Morley St Botolph

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Morley St Botolph

The Parish

The parish of Morley St Botolph, one of a pair of adjacent Morleys, lies in south central Norfolk about 3 miles west of the market town of Wymondham. Morley St Botolph is a small and compact village sitting in lanes about 2 miles north of the busy A11 road which connects Norwich with Thetford and on to London. Much of Morley St Botolph is built along the lanes which connects Wymondham with Great Ellingham. At the time of this transcript, and indeed still today, this would have largely been an arable farming district, today Morley St Botolph is surrounded with large fields of cereal, beet and oil seed. Morley St Botolph is drained eastwards by a small tributary of the River Tiffey which it joins near Wymondham, the Tiffey then turns northward to meet the Yare and eventually the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Morley St Botolph is situated in this shallow valley at around 40 metres above the sea in gentle countryside where local heights rise smoothly to just over 60 metres. Morley St Botolph parish was small even for a Norfolk parish, it covered around 800 acres and would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. In Domesday times the Morleys were enumerated together, the joint manors being held by William of Warenne and Ralph of Beaufour, it is likely one refers to St Botolph, the other to St Peter. Jointly the Morleys could offer just 10 ploughs and small meadows.

The Church

St Botolph's church sits almost a half mile to the northwest of the notional centre of the village on a narrow winding lane and facing typical Norfolk arable fields. The details of the church are of the Perpendicular period but the building has been extensively restored following damage in the 1950s. Pevsner cites documentary evidence for much work in the mid-15th century which is consistent with the apparent period of the church. The roofing also has been renewed, again in the mid-20th century resulting in today's church. The narrow lane, Church Lane appropriately enough, heads north from the western end of the village and St Botolph sits on a sharp bend of that lane. The churchyard has a neatly clipped hedged boundary and access is through a nice lychgate where there is a small pull-off. The churchyard is fairly open and does not unduly restrict photography.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	10th January 1757 - 26th October 1812	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD3/5	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 February 1814 - 30th October 1836	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD3/6	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Deopham St Andrew	Deopham St Andrew	Wicklewood St Andrew & All Saints
Deopham St Andrew		Wicklewood St Andrew & All Saints
Deopham St Andrew	Morley St Peter	Morley St Peter

