East Harling, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
East Harling St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

East Harling is a village in the civil parish of Harling, and is located some 8 miles (13 km) east of the town of Thetford and 25 miles (40 km) south-west of the city of Norwich.

It is within the Breckland District for local government purposes.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Guiltcross 1837-1902
 * Thetford 1902-1935
 * Wayland 1935-1974 (known as Harling)

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 219,1-6,8-10, 14

Parish registers for East Harling Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Early entries in Latin.

Baptisms, 1544-1665, 1677-1721; Marriages, 1544-1720; Burials, 1544-1678, 1711-1721. Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1654-1659. Baptisms and burials, 1721-1812; Marriages, 1721-1754. Baptisms, 1813-1838. Baptisms, 1838-1888. Baptisms, 1888-1901. Marriages, 1754-1812; Banns, 1754-1822. Marriages, 1813-1837. FHL BRITISH Film 1596037 Items 2 - 9 Marriages, 1837-1911. Burials, 1813-1854. Banns, 1823-1873. Banns, 1873-1900. FHL BRITISH Film 1596037 Items 10 - 13 Burials, 1854-1858. FHL BRITISH Film 1911760 Item 19 Burials, 1857-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 1911761 Item 1

Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Baptisms and burials 1725-1812 Marriages 1725-1811 FHL BRITISH Film 1526818 Item 3

See also

England Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers and Bishops’ Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Known Issue Waypoint for the marriage register book 1754-1812 has been incorrectly way pointed as a baptismal register. Correction of waypoint awaits enginering.

Census records
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through FHC Portal: Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

to locate local Family History Centres in UK

to locate outside UK.

Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.

Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable)

The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

Ancestry UK Census Collection

Find my Past census search 1841-1901

for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. Find my Past 1911 census search

Poor Law Unions
Guiltcross Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Parish chest materials of East Harling, 1572-1862 Microreproduction of original records at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD219/56, 61-62, 98-99.

Parish chest materials which are identified in these records as churchwardens' accounts and/or vestry minutes, can contain a variety of records including accounts, minutes, lists of parish officers, church and/or poor rates, payments made to the poor, lists of charities, donors to special collections, terriers (identification of parish boundaries and properties), description of church silver or plate, copies of wills and various other records pertaining to the history and life of the parish.

Dates on some title boards incorrect.

Churchwardens', constables' accounts, etc., 1572-1611, 1630-1820, 1659, 1634, 1820-1862; Bastardy bonds, 1653-1811 (many years missing); Bastardy orders, 1773-1830. FHL BRITISH Film 2149278 Items 2 - 6

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastharling/eastharling.htm Norfolk Churches website