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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.59469|1.01667|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG044039
| official_name = Hardingham
| population = 335
| population_ref = (2021 census)
| shire_district = [[Breckland (district)|Breckland]]
| shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Hardingham
| constituency_westminster = [[Mid Norfolk]]
| postcode_district = NR9
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = NORWICH
| dial_code = 01953
| london_distance =
| hide_services =
| website = https://hardinghamparish.wixsite.com/home
| static_image = Village sign - geograph.org.uk - 846717.jpg
| static_image_width = 240px
| static_image_caption = Hardingham Village Sign
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.78
}}

'''Hardingham''' is a [[civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]]. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Danemoor Green, located about one mile north-east of the village.

Hardingham is located {{Convert|4.5|mi|km}} north-west of [[Wymondham]] and {{Convert|12|mi|km}} west of [[Norwich]].

==History ==
Hardingham's name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for the homestead of ''Hearda's'' people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hardingham |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

Hardingham is not recorded in the [[Domesday Book]].

The parish also includes the location of the medieval settlement of Flockthorpe, which was probably abandoned due to the ravages of the [[Black Death]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF2966 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF2966 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>

In the Sixteenth Century, [[Sir Thomas Gresham]] built a moated residence in Hardingham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF2973 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF2973 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>

Hardingham Watermill is first recorded in 1766 and was eventually closed in 1933. The mill building was burnt down in 1966 as part of the film [[The Shuttered Room|''The Shuttered Room'']] starring [[Oliver Reed]], despite a last minute intervention by [[Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar|Sir Ian Gilmour MP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Hardingham watermill |url=https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/hardingham.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkmills.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Hardingham railway station|Hardingham Railway Station]] opened in 1847 as a stop on the Wymondham-Dereham Railway Line. The station closed to passengers in 1969 but still operates periodically on the [[Mid-Norfolk Railway]].

== Geography ==
According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], Hardingham has a population of 335 people which shows an increase from the 267 people recorded in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardingham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/breckland/E04006124__hardingham/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

== St. George's Church ==
Hardingham's parish church is dedicated to [[Saint George]] and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. George's is located outside of the village on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, Hardingham - 1342569 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342569?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The church holds sporadic church services and is part of the Barnham Broom & Upper Yare Benefice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-13 |title=Hardingham St George |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10112/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref>

St. George's holds a memorial to [[William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards|Major William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards VC]] who lived in the parish and was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]] as well as several original battlefield crosses from the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hardingham/hardingham.htm |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>

== Governance ==
Hardingham is part of the [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of Mattishall for local elections and is part of the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Breckland]].

The village's national constituency is [[Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Norfolk]] which has been represented by the Conservative's [[George Freeman (politician)|George Freeman MP]] since 2010.

== War Memorial ==
Hardingham's war memorial is an elaborate wooden memorial in St. George's Church which lists the following names for the [[First World War]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Name
!Unit
!Date of Death
!Burial/Commemoration
|-
|Lt.
|Geoffrey S. Walley
|5th Bn., [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]
|20 Aug. 1916
|[[Dernancourt|Dernancourt Cemetery]]
|-
|2Lt.
|Frederick Abel
|3rd Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]]
|30 Dec. 1917
|[[Alexandria|Chatby War Cemetery]]
|-
|CSt.
|John W. Brown
|[[HMS Formidable (1898)|HMS ''Formidable'']]
|1 Jan. 1915
|[[Chatham Naval Memorial]]
|-
|Sgt.
|Arthur W. Whitehand
|H.T., [[Army Service Corps (UK)|Army Service Corps]]
|3 May 1917
|St. George's Churchyard
|-
|LCpl.
|John T. Abel
|4th Bn., [[Machine Gun Guards]]
|27 Mar. 1918
|[[Souchez|Cabaret Rouge Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Wilfred J. Fox
|4th Bn., [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
|30 Sep. 1918
|[[Boisleux-Saint-Marc|Sunken Road Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Arthur S. Adcock
|6th Bn., [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]]
|12 Oct. 1916
|[[Thiepval Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|John T. Scase
|10th Bn., [[Essex Regiment]]
|22 Oct. 1916
|[[Thiepval Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Arthur Websdale
|1st Bn., [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)|King's Own Royal Regiment]]
|17 Apr. 1918
|[[Loos Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Frank Hunt
|8th Bn., [[Leicestershire Regiment]]
|22 Mar. 1918
|[[Épehy|Épehy Wood Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Charles H. Balaam
|4th Bn., [[Norfolk Regiment]]
|20 Apr. 1917
|[[Deir al-Balah|Deir al-Balah Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Ernest D. Risebrook
|4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|27 Jul. 1917
|St. George's Churchyard
|-
|Pte.
|Alfred J. Chaplin
|7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|14 Oct. 1917
|[[Arras Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Harry A. Egle
|8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.
|10 Mar. 1917
|[[Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension|Aveluy Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Bertie W. Adcock
|4th Bn., [[Northumberland Fusilers|Northumberland Fusiliers]]
|15 Nov. 1916
|[[Thiepval Memorial]]
|-
|Pte.
|Alfred Hunt
|11th Bn., [[Royal Sussex Regiment]]
|31 Jul. 1917
|[[Menin Gate]]
|}
The following names were added after the [[Second World War]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Name
!Unit
!Date of Death
!Burial/Commemoration
|-
|Lt.
|William B. M. Edwards
|1st Bn., [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]]
|26 Mar. 1943
|[[Sfax War Cemetery]]
|-
|Sgt.
|William A. Winchester
|4th Bn., [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment|Queen's Own Regiment]]
|15 Jul. 1940
|[[Malbork|Malbork Cemetery]]
|-
|LCpl.
|Horace F. Mann
|4th Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
|2 Aug. 1943
|[[Kranji War Memorial]]
|-
|LAC
|Stanley C. Warnes
|[[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]]
|17 May 1943
|St. George's Churchyard
|-
|Dvr.
|Victor C. Goldson
|221 Coy., [[Royal Engineers]]
|26 Aug. 1943
|[[Enfidaville|Enfidaville Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|William A. James
|4th Bn., [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
|20 Jun. 1943
|[[Kanchanaburi War Cemetery|Kanchanaburi Cemetery]]
|-
|Pte.
|Ernest H. Websdale
|5th Bn., Royal Norfolks
|17 Mar. 1945
|[[Kranji War Cemetery]]
|}

== References ==
{{Commons category-inline|Hardingham}}
{{reflist}}{{Civil Parishes of Breckland}}
[[Category:Breckland District]]
[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]
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