St George's Church
St George's Church Hardingham is a Grade I Listed building, mainly in the Early English style, the oldest part of the present church dating from the 13th century.
Hardingham village is not mentioned by name in Domesday Book but is thought to have been part of the community of Flockthorpe, which had 12 villagers and 34 smallholders and was valued at just over £10. The original village was probably situated by the church and it has been suggested that it was abandoned during the Black Death in about 1350. There has been habitation here from earliest times; items from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, from the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and from the Roman period, have been found near the church. The name Hardingham comes from the Old English meaning ‘homestead of the family or followers of a man named Hearda’. The mid -19th century censuses show the village with a population of about 650; this had fallen to about 400 by the outbreak of the Great War, and to 267 in the 2011 Census. The first mention of St George’s Church appears in papers from the 1150s, when the Lord of the Manor Stephen de Camois granted a windmill in Flockthorpe to the Prior of Wymondham and tithes are being paid to the church. For more information see the Church guide
St George's Church Hardingham
Churchwardens:
Mr M Gibb 01953 850606
Mr N Hickman 01953 850858
Contact: Mr H Edwards 01953 850236