Knapton St Peter & St Paul

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Knapton St Peter & St Paul

The Parish

The parish of Knapton sits in northeastern Norfolk quite close to its North Sea Coast. Knapton is located about 3 miles northeast of the market town of North Walsham. Knapton is a small and relatively compact village which is largely built just to the east of the B1145 road which links North Walsham to the coast at Mundesley, the B1145 performs a right-angled bend at the notional centre of Knapton village. The area around Knapton is almost totally devoted to arable farming on a light and sandy soil derived from glacially deposited beds. The parish is drained by small tributaries of the River Ant, strangely they head off southwestwards before eventually reaching the sea through the port of Great Yarmouth, this despite Knapton being no more than a mile and a half from the sea to its northeast. Knapton is sited at around 40 metres above the sea and commands good views across to the wide expanses close by. Knapton parish was of a fairly typical size for an east Norfolk parish, it covered almost 1,500 acres and would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Knapton was held by one William of Warenne and could offer just 7 ploughs and a small meadow.

The Church

St Peter & St Paul's church sits just to the east of the right-angles bend of the B1145 and on the northern side of The Street. The church, at least externally, is a fairly typical Norfolk Perpendicular church with much use of the local flint in its construction. The building is unusual in having a partially offset northwestern tower rather than in the normal western position, this rather skinny tower is certainly distinctive. Most of the fenestration is quoted to the Perpendicular style by Pevsner although the restoration of the late 19th century may well have altered this somewhat. It is internally, however, that St Peter & St Paul reveals its outstanding feature. The double-hammerbeam roof of the nave with its 160 wingspread angels is quite a sight indeed. The church sits in a slightly elevated position above the level of The Street and a small flight of steps with handrails rises from street level to a wooden gateway in the brick-topped flint wall surrounding the churchyard. The site is almost totally obstacle free as regards photographic angles.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	6th April 1755 - 21st December 1812	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/265/7	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	13th January 1813 - 15th December 1836	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/265/8	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Trunch St Botolph	Mundesley All Saints	Paston St Margaret
Trunch St Botolph Swafield St Nicholas		Paston St Margaret
North Walsham St Lawrence	North Walsham St Lawrence	Paston St Margaret

