Barton Bendish St Andrew

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Barton Bendish St Andrew

The Parish

The parishes of Barton Bendish (for St Andrew is merely one of two with St Mary & All Saints) lie in western Norfolk close to the edge of Fenland. The village is located about 6 miles northeast of the market town of Downham Market and the same southwest of Swaffham. The village is sited on a minor lane south of the A1122 road which links those two places. Of the two churches in Barton Bendish St Andrew is nowadays the major one. The village is compact built mostly to the north of the main lane closely grouped around church and pub. The village is sited where the sandy heaths of Breckland merge to the lowlands of the Fens, Barton bendish is sited at around 10 metres above sea level in a broad agricultural plain of wide open skies and arable fields. To its north lies the major air base of RAF Marham home to some rather noisy jets which regularly patrol the area in training. The joint parishes covered a substantial area, over 3.300 acres and between them supported around 450 parishioners. On Domesday times Barton bendish was held by the King and merited several mentions in the book, however it seemed to be a poor area holding only 2 ploughs.

The Church

St Andrew's church is the present day village church and is sited in the heart of the village adjacent to a lane which winds through the buildings. The church has some early features from the 12th century but is mainly in the typical style for Norfolk of Perpendicular and mainly from the mid 14th century. The church has the classic style of nave, chancel and western tower. Like many churches there was restoration in Victorian times although in this case it appears to have mainly resulted in the re-roofing of the main body of the church. The church sits appropriately enough in Church Road behind a low flint wall and accessed through a pair of wooden gates. The churchyard is quite well endowed with mature trees and the access path is lined with some bushy conifers.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	7th May 1754 - 9th December 1811	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/350/4	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	1st November 1814 - 2nd November 1836	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/350/5	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Fincham St Martin	Fincham St Martin Shouldham All Saints & St Margaret Marham Holy Trinity	Marham Holy Trinity
Fincham St Martin Barton Bendish St Mary & All Saints		Beachamwell St Mary
Barton Bendish St Mary & All Saints Boughton All Saints	Boughton All Saints Oxborough St John the Evangelist	Oxborough St John the Evangelist

