiquaries of London A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societ ...

, for whose ''Proceedings'' he wrote some articles, mainly on matters connected with Norfolk. He was also a contributor to '' Archæologia'', his first paper, read on 3 May 1855, being ''On some Horse-trapping found at Westhall''. Harrod was noted for his skill in deciphering old documents, and was employed in arranging the records of

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

, and other boroughs. The New England Historic and Genealogical Society elected him a corresponding member.

References

External links

British Library content on Flickr from ''Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk'' (1857)
comprising 69 images, 22 plates ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrod, Henry 1817 births 1871 deaths People from Aylsham English antiquarians Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Burials at West Norwood Cemetery