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	06/04/1755	Matthew	STARR	Single		Mary	HAMMOND	Single
2	03/05/1756	John	MARR	Single	Paston	Mary	RICHARDSON	Single
3	28/06/1756	Robert	PRATT	Single	Antingham	Elizabeth	MASON	Single
4	16/11/1756	John	FORROW	Single		Rebecca	GREYS	Single
9	10/10/1757	Thomas	LOWGAR	Widower		Anne	GOODINGS	Single
5	24/10/1757	John	BAKER	Single		Mary Anne	BATES	Single
6	15/01/1758	Stephen	STARR	Single		Sarah	MILLER	Single
7	27/01/1758	Jonathan	HENNANT	Widower	Salthouse	Alice	BOWEN	Single
8	03/07/1758	William	BREEZE	Single	Swafield	Mary	BULLOCK	Single
10	03/09/1758	Thomas	HALL	Single		Sarah	BARRY	Single
11	28/03/1759	Benjamin	WOLSEY	Single	North Walsham	Mary	SHIN	Single
12	03/08/1759	Robert	ARCHER	Single		Sarah	LOVE
13	12/08/1759	Charles	COLEBY	Single	Paston	Rebeccah	PYE	Single
14	14/10/1759	James	RISEBROW	Single		Mary	MEANS	Single	Matlaske
15	09/10/1760	Joseph	SIMPSON	Widower		Hannah	MARLER
16	03/10/1762	Robert	THIRST	Single		Elizabeth	SMYTH	Single
17	29/11/1762	William	GOODINGS	Single		Mary	FRANCES	Widow
18	28/11/1763	John	FARROW	Widower		Elizabeth	THOMSON	Widow
19	16/01/1764	Joseph	ALLISON	Widower		Susanna	BATEMAN	Single
20	06/02/1764	John	BARTRAM	Widower		Elizabeth	CIRBY	Single
21	18/12/1764	Thomas	ALLISON	Single		Sarah	ABBS	Single
22	06/02/1766	James	CRANE	Single		Ann	ELDON	Single
23	10/03/1766	Robert	PILCH	Single		Mary	WATERS	Single
24	08/05/1766	Thomas	CRANE	Single		Elizabeth	CARR	Single
25	12/11/1766	William	MACK	Single		Judith	COLLINS	Single
26	26/10/1768	William	MILLER			Susanna	BREESE
27	15/11/1768	John	COLLINS			Mary	PEED
28	23/11/1768	William	DENNIS			Ann	COLEMAN
28	29/05/1769	Philip	POSTLE	Single		Elizabeth	COLMAN	Single
29	01/07/1769	James	ALLCOCK	Single		Ann	CLAXTON	Single
30	01/08/1769	William	BROUGHTON	Single	Mundesley	Ann	SMITH	Single
31	10/10/1769	Robert	COLLINS	Single		Hannah	MILLER	Single
32	17/10/1770	Samuel	WARNER	Single		Elizabeth	LONG	Single
33	27/05/1771	Jonathan	DANIELS	Single		Elizabeth	SCOUTTEN	Single
34	17/02/1772	Thomas	DUNHAM	Single		Mary	GREEN	Single
35	30/09/1772	William	BREEZE	Widower		Mary	OSBORN
36	07/01/1773	John	THURSTON	Single	Castle Rising	Diana	DALTON	Single
37	03/05/1773	Robert	WARD	Single	Swafield	Mary	SOFLY	Single
38	30/05/1773	Edmund	LAWES	Widower		Ann	HEWIT	Widow	North Walsham
39	27/04/1774	Edmund	ELSEY	Single	Beeston St Lawrence	Rose	WOODHOUSE	Single
40	10/10/1775	Thomas	PALMER	Single		Jane	BUTCHER	Single
41	07/06/1776	David	LONG	Single		Mary	BAIN	Single
42	16/10/1776	Robinson	CORNISH	Single		Mary	STARR	Single
43	08/11/1776	John	WALPOLE	Single		Elizabeth	HENNANT	Single
44	31/01/1777	John	COLMAN	Single		Sarah	BOND	Single
45	07/04/1778	Henry	TAGG	Single	St John Maddermarket, Norwich	Ann	ROBERTS	Single
46	05/11/1779	Joseph	ALLISON	Single		Ann	PLUMBLY	Single
47	03/05/1780	John	KNIGHTS	Single	Paston	Elizabeth	KIDDEL	Single
48	20/10/1780	William	LEE	Widower		Ann	PILGRIM	Single
49	04/02/1781	John	WOLLWARD	Single	East Dereham	Hannah	STOLIDAY	Single
50	31/10/1781	James	EATON	Single	Brampton	Sarah	ROBERTS	Single
51	09/06/1783	Thomas	PURDY	Single	Dilham	Sarah	FRANCIS	Single
52	30/12/1783	George	IVES	Single		Anne	CLAXTON	Single
53	18/02/1785	Robert	COCKMAN	Single		Hannah	STARR	Single
54	05/06/1786	William	BEACON	Single		Mary	GOODWIN	Single
55	07/06/1786	Thomas	GREGORY	Widower		Frances	MILLS	Single
56	12/10/1786	John	BOND	Single	Mundesley	Diana	HANNENT	Single
57	25/10/1786	Thomas	MOORE	Single		Ann	THORN	Single
