HARDLEY, a parish in the hundred of LODDON,
county of NORFOLK, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Acle, containing
222 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of
Norwich, and in the patronage of the Mayor and Corporation
of Norwich. The church is dedicated to St.
Margaret. A considerable quantity of corn is sent in
small craft from Hardley-staith to Yarmouth.