England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of lessingham lies in the extreme northeast of Norfolk barely a mile from its northeastern North Sea coast. Lessingham is located about 8 miles east of the market town of North Walsham and sits, in lanes, two miles east of the B1159 road which connects Stalham with the coast at Walcott. Lessingham is a small crossroads village sitting on prime arable land, fields of cereals, beet and oil seed dominating the local area. A geographical oddity drains the parish, the stream draining the parish away from the sea has its source just yards from Eccles beach yet heads southwards eventually becoming the Thurne before making its way to the Yare and the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Despite being a mile from the sea Lessingham is sited at sea-level with local heights not exceeding 10 metres with a couple of miles. Lessingham parish was tiny, even by Norfolk standards, it covered less than 650 acres and would have supported a population of just under 250 parishioners. In Domesday times lessingham was an equally small place, retained as part of the King's holdings it could offer 6 ploughs plus small meadows & woodland. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 15th May 1754 - 16th December 1811 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD274/3 | 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 | 2nd March 1813 - 11th June 1837 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD274/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Happisburgh
St Mary
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Happisburgh
St Mary
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Happisburgh
St Mary
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East
Ruston St Mary
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Hempstead
with Eccles St Andrew
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Ingham
Holy Trinity
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Ingham
Holy Trinity
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