58	22/02/1787	Charles	BURRELL	Single		Mary	GRANT	Single
59	30/10/1787	Thomas	ROBERTS	Single	Paston	Sarah	GIBBONS	Single
60	21/09/1789	Thomas	GREGORY	Widower		Elizabeth	WILSON	Single
61	28/09/1789	Robert	COPEMAN	Widower		Anne Phillis	THURTLE	Single
62	10/10/1790	William	DUCKER	Single		Hannah	GAZE	Single
63	25/04/1791	John	DOUGHTY	Single		Susanna	HOWE	Single
64	10/10/1791	John	SUMMERS	Single	Happisburgh	Hannah	TOMPSON	Single
65	04/01/1792	William	WOODHOUSE	Single		Hannah	TODD	Single
66	07/10/1793	Thomas	COLMAN	Single		Mary	WALDEN	Single
67	23/09/1795	Francis	CRIMER	Single		Susanna	COLK	Single
68	23/10/1797	William	DANIELS	Widower		Sarah	COLEBY	Single
69	11/07/1798	Joseph	ALLISON	Single	St Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk	Elizabeth	SKIPPER	Single
70	23/07/1799	William	SYLVA	Single		Susan	MACK	Single
71	13/10/1799	Christopher	MONEY	Single	Westwick	Mary	REYNOLDS	Single
72	17/12/1800	Joseph	CLARKE	Single		Elizabeth	POWELL	Single	Alby
73	14/04/1801	Francis	GIBBS	Widower	Great Walsingham	Elizabeth	ALLISON	Single
74	10/06/1801	Thomas	BUSHALL	Single		Elizabeth	FRARY	Single
75	01/12/1801	Robert	GRAVES	Single		Sarah	MACK	Single
76	21/02/1802	Robert	LARTER	Single	Bacton	Ann	CORNISH	Single
77	02/05/1802	Thomas	COOKE	Single		Frances	STEWARD	Single
78	12/10/1802	Francis	GRAY	Single		Sarah	NAVE	Single
79	03/12/1804	Thomas	FRANCIS	Single		Sarah	STEWARD	Single
80	20/02/1805	Samuel	COCKMAN	Widower	Southrepps	Sarah	TOPPS	Single
81	14/01/1806	Timothy	FLINT	Single		Susanna	KEELER	Single
82	28/09/1806	James	BANE	Single		Sarah	SEXTON	Single
83	26/12/1806	John	RUST	Single	Trunch	Maria	CORNISH	Single
84	19/05/1807	William	FLINT	Single		Hannah	GIBBONS	Single
85	23/06/1807	David	LONG	Single		Ann	CLAXTON	Single
86	07/10/1807	Robert	COBB	Widower	East Ruston	Amy	RICE	Widow
87	11/11/1808	John	SEWELL	Single	Felmingham	Lora	COOPER	Single
88	28/11/1808	James	STEWARD	Single		Mary	GEE	Single
89	30/12/1808	William	FRARY	Single		Sarah	TODD	Single
90	02/04/1809	Richard	ROYALL	Single		Sarah	DANIELS	Single
100	23/05/1809	John	MACK	Single		Hannah	GAZELEY	Single
101	02/11/1809	Robert	HOLMES	Single	North Walsham	Ann	COOPER	Single
102	26/12/1809	John	RICHES	Single		Ann	BURRELL	Single
103	12/06/1810	William	WEBB	Single	Brome, Suffolk	Elizabeth	GREEN		Hainford
104	06/11/1810	Thomas	SWANN	Single		Elizabeth	FULLER	Single
105	18/06/1811	Brown	PARSON	Single	Trimingham	Ann	ARMS	Single
106	08/09/1811	William	ARMS	Single		Christiana	MARSHALL	Single
107	08/09/1811	Benjamin	LACK	Single	Gimingham	Rachel	BURRELL	Single
108	27/11/1811	James	LUBBOCK	Single	Mundesley	Susan	HEWIT	Single
109	24/12/1811	Numan	SCOTTER	Single		Jemima	SWAN	Single
110	07/09/1812	John Hutchinson	WALWYN	Widower		Anne	HUNTER
111	09/10/1812	William	DURRANT			Zipporah	WARD	Single
112	02/12/1812	Thomas	PALMER	Widower		Martha	BUTCHER	Widow
113	21/12/1812	Alexander	WATTS			Mary	PYE
1	13/01/1813	Henry	STEARMAN			Dinah	HOLMES
2	05/11/1813	William	DUING			Martha	BENSLEY
3	21/11/1813	Henry	HALL	Single		Mary	WATTS	Single
4	18/01/1814	Joseph	REYNOLDS			Elizabeth	PIGG
5	24/01/1814	John	SIMS	Widower	Hempstead By Holt	Susan	CROSSER	Single
6	21/07/1814	William	LAWSON			Jane	SEAGOE		Bacton
7	28/11/1814	Mark	POOLEY	Single		Rebecca	ROYALL	Single
8	22/03/1815	Robert	SEXTON	Widower		Mary	CLAXTON	Single
9	13/08/1815	Edmund	CLAXTON			Lydia	PULEY
10	07/10/1815	Charles	PIKINS	Single	Roughton	Mary	READ	Single
