• “Thinking Fuel”

    “Thinking Fuel” is a scheme operated by Community Action Norfolk (previously Norfolk RCC) to maximise the power of bulk-buying to ensure the lowest possible prices for domestic oil.  If you feel you may be paying too much for your domestic fuel read the details below for further information.  Membership is FREE!

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  • Hardley War Memorial

    Hardley War memorial is situated in St Margaret’s churchyard, Lower Hardley Road, Hardley.  The memorial, costing £40, was unveiled in 1920 in commemoration of seven local servicemen who died in the First World War.  It is situated beside the churchyard path, adjacent to the north porch of the church.  The memorial comprises a stone wheel head cross with knot-work carved in low relief to the cross face and with the monogram IHS at the centre, on a tapering plinth with two- stepped, square, base below.

    The phrase THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE is incised in a scroll shape to the front face of the cross shaft.

    The principal dedicatory inscription is incised to the front of the plinth, reading IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/HARDLEY/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (7 NAMES)

    The memorial was renovated in 2016 with the assistance of a grant from War Memorials Trust.

  • Langley War Memorial

    Langley War Memorial is situated on a triangular traffic island at the junction of Langley Green, Langley Street and Staithe Road.

    The memorial started to be constructed in 1919 and was dedicated by the Reverend Alexander Cooney, vicar of Hardley and Loddon.  The stone used in its construction is reputed to have come from the site of Langley Abbey.

    The obelisk rises from a square plinth comprised of coursed, roughly dressed stone with inset ashlar panels carrying the inscriptions and names in incised lettering.  above each panel is a square, ashlar stone with motifs carved in relief.  The whole surmounts a two-stepped base.

    The main inscription is on the north-east face of the plinth and reads as follows:  ERECTED/BY THEIR SORROWING COMRADES/IN ARMS AND GRATEFUL FELLOW/PARISHIONERS IN PROUD AND/LOVING MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN/WHO WENT OUT FROM LANGLEY/AND DIED FIGHTING FOR THEIR/KING, COUNTRY AND KIN/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/FOR HIS FRIENDS JOHN 15.13/1914 TO 1918.

    The names are recorded on the remaining three sides of the plinth, including their regiment, how or where they died and the date. The current chains and fence posts surrounding the memorial were added at a later date.

    In 2016 the memorial received grant funding from the War memorials Trust for its conservation and repair.

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