England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Brisley lies almost centrally within the county of Norfolk. Brisley is located about 6 miles northwest of the market town of East Dereham and sits on the B1145 which connects Bawdeswell through many villages to King's Lynn. Brisley is a small village concentrated along the B1145 and also at nearby Potthorpe a half mile northwest. Brisley's greatest asset is its green, stretching either side of the B1145 on the eastern edge of the village, a haunt of cricketers and summer drinkers from the Bell Inn. Brisley, like many Norfolk communities, would largely have earned its living through arable farming albeit some weaving would also have occurred. Brisley is drained south and then eastwards by a tributary of the River Wensum which is joined east of North Elmham, after passing through the city of Norwich the Yare is joined and reaches the North Sea though the port of Great Yarmouth. Brisley is sited at around 50 metres above the sea in gently undulating countryside; local heights rise gently to almost 80 metres to Brisley's west. Brisley parish was not untypically sized for Norfolk, it covered around 1,200 acres and would have supported a population of almost 400 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Brisley in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 1754 - 22nd February 1812 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/664/3 | 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 | 7th March 1813 - 7th February 1836 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/664/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Horningtoft
St Edmund
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Horningtoft
St Edmund
North Elmham St Mary the Virgin |
North
Elmham St Mary the Virgin
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Stanfield
St Margaret
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North
Elmham St Mary the Virgin
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North
Elmham St Mary the Virgin
Beetley St Mary Magdalene |
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