11	12/10/1815	Reba	BACON	Single	Walcott	Maria	BARTRAM	Single
12	13/11/1815	Thomas	GRAY		Mundesley	Maria	DOUGHTY
13	17/11/1815	John Peed	COLLINGS	Widower		Hannah	ALLISON	Single
14	24/11/1815	James	HIPPER	Single		Ann	SWAN	Single
15	28/11/1815	Henry	COSTERTON	Single	Great Yarmouth	Josepha	HUNTER	Single
16	18/01/1816	Henry	KERRISON	Single		Hannah	GUNTON	Single
17	13/10/1816	John	GREEN			Hannah	SEXTON
18	08/12/1816	Richard	COX	Single		Sarah	DOUGHTY	Single
19	05/05/1817	Robert	AMIS	Single	Swafield	Hannah	FULLER	Single
20	16/05/1817	Robert	HOWLETT	Single		Elizabeth	SEXTON	Single
21	18/08/1817	Zenar	BEARE			Ann	GEE
22	28/10/1817	Charles	LINES	Single		Esther	LAXON	Single
24	04/12/1817	Joseph	BREEZE	Single		Elizabeth	HALL
25	22/07/1818	Robert Rae	HOUSTON	Single		Margaret Eliza	HUNTER	Single
26	02/11/1819	Peter	HALL	Single		Eleanor	WATTS	Single
27	15/11/1819	James	WILSON	Single		Ann	STARR	Single
28	21/12/1819	Ireland	WATTS	Single		Susan	SILVA	Single
30	17/10/1820	John	HALL	Single		Abigail	LYNN	Single
31	28/07/1821	Rice	CLACTON	Single		Rachel	SWAN	Single
32	12/01/1822	Joseph	LOADS		Mundesley	Ann	HONES
33	16/05/1822	Robert	WATTS	Single		Mary	FARE	Single	Swanton Abbott
34	19/04/1823	William Amos	STEWARD	Single	Swanton Abbott	Sarah	ALLEN	Single
35	19/10/1823	James	MORTON	Single		Mary	TOWL	Single
36	06/11/1823	Robert	HOWLETT	Widower		Susan	CORNISH	Single
37	21/11/1823	Thomas	PALMER	Single		Ann	ALLISON	Single
38	13/04/1824	Charles	CARVER	Single		Mary	COOPER	Single
39	26/05/1824	Benjamin	LEACOCK	Single		Mary	BENCELEY	Single
40	21/07/1824	William	NEAL	Single		Susanna	FLINT	Widow
41	27/10/1824	Jonas	SILVA	Single		Marian	PALMER	Single
42	19/11/1824	Martin	PALMER	Widower		Rachael	FROST	Widow	North Walsham
43	01/12/1824	Robert Gazely	MACK	Single		Lucy Sapphira	LAXON	Single
44	11/01/1825	Robert	WEGG	Single		Elizabeth Ann	LAXON	Single
45	28/03/1825	John	STEWARD	Widower		Ann	CARRASON	Single
46	06/06/1825	Robert	CLAXTON	Single		Ann	OAKLEY	Single
47	14/06/1825	John	CROCKET	Single		Elizabeth	PRIER	Single
48	30/08/1825	Miles	HOLMES	Single		Frances	HALL	Single
49	28/10/1826	Henry	BANYER	Single		Elizabeth	HOLMES	Single
50	06/08/1827	Robert	BLOOM	Single		Frances	HOLMES	Single
51	19/08/1827	James	MASON	Single		Elizabeth	CLIPPERTON	Single
52	12/11/1827	Isaac	NEWMAN	Single		Mary	BENSLEY	Widow
53	11/06/1828	William	STEWARD	Widower		Susan	SILVEY	Single
54	14/08/1828	William	HERRING	Single	St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich	Maria Elizabeth	ROBINSON	Single
55	05/02/1829	William	FOX	Single	Worstead	Elizabeth	CLAXON	Single
56	18/05/1829	Robert	DOUGHTY	Single		Esther	LINES	Widow
57	18/05/1829	Thomas	HENDRY	Single		Susanna	CLAXON	Single
58	23/06/1830	Armine	HERRING	Single	Snettisham	Elizabeth	ROBINSON	Single
59	22/03/1831	William	KERRISON	Single		Mary	PILE	Single
60	15/04/1831	Robert	STEWARD	Single		Emma	BARTIGANS	Single
61	24/05/1831	Mark	PEWLEY	Widower		Marian	FOX	Single
62	24/06/1831	John	WEEDS	Single	Paston	Jane	WARD	Single
63	22/10/1831	Joseph	FORROW	Widower		Ann	BLACKBOURN	Single
64	22/05/1832	Edward	PARR	Single	St Marylebone, Middlesex	Sarah	COLLINGS	Single
65	03/12/1833	Charles	TURNER	Single		Mary Ann	HOLMES	Single
66	25/01/1835	Thomas	WATTS	Single		Ann	BIRD	Single
67	03/11/1835	Robert	BEAN	Single		Ann	BIRD	Single
68	25/01/1836	John	LINCOLN	Single		Mary	CLAXTON	Single
69	15/12/1836	Robert	FOULGER	Single	Southrepps	Mary Ann	STAR	Single

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