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference	Date	Groom Forename	Groom Surname	Groom Status	Groom Abode	Bride Forename	Bride Surname	Bride Status	Bride Abode
1	07/05/1754	William	KETTERINGHAM	Single	Foulden	Mary	RUMBALL	Widow
2	07/01/1755	Henry	GUNNS	Widower	Shouldham	Mary	STEEL	Single
3	24/01/1755	Edmund	SAVAGE	Single	Oxborough	Frances	WRIGHT	Widow
4	24/06/1755	Robert	CUTTS	Widower		Mary	MORTON	Widow
5	07/10/1755	John	PARNEL	Single	Shotesham	Elizabeth	PRICK	Single
6	11/10/1756	John	BROUGHTON	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish	Hannah	SHORTEN	Single
7	08/02/1757	William	STEWARD	Single		Mary	FLATT	Single
8	25/10/1757	George	HAMMONT	Widower		Elizabeth	HARRISON	Widow
9	10/11/1757	John	FRAISE	Single		Anne	BUTTER	Single
10	16/11/1757	John	WILKIN	Widower		Susanna	FREEMAN	Single
11	21/06/1758	Robert	FULLER	Single	Marham	Mary	CHANDLER	Single
12	11/01/1759	Samuel	CAPPS	Single		Elizabeth	PARMER	Single
13	29/05/1759	William	BUTTER	Single		Mary	STEWARD	Single
14	09/06/1761	Adam	AMASON	Single		Elizabeth	WILKIN	Single
15	01/07/1761	Thomas	ROUNCE	Single		Mary	MINICK	Widow
16	03/06/1762	Thomas	WORTLEY	Single		Constance	ELMER	Single
17	15/11/1762	William	GRAY	Single		Mary	CRACKLIN
18	02/12/1762	William	WHEATFIELD	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish	Rose	WORTLEY	Single
19	25/04/1765	Joshua	PARKER	Single	Fincham	Elizabeth	STEWARD	Single
20	04/06/1765	Thomas	BROTTON	Single	Marham	Mary	FLOOD	Single
21	14/10/1765	Thomas	CAMP	Single		Mary	OVERTEN	Single
22	14/10/1765	John	SMITH	Widower		Mary	KETTERINGHAM	Widow
23	30/10/1765	James	RUDDERHAM	Single		Alice	BUCKLE	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish
24	11/12/1766	John	RICE	Single	Oxborough	Elizabeth	PAIN	Single
25	08/03/1769	Matthew	GAGE	Single	St Nicholas, Kings Lynn	Julian	ARTOR	Single
26	30/10/1769	Robert	WATSON	Single	Castle Acre	Mary	MANN	Single
27	11/12/1769	James	HILL	Single		Elizabeth	FLOOD	Single
28	16/09/1770	John	GOLDSMITH	Single		Anne	BUCKLE	Widow
29	17/01/1772	Jeremiah	WOODFIELD	Single		Frances	BUCKLE	Single
30	10/10/1772	Edward	WHITTRICK	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish	Margaret	OVERTON	Single
31	08/08/1773	John	ROBERTS	Single		Mary	JAKES	Single
32	18/11/1773	Richard	AYLMER	Single		Mary	HUNT	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish
33	10/01/1774	John	JOHNSON	Single		Mary	KETTERINGHAM	Single
34	31/12/1774	Philip	ROOM	Single	Fincham	Ann	TAYLOR	Single
35	30/10/1775	William	BLAND	Single		Margaret	HUDSON	Single
36	08/04/1776	Thomas	JACKSON	Widower	Hilborough	Rose	WHITFIELD	Widow
37	07/06/1776	Thomas	CRANE	Single		Mary	MANSEL	Widow
38	28/10/1776	Thomas	BAXTER	Single	Shouldham	Mary	MINICK	Single
39	12/11/1776	John	TOUNGATE	Single	Plumstead	Susannah	WILKIN	Widow
40	03/11/1777	Thomas	CRISP	Single		Ann	KETTERINGHAM	Single
41	09/07/1778	Thomas	JACKSON	Widower		Elizabeth	RUDDERHAM	Single
42	21/09/1778	Samuel	BERRY	Single		Elizabeth	CAPS	Widow
43	04/12/1778	Ralf	BUCKLE	Single		Jane	ROLFE	Single
44	16/02/1779	Daniel	BAYES	Single	Shouldham	Ann	HUDSON	Widow
45	04/04/1779	Francis	LAMBERT	Single		Mary	ROBERTS	Single
46	22/07/1779	Robert	WOODARD	Single		Elizabeth	SPALDING	Single
47	11/10/1779	George	MANN	Single		Elizabeth	ROLFE	Single
48	01/12/1779	Robert	HEUSON	Single	Boughton	Ann	WORTLEY	Single
49	04/12/1780	Edward	NELSON	Single		Ann	GOODRICK	Single
50	17/01/1781	William	CHAPMAN	Single		Elizabeth	MEE	Single	Hilborough
51	12/10/1784	Samuel	SIMMONS	Single		Jane	STAFF	Single
52	18/08/1785	Henry	BRETT	Single		Martha	SUGGAMORE	Widow
53	24/10/1785	Joseph	BUTTER	Single		Elizabeth	LAMBERT	Single
54	06/11/1785	William	ADCOCK	Single		Sarah	LAMBERT	Single
55	12/12/1785	William	FOKES	Single		Mary	KEMP	Widow
56	25/07/1786	William	JOHNSON	Widower		Mary	CRANE	Widow
57	12/04/1787	Henry	BRETT	Widower		Sarah	CROSHFIELD	Single
58	03/10/1787	James	ARMSTRONG	Single		Mary	BARKER	Single
59	21/11/1788	Thomas	TAYLOR	Single		Ann	ADCOCK	Single
60	04/08/1789	Edward	BUXTON	Single		Rose	WORTLEY	Single
61	10/10/1789	John	WARD	Single	Fincham	Jane	TAYLOR	Single
62	28/10/1789	John	JERRY	Single	Swaffham	Margaret	WILSON	Single
63	11/10/1790	William	WHITFIELD	Single	St Mary & All Saints, Barton Bendish	Sarah	ADCOCK	Widow
64	13/06/1791	Thomas	OWEN	Single	Stoke Ferry	Mary	WARD	Single
65	08/11/1791	John	WARD	Widower		Mary	ANDREWS	Widow
66	11/03/1793	Thomas	GARWOOD	Single		Elizabeth	BARKER	Single
67	11/11/1793	William	TUDNAM	Single	Oxborough	Mary	GAGE	Single
