East Harling in 1839

East Harling is to the hundred of Gutltcross, 89 miles from London. The area of the parish is 2,990 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 1,031, about half agricultural. The town is small and has little trade. There is a weekly market on Tuesday for corn, and there are four yearly fairs, beside a statute fair for hiring servants.

The church consists of a nave, two aisles, and chancel, with a south porch with a square tower and a small spire at the west end. It contains a handsome carved screen and some stained-glass windows. There are one or two dissenting places of worship.

Quiddenham Hall, the seat of the earl of Albemarle, is in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory, of the clear yearly of £523. There were in 1833 three day-schools, with 127 children, and one Sunday-school with 100 children.

Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.