East Harling is a village in the

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county of

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. The village forms the principal settlement in the

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of Harling, and is located east of

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and south-west of the city of

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Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston''. . on the banks of the

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History

East Harling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the

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for the eastern part of the settlement of 'Herela's' people. From 1808 to 1814, East Harling hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain connecting the Admiralty in

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to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.

Geography

East Harling falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk, represented at

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of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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of Breckland.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

East Harling's parish church is dedicated to

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and

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

and was built in its current glory on the site of an earlier church during the 15th century from the fortune of Anne Harling, an orphan of the Hundred Years War. The church is Grade I listed and has a magnificent hammerbeam roof which rises to a height of 45 feet above the floor. The building contains many other medieval survivals such as the panels of the chancel screen, an older screen surrounding the Lady Chapel with intricate carvings in its spandrels, choir stalls in the chancel, remains of a mural and the octagonal font. There are also a number of interesting tombs. The most noteworthy feature of the church, however, is the magnificent east window which was donated to the church by Lady Anne Herling and her second husband, Sir Robert Wingfield, in around 1460. The glass was removed and hidden in the since demolished East Harling Hall for fear of destruction by

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iconoclasts. The glass was restored in 1736 under the direction of Thomas Wright and has stood in its current position since, excepting during the

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. Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 26, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastharling/eastharling.htm

Transport

Harling Road railway station Harling Road railway station is on the Breckland line in the east of England, serving the villages of Larling, Roudham and East Harling, Norfolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east. Harling Road is situated between and , from ...

opened in 1845 as a stop on the

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, the station remains open to this day on the

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between

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and

War memorial

East Harling's war memorial takes the form of a stone obelisk featuring a sword of sacrifice upon a Celtic cross at the junction between Cheese Hill, Market Street and White Hart Street. The memorial lists the following names for the

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: * Company-Sergeant-Major Henry R. Pattinson (d.1917), 1/4th Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Lance-Corporal Walter E. Endley (1893-1915), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Lance-Corporal Stephen A. Miller (1895-1915), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George T. Tyler (d.1915), 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force * Private Herbert Secker (1894-1916), 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment * Private Horace B. Howlett (1875-1915), 8th (Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force * Private R. J. Richards (d.1916), 1st Battalion,

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* Private Oliver Bullman (1889-1918), 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment * Private Harry V. Barnard (1899-1918), 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers * Private Sidney B. Sparkes (1891-1916), 4th Battalion,

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* Private C. Harbour (d.1918),

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* Private G. Zachariah Barnard (1892-1917), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Fearnley Askey (1887-1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Frederick G. Elvin (d.1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private William I. Pinner (1885-1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private E. W. Germany (d.1917), 2nd Battalion,

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* Private Derek St Clair Everett (1896-1916), 1/5th Battalion,

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* Private Herbert William Barnard (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment * Rifleman Arthur H. Bloomfield (1889-1917), 9th Battalion,

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* Rifleman Frederick F. Beales (1899-1918), 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps * Rifleman H. E. Alderton (d.1916), 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment * Rifleman J. R. Osborne (d.1918), 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment * Rifleman Harry E. Buck (d.1918), 4th New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force * Rifleman Charles H. Glover (1891-1916), 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force * Seaman G. B. Bean (d.1918), S.S. Cufic * E. D. Bateman * J. T. Bean * W. R. Brown * R. J. Frost * J. J. Hunt * J. Osborne * P. Richards * J. Shaw * H. J. Smith * T. Smith * J. H. Tyler And, the following for the

: * Sub-Lieutenant Barry P. Grigson (1920-1940), 825 Naval Air Squadron * Sergeant Cyril W. Kerridge (1913-1941),

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* Aircraftman-Second-Class Kenneth E. Frost (1922-1944), No. 2795 Squadron, RAF Regiment * Corporal William G. Osborne (d.1944), 4th Battalion,

* Gunner Derek J. Bloomfield (1921-1944), 71st (Heavy) Anti-Aircraft Regiment,

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* Private Harold A. Walker (1908-1939), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * R. C. Barnard * J. Cross * C. W. Hall * W. F. Lake * J. Shingfield * E. C. Wix

References

External links

*
Information from Genuki Norfolk
on East Harling.
Archived version of village website
{{authority control Breckland District Villages in Norfolk