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  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on January 27, 2009 </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=right><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Registration No.
  333-_____________<BR></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=4>UNITED STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR><BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=4>FORM
  S-8<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 <BR><BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=4>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter) </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Pennsylvania</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="70%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>23-2210237</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(State or
        other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(I.R.S.
        Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Incorporation
        or organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Identification
        No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>483 Main
        Street</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>19438</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville, Pennsylvania</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(Zip
        Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(Address of
        principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="15%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Stock
  Option Plan<BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.
  Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan<BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Chester Valley Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as
  amended<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>(Full title of the
  plan)<BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>George S.
  Rapp<BR></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer<BR></FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=2>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
  CORPORATION<BR>483 Main Street<BR>Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438<BR>(215)
  256-8851<BR><BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Name, address, including zip
  code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
  service)<BR><BR></FONT>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Indicate by
  check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
  filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
  definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller
  reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="48%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Large
        accelerated filer [ ]</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Accelerated
        filer [x]</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="48%"><FONT size=2>Non-accelerated filer [
        ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="50%"><FONT size=2>Smaller reporting
        company [ ]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
  FEE</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Title
        of Securities<BR>to be Registered</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Amount
        to be<BR>Registered (1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering Price Per<BR>Share (2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Amount
        of<BR>Registration Fee<BR>(2)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Common
        Stock<BR>$1.00 Par Value</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>557,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>$11.86</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>$6,606,020</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face=serif size=2>$260.00</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>The securities to be registered
        are 557,000 shares authorized and reserved for issuance to former
        directors, officers and employees of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.
        Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 416(c), this registration statement also
        covers an indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become
        issuable under the Plans by reason of the anti-dilution provisions of the
        Plans.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Estimated in accordance with Rule
        457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
        registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
        and low sale prices of the common stock on January 22, 2009, as reported
        on the Nasdaq Global Market System.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>PART I<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
  PROSPECTUS</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 1. Plan Information.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>As permitted
  by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this
  registration statement omits the information in Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 2. Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information.</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>As permitted
  by the rules of the Commission, this registration statement omits the
  information in Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>PART II</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville
  National Corporation has filed the following documents with the Commission, and
  they are incorporated by reference into this registration statement: </FONT></P>
  <UL style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
    <LI><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville National Corporation's Annual Report
    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission
    on March 14, 2008;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT>
    <LI><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville National Corporation's Quarterly
    Report on From 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed with the
    Commission on November 7, 2008;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT>
    <LI><FONT face=serif size=2>All other reports filed by Harleysville National
    Corporation pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
    of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual
    report on Form 10-K referred to above; and <BR>&nbsp;</FONT>
    <LI><FONT face=serif size=2>The description of Harleysville National
    Corporation's common stock contained in Harleysville National Corporation's
    Registration Statement No. 333-67201 on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on
    November 12, 1998 and amended November 20, 1998 and December 7, 1998, and
    Harleysville National Corporation's Report on Form 10-C filed with the
    Commission on March 1, 1996.</FONT></LI></UL>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>All documents and reports
  subsequently filed by Harleysville National Corporation pursuant to Section
  13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
  securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
  documents.</FONT></P>
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  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement, to the extent that a
  statement contained in this registration statement or any subsequently filed
  document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville
  National Corporation will provide, without charge, to each plan participant a
  copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  registration statement, upon written or oral request. Further, we will provide
  plan participants, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Commission Rule 428(b). Written requests
  should be directed to: </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Harleysville National
  Corporation<BR><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Attn: Corporate
  Secretary<BR><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>483 Main
  Street<BR><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Harleysville,
  Pennsylvania 19438 </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Telephone
  requests may be directed to Jo Ann M. Bynon, Corporate Secretary, telephone
  number (215) 256-8851. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 4. Description of
  Securities</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
  and Officers</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Pennsylvania
  law provides that a Pennsylvania corporation, such as the registrant, may
  indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents of the corporation against
  liabilities they may incur in these capacities for any action taken or any
  failure to act, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
  the person under any provision of law, unless the action or failure to act is
  determined by a court to have constituted recklessness or willful misconduct.
