HARLING (EAST), a market-town and parish in the hundred of GUILT-CROSS, county of NORFOLK, 22 miles (S. W.) from Norwich, and 89 (N. E. by N.) from London, containing 867 inhabitants. This place is called East Harling and Market Harling, to distinguish it from the neighbouring parish of West Harling. It is situated on the banks of a rivulet, between the towns of Thetford and Buckenham: the streets are neither lighted nor paved, but the inhabitants are well supplied with water. The manufacture of linen was formerly considerable, but the town is now nearly destitute of trade. A charter for a market and two fairs was granted in the reign of Edward IV.; the market is held on Tuesday, and there are fairs for live stock on May 4th, the first Tuesday after September 12th, a fortnight after Michaelmas-day, and October 24th, and a statute fair for hiring servants a fortnight before Michaelmas- day. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 12, and in the patronage of John Steward, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, was erected about the middle of the fifteenth century; it is a fine uniform edifice, with a south porch, and a square tower surmounted by an open battlement and a small spire: the screen, separating the nave from the chancel, is finely carved, and the chancel windows are adorned with ancient stained glass removed from the dilapidated mansion of Harling hall: adjoining the south aisle is a sepulchral chapel belonging to the family of Harling, in which is an altar-tomb, with the recumbent effigies in marble of Sir Robert Harling and his lady, and various other tombs and memorials of individuals belonging to that family. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends and Wesleyan Methodists.