England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Catfield lies in eastern Norfolk not too far from its eastern North Sea coast. Catfield is located roughly 8 miles southeast of the market town of North Walsham and sits immediately west of the present A149 road (this formerly ran through Catfield but is now bypassing to its east) which connects Cromer with the port of Great Yarmouth. Catfield is a fairly large village with most properties lying along the former route of the A149, the village has expanded markedly in modern times. Catfield lies in Norfolk's Broadland sitting upon a narrow neck of slightly higher ground between Barton & Hickling Broads, this position gave it a more varied farming landscape than was the case for many Norfolk parishes, historical gazetteers place the arable content at only 60% of the acreage the remainder being set to pasture, marshland and open water. Modern developments came and went from Catfield, the Midland & Great Northern Railway line between North Walsham & Great Yarmouth being now the new route of the A149. Catfield is drained by a combination of the Ant & Thurne rivers which join the Bure to the south, all make their way to the North Sea via the Yare & the port of Great Yarmouth. Catfield is sited at just 5 metres above the sea and land is below 10 metres for many a mile. Catfield parish was fairly typically sized for Norfolk, covering just under 2,400 acres it would have supported a population of close to 650 parishioners. In Domesday times Catfield was a substantial holding, shared with Roger Bigot the major partner and Count Alan of Brittany having a small share the collective assets mounted to an impressive 24 ploughs, meadows & woodland, a mill and a half share in a salthouse making for a profitable holding indeed. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 |
16th May 1754 - 19th November 1812 |
Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD531/6 |
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 | 2nd March 1813 - 19th March 1837 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD531/7 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may result in one or two misreads |
Barton
Turf St Michael & All Angels
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Sutton
St Michael
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Hickling
St Mary
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Potter
Heigham St Nicholas
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Ludham
St Catherine
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Potter
Heigham St Nicholas
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