  Pennsylvania law also permits the adoption of a bylaw amendment, approved by
  shareholders, providing for the elimination of a director's liability for
  monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action unless
  (1) the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of office as a
  director, and (2) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing,
  willful misconduct or recklessness.</FONT></P>
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  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>The bylaws
  of the registrant provide for (1) indemnification of directors, officers,
  employees and agents of the registrant and of its subsidiaries, and (2) the
  elimination of a director's liability for monetary damages, to the full extent
  permitted by Pennsylvania law.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Directors
  and officers are also insured against certain liabilities by an insurance policy
  obtained by the registrant.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 7. Exemption From Registration
  Claimed</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT></P>
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        <P align=left><B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit
      No.</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
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      <TD vAlign=top align=center width="100%">
        <P align=center><B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit</FONT></U></B></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Opinion of Bybel
        Rutledge LLP</FONT> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is
        incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor
        by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission on October 29, 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s 1999 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is
        incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor
        by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission on October 29, 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Amendment Number One
        to Chester Valley Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s 1997 Stock Option Plan, is incorporated
        by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow
        Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to
        the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Grant
        Thornton LLP</FONT> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Bybel
        Rutledge LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 9. Undertakings</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes: </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(1) To file,
  during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>
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  <DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt">
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(ii) To
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
  in the information set forth in the registration statement; </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(iii) To
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
  such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required
  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P></DIV>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(2) That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
  each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2> offering thereof.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(3) To
  remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(b) The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, where
  applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2> offering thereof.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(c) Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
  opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities, other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action suit or proceeding, is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Harleysville,
  Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 27, 2009. </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
        CORPORATION</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty</FONT></U></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif>Paul D.
      Geraghty</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif>President and Chief
        Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 27,
  2009. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>Name</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>Capacity</FONT></U>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>President and Chief
        Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Paul D.
      Geraghty</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>and Director (Principal
        Executive</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ George S.
        Rapp</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>George S.
  Rapp</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>(Principal Financial
        and Accounting</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Chairman and
        Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Walter E. Daller,
        Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ LeeAnn
        Bergey</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>LeeAnn Bergey</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%"></TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Michael L.
        Browne</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Michael L.
      Browne</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%"></TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ John J.
        Cunningham, III</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>John J. Cunningham,
        III</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Harold A.
        Herr</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Harold A.
  Herr</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Thomas C.
        Leamer, Ph.D.</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Thomas C. Leamer,
        Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ James E.
        McErlane</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>James E.
      McErlane</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Stephanie S.
        Mitchell</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Stephanie S.
        Mitchell</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ A. Ross
        Myers</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>A. Ross Myers</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Brent L.
        Peters</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Executive Vice
        President and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Brent L.
      Peters</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ Demetra M.
        Takes</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Executive Vice
        President and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Demetra M.
      Takes</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><U><FONT face=serif>/s/ James A.
        Wimmer</FONT></U></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif>James A.
      Wimmer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit Index </FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>
        <P align=left><B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit
      No.</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center width="100%">
        <P align=center><B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit</FONT></U></B></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Opinion of Bybel Rutledge
        LLP</FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s
        2002 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference
        to Exhibit 10.13 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s
        1999 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference
        to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>10.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Amendment Number One to Chester
        Valley Bancorp, Inc.&#146;s 1997 Stock Option Plan, is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow
        Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to
        the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
        </FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%">
        <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Bybel Rutledge LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5) </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on January 27, 2009
  Registration No.
  333-_____________
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ———————————
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
  Pennsylvania
  23-2210237
  (State or
        other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  Incorporation
        or organization)
  Identification
        No.)
  483 Main
        Street
  19438
  Harleysville, Pennsylvania
  (Zip
        Code)
  (Address of
        principal executive offices)
  ———————————
  Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Stock
  Option Plan
  Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.
  Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan
  Chester Valley Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as
  amended
  (Full title of the
  plan)
  ———————————
  George S.
  Rapp
  Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
  CORPORATION
  483 Main Street
  Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438
  (215)
  256-8851
  (Name, address, including zip
  code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
  service)
  ———————————
  Indicate by
  check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
  filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
  definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
  reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large
        accelerated filer [ ]
  Accelerated
        filer [x]
  Non-accelerated filer [
        ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting
        company [ ]
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
  FEE
  Title
        of Securities
  to be Registered
  Amount
        to be
  Registered (1)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price Per
  Share (2)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering Price
  Amount
        of
  Registration Fee
  (2)
  Common
        Stock
  $1.00 Par Value
  557,000
  $11.86
  $6,606,020
  $260.00
  (1)
  The securities to be registered
        are 557,000 shares authorized and reserved for issuance to former
        directors, officers and employees of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.
        Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 416(c), this registration statement also
        covers an indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become
        issuable under the Plans by reason of the anti-dilution provisions of the
        Plans.
  (2)
  Estimated in accordance with Rule
        457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
        registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
        and low sale prices of the common stock on January 22, 2009, as reported
        on the Nasdaq Global Market System.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
  PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  As permitted
  by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this
  registration statement omits the information in Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information.
  As permitted
  by the rules of the Commission, this registration statement omits the
  information in Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.
  Harleysville
  National Corporation has filed the following documents with the Commission, and
  they are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
  Harleysville National Corporation's Annual Report
    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission
    on March 14, 2008;
  Harleysville National Corporation's Quarterly
    Report on From 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed with the
    Commission on November 7, 2008;
  All other reports filed by Harleysville National
    Corporation pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
    of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual
    report on Form 10-K referred to above; and
  The description of Harleysville National
    Corporation's common stock contained in Harleysville National Corporation's
    Registration Statement No. 333-67201 on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on
    November 12, 1998 and amended November 20, 1998 and December 7, 1998, and
    Harleysville National Corporation's Report on Form 10-C filed with the
    Commission on March 1, 1996.
