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Harleston in Norfolk County England History and GeographyHARLESTON, a market town in the parish of REDDENHALL, hundred of EARSHAM, county of NORFOLK, 19 miles (S.) from Norwich, and 99½ (N.E.) from London. The population is returned with the parish. The original appellation of Herolfston, or Herolveston, of which the present is a corruption, was derived from Herolf, one of the Danish leaders who came over with Sweyn, and settled in this part of the kingdom: in the centre of the town stands a stone, formerly called Herolf's stone, whence probably originated the name of a family to which belonged Sir John Herolvestone, who in the reign of Richard II. quelled a formidable insurrection in Norfolk and the neighbouring counties. The town is situated on the high road from Bury-St. Edmund's to Yarmouth, about one mile from the river Waveney, over which there is a bridge: it is lighted with oil by subscription among the inhabitants, and well supplied with water from springs, but not paved. The manufacture of bombazines has been carried on of late years to a limited extent. The market is on Wednesday: fairs are held on Midsummer-day, and on the 9th and 10th of September; the latter, which is still a large sheep and cattle fair, formerly continued eight days; on the 1st of December is a fair for Scotch cattle, which continues one month, and which was removed hither many years since from Hoxne in Suffolk. The whole town is under the superior jurisdiction of the Duke of Norfolk, who is lord of the manor, and has the tolls of the markets and fairs, holding courts for the manor occasionally. In the centre of the town is a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, which was rebuilt in 1726, and enlarged in 1823, at the expense of the parishioners, by taking in the site of the market cross, which stood at the east end: the curate is nominated by the Master and Fellows of Emanuel College, Cambridge, pursuant to the direction of Dr. Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, who in 1688 settled upon that society £54 per annum, in trust, to nominate a chaplain and schoolmaster, and pay him that sum for the performance of daily service in this chapel, and for the education of youth. The chapel has lately received an addition of one hundred and fifty free sittings, towards defraying the expense of which the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels granted £100. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. The rents of an estate in the adjoining parish of Rushall, purchased with £200, the gift of Mr. John Dove, who died in 1690; likewise a rent-charge of 20s. on a piece of land called the Fairstead, are appropriated to the same purpose. A National school, supported by voluntary contributions, affords instruction to about one hundred children of both sexes. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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