68	24/04/1794	Thomas	LINDOE	Single		Lydia	TRUNDLE	Single
69	08/04/1795	John	BULEN	Single		Elizabeth	ANDREWS	Single
70	24/09/1795	Thomas	HERRING		East Winch	Martha	STEWARD
71	09/11/1795	Thomas	WORTLEY	Single		Sarah	GOLDSMITH	Single
72	15/02/1796	Henry	ROBINSON	Single	Swaffham	Sarah	STEGGLES	Single
73	01/03/1797	John	TOVILL	Widower		Elizabeth	MANN	Widow
74	02/11/1797	Thomas	SMITH	Single		Ann	BOND	Single
75	19/11/1798	Benjamin	CANEY	Single		Mary	TAYLOR	Single
76	05/06/1799	Thomas	ELY	Single		Margaret	EYER	Widow
77	31/10/1799	Christopher	HARRIE	Single		Sarah	KEMP	Single
78	24/03/1800	Richard	MENDHAM	Single	Boughton	Sarah	RAYNER	Single
79	25/06/1800	Thomas	FORSTER	Single	Wymondham	Frances	OVERLAND	Single
80	02/02/1801	George	WARD	Single		Mary	KNIGHTS	Single
81	18/10/1802	John	WATSON	Single		Elizabeth	ADCOCK	Single
82	31/03/1803	Edward	WEST	Single		Mary	MINICK	Single
83	20/08/1803	William	STOKES			Ann	PALING
84	07/11/1803	Henry	PUMFREY			Biddy	NIGHTS
85	04/12/1803	William	SHINGFIELD			Hannah	BROUGHTON
86	17/01/1805	Thomas	PALMER	Single	Congham	Mary	WEST	Widow
87	25/02/1805	James	DOCKING			Mary	HARRISON
88	15/07/1805	John	CHAPMAN	Single		Sarah	WHITFIELD	Single
89	24/09/1805	Thomas	WHITFIELD	Widower		Sarah	CROME	Widow
90	15/10/1805	William	BOND	Single		Mary	WHITFIELD	Single
	05/01/1807	John	CLAYTON	Single		Frances	WOODHARD
	09/02/1807	Cornelius	GATES	Single		Elizabeth	WOODHARD
	25/04/1808	William	GREEN	Widower		Elizabeth	GATES	Single
	15/08/1808	Edmund	CRISP	Single	Shouldham	Mary	ENGLISH	Widow
	19/10/1808	Thomas	WORTLEY	Widower		Elizabeth	PORTER
	06/07/1810	Ambrose	OBELL	Single		Mary	FIDEMAN	Single
	11/10/1810	John	TOVELL	Widower		Elizabeth	BARKER	Widow
	09/12/1811	Robert	BEART	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Single	Stoke Ferry
1	01/11/1814	Henry	PALMER	Single	Narborough	Sarah	BALES	Single
2	16/01/1815	James	RASSON	Single		Sarah	ROBINSON	Single
3	13/09/1815	Jacob	GALLOWAY	Single		Susanna	CROME	Single
4	27/11/1816	William	COPSEY	Single		Ann	KNIGHTS	Single
5	04/02/1817	William	ARMSTRONG			Mary	ELEY
6	05/04/1817	Robert	GREEF	Single		Sarah	LAWS	Single
7	07/04/1817	John	LYNDOE	Single		Mary	ELLMER	Single
8	13/10/1817	Samuel	PEALING	Single		Rebekah	BEALS	Single
9	28/10/1817	Samuel	CROME	Single		Mary	RUMBLE	Single
10	11/09/1818	William	SOUTHAM	Single	St John, Peterborough, Northamptonshire	Caroline	EBDEN	Single
11	02/03/1819	William	MORLEY	Single		Mary	MASON	Single
12	15/07/1819	William	CARNALL		Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire	Sarah	LYNDOE
13	30/07/1820	John	PAIN	Single	Downham Market	Ann	WILKIN	Single
14	25/05/1821	William	BAILEY	Single		Rachel	KENT	Single
15	07/08/1821	William	ENGLISH	Single		Martha	MASON	Single
16	02/12/1821	John	PORTER	Single		Mary	BUCKELL	Single
17	05/12/1821	Ralph	WHITFIELD	Widower		Deborah	HALL	Single
18	30/07/1822	William	BARKER	Single		Mary	TUFFTS	Single
19	25/12/1822	James	CHALTAN	Single		Mary	WATSON	Single
20	07/01/1823	Robert	WOODARD	Single		Mary	CANEY	Single
21	07/03/1823	George	TAYLOR	Single	Middleton	Mary	PORTER	Single
22	28/02/1825	Samuel	HILL	Single	St George In The East, Middlesex	Mary Anne	HOWELL	Single
23	11/04/1825	John	BRADLEY	Single	Rattlesden, Suffolk	Elizabeth	ROLFE	Single
24	24/01/1828	Joshua	JOLLYE	Single	Rockland All Saints	Mary	PORTER	Widow
25	25/11/1828	William	ADDERSON	Single	Downham Market	Mary	CHAPMAN	Single
26	31/07/1830	William	TUFFTS	Single		Mary	ALEXANDER	Single
27	03/10/1830	Richard	CLARK	Widower		Mary	BROWN	Single
28	20/11/1830	George	BROWN	Single		Rachel	BRETT	Single
29	03/07/1831	Thomas	KNIGHTS	Single		Susan	YAXLEY	Single
30	11/05/1832	John	WHITFIELD	Single		Mary	MANN	Single
31	15/10/1832	John	ELY	Single		Ann Maria	ABLE	Single
32	22/10/1832	William	RAINER	Single		Ann	PARKER	Single
33	05/11/1832	James	TUFTS	Single		Susan	DEWING	Single
34	06/11/1832	Robert	SMITH	Widower		Rose	HARRISON	Single
35	10/09/1833	Richard David	DONTHORN	Single	Fincham	Jane	WHITFIELD	Single
36	24/10/1834	Thomas	COOPER	Single		Harriet	CHAPMAN	Single
37	24/10/1834	John	JACKSON	Single		Sarah	GAGE	Single
38	28/10/1834	John	TUFFS	Single		Martha	HOOKS	Single
39	25/01/1835	Lark	HARRISON	Single		Frances	CURTIS	Single
40	26/12/1835	John	GALLOWAY	Single		Elizabeth	ROLFE	Single
41	10/06/1836	Lawrence	HARPER	Single		Ellen	BOLDEN	Single
42	10/06/1836	Henry	TOWERS	Single	Fincham	Ann	GARMAN	Single	Fincham
43	02/11/1836	James	CROME	Single		Mary	COLLINS	Single

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