  All documents and reports
  subsequently filed by Harleysville National Corporation pursuant to Section
  13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
  securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
  documents.
  Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement, to the extent that a
  statement contained in this registration statement or any subsequently filed
  document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement.
  Harleysville
  National Corporation will provide, without charge, to each plan participant a
  copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  registration statement, upon written or oral request. Further, we will provide
  plan participants, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Commission Rule 428(b). Written requests
  should be directed to:
  Harleysville National
  Corporation
  Attn: Corporate
  Secretary
  483 Main
  Street
  Harleysville,
  Pennsylvania 19438
  Telephone
  requests may be directed to Jo Ann M. Bynon, Corporate Secretary, telephone
  number (215) 256-8851.
  Item 4. Description of
  Securities
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
  and Officers
  .
  Pennsylvania
  law provides that a Pennsylvania corporation, such as the registrant, may
  indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents of the corporation against
  liabilities they may incur in these capacities for any action taken or any
  failure to act, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
  the person under any provision of law, unless the action or failure to act is
  determined by a court to have constituted recklessness or willful misconduct.
  Pennsylvania law also permits the adoption of a bylaw amendment, approved by
  shareholders, providing for the elimination of a director's liability for
  monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action unless
  (1) the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of office as a
  director, and (2) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing,
  willful misconduct or recklessness.
  The bylaws
  of the registrant provide for (1) indemnification of directors, officers,
  employees and agents of the registrant and of its subsidiaries, and (2) the
  elimination of a director's liability for monetary damages, to the full extent
  permitted by Pennsylvania law.
  Directors
  and officers are also insured against certain liabilities by an insurance policy
  obtained by the registrant.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration
  Claimed
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
      No.
  Exhibit
  5.1
  Opinion of Bybel
        Rutledge LLP
  10.1
  Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc.'s 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is
        incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor
        by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission on October 29, 2007.
  10.2
  Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc.'s 1999 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is
        incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K of Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor
        by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission on October 29, 2007.
  10.3
  Amendment Number One
        to Chester Valley Bancorp, Inc.'s 1997 Stock Option Plan, is incorporated
        by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow
        Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to
        the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.
  23.1
  Consent of Grant
        Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Bybel
        Rutledge LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
  Item 9. Undertakings
  .
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes:
  (1) To file,
  during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii) To
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
  in the information set forth in the registration statement;
  (iii) To
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
  such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required
  to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement.
  (2) That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
  each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To
  remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering.
  (b) The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, where
  applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
  opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities, other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action suit or proceeding, is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Harleysville,
  Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 27, 2009.
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
        CORPORATION
  /s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty
  Paul D.
      Geraghty
  President and Chief
        Executive Officer
  Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 27,
  2009.
  Name
  Capacity
  /s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty
  President and Chief
        Executive Officer
  Paul D.
      Geraghty
  and Director (Principal
        Executive
  Officer)
  /s/ George S.
        Rapp
  Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer
  George S.
  Rapp
  (Principal Financial
        and Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.
  Chairman and
        Director
  Walter E. Daller,
        Jr.
  /s/ LeeAnn
        Bergey
  Director
  LeeAnn Bergey
  /s/ Michael L.
        Browne
  Director
  Michael L.
      Browne
  /s/ John J.
        Cunningham, III
  Director
  John J. Cunningham,
        III
  /s/ Harold A.
        Herr
  Director
  Harold A.
  Herr
  /s/ Thomas C.
        Leamer, Ph.D.
  Director
  Thomas C. Leamer,
        Ph.D.
  /s/ James E.
        McErlane
  Director
  James E.
      McErlane
  /s/ Stephanie S.
        Mitchell
  Director
  Stephanie S.
        Mitchell
  /s/ A. Ross
        Myers
  Director
  A. Ross Myers
  /s/ Brent L.
        Peters
  Executive Vice
        President and Director
  Brent L.
      Peters
  /s/ Demetra M.
        Takes
  Executive Vice
        President and Director
  Demetra M.
      Takes
  /s/ James A.
        Wimmer
  Director
  James A.
      Wimmer
  Exhibit Index
  Exhibit
      No.
  Exhibit
  5.1
  Opinion of Bybel Rutledge
        LLP
  10.1
  Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.'s
        2002 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference
        to Exhibit 10.13 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.
  10.2
  Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.'s
        1999 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference
        to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow Financial
        Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.
  10.3
  Amendment Number One to Chester
        Valley Bancorp, Inc.'s 1997 Stock Option Plan, is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willow
        Financial Bancorp, Inc. (CIK No. 0001163428), a predecessor by merger to
        the Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        October 29, 2007.
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Bybel Rutledge LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5)