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- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Hardingham is a civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 9.78 km2 (3.78 sq mi) and had a population of 274 in 110 households at the 2001 UK census, decreasing to a population of 267 in 107 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Breckland. The parish includes the hamlet of Danemoor Green about one mile northeast of the main village.
The village is a few miles away from the town of Wymondham, and roughly fifteen miles from Norwich.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hardingham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "HARDINGHAM, a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; on the Dereham Junction of the Great Eastern railway, 5½ miles NW of Wymondham. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Hingham, under Attleborough. Acres: 2,415. Real property, £4, 922. Population: 527. Houses: 122. The manor of Hardingham and Flockthorpe belongs to Lord Wodehouse. Hardingham Hall is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £770. Patron: Clare College, Cambridge. The church is early English, and in excellent repair; and there are charities £12. Sir Thomas Gresham was a native.
Research Tips
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- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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