Little Harling / Little Herling / Little Herlyng / Middle Harling / Middle Herling / Middle Herlyng

INFORMATION

FontID: 18317HER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew the Apostle [demolished ca. 1543]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: disappeared village/hamlet -- now part of West Harling
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Giltcross [aka Guiltcross]
The entry for "Little-Herling now called Middle-Herling" in Blomefield (1805-1810) reads: "The Church was dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, being always appendant to the manor; it was a rectory valued at 5 marks at the Norwich taxation. [...] the church remained in use till 1543, and then it was entirely taken down, so that the foundations only are now visible, it stood by the lane's side, in the close going to West-Herling church". Wilson's 1870-1872 Imperial Gazetteer entry reads: "HARLING (MIDDLE), a hamlet in West Harling parish, Norfolk. It was once a parish, and had a church." That church was probably demolished by Richard Gripp, lord of the manor at the time when Middle Harling became part of West Harling parish. Blomefield (ibid.) tops his list of rectors with: "1308, 12 kal. Oct. Simon de Foxton, priest, to Little-Herling", but we have no information on the font of that church.

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872