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Since 1972 The Ordnance Survey map of 1972 shows a very different Harley than the village of today….

The bypass (A458) was built in 1961 and by passes the village to the east. This replaced the…

The Mock Airfield (The bombing decoy) During the Second World War, the War Department built a small brick…

Trevor Rowley remarks that the small fields in this area are indications of great age. This could have…

The Tithe map of 1842 delineates every field in the Parish giving the field a reference number. There…

A Sunday school was established in Harley by 1799 when it was kept by John Corfield of Castlehill,…

The Rector at the time of the rebuilding in 1845 was Rev.John Gibbons who was Rector from 1782…

The church occupies a central position in the village and is central to the history of the village….

 the Victorians                                …

The Mill at the bottom of Mill Bank was rebuilt in stone.  Harley House Farm was rebuilt in …