Harleston, Norfolk
Harleston | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | HARLESTON | |
Postcode district | IP20 | |
Dialling code | 01379 | |
Website | http://www.harleston-norfolk.org.uk/home | |
Harleston is a town in the civil parish of Redenhall with Harleston, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 16 miles (26 km) from Norwich. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 5,067.[1] Harleston is on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, close to the River Waveney.[2] Harleston has 2 markets every Wednesday.[3]
Harleston is an electoral ward comprising the civil parishes of Needham, Redenhall with Harleston, and Wortwell. At the last election, in May 2019, two Conservative councillors were elected to South Norfolk Council.
History
The name "Harleston" possibly means "Heoruwulf"[4] or "Harolds Stone".[5] Harleston was recorded in the Domesday Book as Heroluestuna.[6] Harleston was a chapelry in Reddenhall parish.[7]
The right to hold an eight-day fair during the period of the
Many Georgian residences and much earlier buildings, with Georgian frontages, line the streets of Harleston. Although there is no record of a royal charter, Harleston has been a market town since at least 1369 and still holds a Wednesday market.[9][10]
One of the plots to assassinate
Amenities
Harleston has a state-funded all-through school called Harleston Sancroft Academy,[13] a football club called Harleston Town which plays at Wilderness Lane,[14] a library on Swan Lane,[15] a museum called Harleston Museum,[16] a police station[17] at 12 Swan Lane[18] and a church called St John the Baptist.[19] The Corn Exchange, completed in 1849, has been partitioned to create a series of shop units.[20]
Harleston railway station closed in 1953.[21] The nearest station is now Diss, which is ten miles to the west.[22]
References
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- ^ "Harleston overview". Harleston. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Discover Harleston". South Norfolk District Council. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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- ^ "Harleston" (PDF). South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Norfolk H-L". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Blomefield, Francis (1806). An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 5. p. 356.
- ^ "Gazetteer Of Markets And Fairs In England And Wales To 1516". University of London Centre for Metropolitan History. 18 June 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Visit Harleston". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Turner, Sharon (1835). The History of the Reigns of Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 2. p. 243. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ISBN 978-0199566471.
- ^ https://www.sancroft.stbenets.org/
- ^ "Contact". Harleston Town Football Club. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Harleston Library". Norfolk County Council. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Harleston Museum". Harleston Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Harleston". Norfolk Constabulary. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Emergency services". Denton. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "St John the Baptist, Harleston". Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Corn Exchange (1303219)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Harleston Settlement Policy" (PDF). South Norfolk District Council. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Transport". Harleston. Retrieved 26 June 2020.