England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Barford lies in central Norfolk about 4 miles north of the market town of Wymondham and 8 west of the city of Norwich. Barford is a small and fairly compact village sitting on and north of the B1108 which connects Norwich with Watton. Barford maintains a small presence on the B1105 with properties and businesses lining that route but most are sited on the parallel lane a quarter mile to its north. The area would have been largely agricultural at the time of this transcript with arable farming of cereals dominating, little has changed since those times. Barford sits on a low ridge above the River Yare which drains the parish eastwards to reach the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Barford is sited at around 20 metres above the sea and the land is gently undulating to about a further 20 metres higher within a few miles of the village. Barford parish was typically small as are many in Norfolk, it covered just over 1,000 acres and would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. IN Domesday times Barford was shared 3 ways, the majority in the hands of Count Alan of Brittany with lesser portions with Ralph of Beaufour and St Benet's Abbey. The parish could offer an impressive 25 ploughs as well as small meadows and woodlands and had 4 mills with a half share in a fifth, a wealthy place indeed in those times. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 7th May 1754 - 19th August 1812 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/448/4 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 26th October 1813 - 11th January 1837 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/448/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Colton
St Andrew
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Marlingford
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Marlingford
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Great Melton St Mary & All Saints |
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Carleton
Forehoe St Mary
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Wramplingham
St Peter & St Paul
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Wramplingham
St Peter & St Paul
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