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	10/01/1757	Matthew	JAMES	Single		Bridget	TALBOT	Single
2	07/02/1757	Matthew	PULFER	Single	Hingham	Mary	NORTON	Single
3	12/07/1759	John	LOVAT	Single		Sarah	CLARKE	Single
4	17/10/1760	Jonathan	CLARKSON	Single		Mary	BETTS	Single
5	08/10/1761	Peter	SUTTON	Single	Mattishall	Lydda	HARDINGHAM	Single
6	16/11/1761	William	TILLET	Single		Ann	PEARCE	Single
7	27/10/1762	Thomas	WOODHOUSE	Widower		Mary	BUXTON	Single
8	16/11/1762	Richard	CULLUM	Single		Sarah	COSINES	Single
9	02/12/1762	William	CLARKE	Single		Thamesin	DEY	Single
10	05/01/1763	John	CUSHING		New Buckenham	Martha	TUTTLE
11	28/02/1763	William	EMES		Attleborough	Sarah	HUBBARD
12	27/06/1764	John	NORTON	Single	Hardingham	Mary	ANDREWS	Single
13	25/10/1765	John	DANIEL	Single		Sarah	UNDEY	Single
14	20/09/1766	James	HARPLEY	Single		Sarah	ROWLING	Single
15	29/12/1766	John	TILLITT	Single		Ann	FENIX	Single
16	10/10/1767	John	BURGESS	Single		Sarah	MEADOWS	Single
17	12/10/1767	Thomas	WOODCOCK	Single		Mary	BALLS	Single
18	25/07/1769	Samuel	GOLDSON		Hardingham	Mary	BENSLEY	Single
19	16/10/1769	John	CROOK	Single		Mary	GARWOOD	Single
20	01/11/1769	John	PITCHER	Single		Mary	PEARCE	Single
21	25/12/1769	Robert	SPINK	Widower		Jane	ADAMS	Widow
22	23/01/1770	Barnabas	BURROUGHES	Single		Susanna	BENSLEY	Single
23	25/09/1770	Robert	GARRET	Widower		Elizabeth	WEBSTER	Single
24	18/10/1770	Robert	TUBBY	Single		Mary	CALTHORPE	Single
25	06/11/1770	John	HARVEY	Single		Sarah	CHAMBERLAIN	Single
26	07/05/1771	Samuel	BIDELE	Single		Alice	MEEK	Single	Hempnall
27	16/02/1773	Samuel	EDWARDS	Single		Elisabeth	CURSON	Single
28	28/12/1773	William	FLINT	Single		Ann	RAVEN	Single
30	11/10/1774	John	NICHOLS	Single		Sarah	CROOK	Single
29	12/10/1774	Thomas	HARVEY	Single		Sarah	SEXTON	Single
31	05/03/1776	Richard	SKIPPER	Single		Elizabeth	ELLET	Single
32	16/10/1776	Samuel	GOLDSON	Widower		Sarah	FILBY	Single
33	20/06/1779	Robert	CURSON	Single		Jane	SEWELL	Single	Wicklewood
34	14/11/1779	John	LAIN	Single	Morley St Peter	Anne	GREY	Single
35	12/12/1780	William	HEAD	Single		Anne	TILLETT	Single
36	29/10/1781	Henry	ROSE	Single		Hannah	TOOK	Single
37	06/04/1784	Robert	CURSON	Widower		Elizabeth	RICHARDSON	Single
38	23/04/1787	William	HARDIMENT	Single		Sarah	LINCOLN	Single
39	28/01/1788	James	PALLANT	Single	Wicklewood	Hester	SMITH	Single
40	02/10/1788	Peter	MASON	Widower	Cranworth	Mary	PALMER	Single
41	09/02/1790	George	SHAW	Single	Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk	Elizabeth	FAIRWEATHER	Single
42	02/05/1791	John	NORTON	Single		Mary	BALDRY	Single
43	13/05/1791	Stephen	SMITH	Single	Hingham	Elizabeth	WOODROW	Single
44	02/06/1791	Robert	BURCH	Single	Deopham	Ann	WALKER	Single
45	16/11/1791	Robert	LYSHER	Widower		Mary	DADDY	Single
46	16/10/1792	William	DANIEL	Single		Honor	BOWDEN	Single
46	16/10/1792	William	COLMAN	Single		Honor	BOWDEN	Single
47	03/12/1792	William	TILLOT	Widower		Frances	GILDON	Single
48	13/07/1793	Richard	TILSON	Single		Anne	CORBET	Single
49	06/12/1793	William	TILLETT	Single		Elisabeth	LINCOLN	Single
50	09/09/1794	Thomas	DETTEW	Single	Attleborough	Orpah	NORTON	Single
51	12/10/1795	John	PATRICK	Single		Elisabeth	DOUBLEDAY	Single
52	14/06/1796	Edmund	BADCOCK	Single	Deopham	Sarah	RICHARDSON	Single
53	23/01/1797	Timothy	RICHARDSON	Single		Mary	LINDO	Single	Attleborough
54	28/09/1797	Caudell	CLARKE	Single	East Harling	Sarah	GOLDSON	Single
55	01/01/1799	Edward	BASSINGTHWAITE	Widower		Mary	TILLETT	Single
56	01/01/1799	George	KETT	Single	Wymondham	Catharine	POTTER	Single
57	30/12/1799	William	HUBBARD	Widower		Jane	WILDING	Single
58	23/08/1800	John	DENNY	Single		Esther	HUBBARD	Single
59	07/01/1801	Edmet	NORTON	Single		Sarah	OSBORNE	Single
60	02/11/1801	James	CALLUM	Single	Bungay, Suffolk	Rebecca	COBB	Single
61	28/12/1801	William	OFFORD	Single	Deopham	Elizabeth	EDWARDS	Single
62	07/06/1802	Charles	ORSEBON	Single		Mary	NORTON	Single
63	07/06/1802	Thomas	VINCE	Single	Brome, Suffolk	Thamasin	POTTS	Single
64	22/11/1802	Thomas	EDWARDS	Single	Great Ellingham	Rose	KNIGHTS	Single
65	22/11/1802	Edward	EAGLING	Single	Deopham	Rebecca	EDWARDS	Single
66	22/11/1802	Benjamin	BROCK		Great Ellingham	Frances	FLOWERS	Single
67	15/07/1806	Robert	CANHAM	Single		Sarah	DANIELS	Single
67	15/07/1806	Robert	CANHAM	Single		Sarah	COLMAN	Single
68	02/12/1806	Undy	DANIELS	Single		Mary	NICOLS	Single
68	02/12/1806	Undy	COLMAN	Single		Mary	NICOLS	Single
69	20/04/1807	William	BARKER	Single		Mary	FLINT	Single
70	27/03/1809	John	GEORGE	Single	Deopham	Abigail	FLINT	Single
71	01/01/1810	John	COBB	Single		Anne	RICHARDSON	Single
72	21/06/1810	Isaac	COLMAN	Single		Hannah	MOORE	Single
72	21/06/1810	Isaac	DANIELS	Single		Hannah	MOORE	Single
73	26/10/1812	William	JACKSON	Single	Wymondham	Sarah	COBB	Single
1	07/02/1814	Fisher	BRADFIELD	Widower	Wymondham	Sarah Ann	POTTER	Single
2	24/11/1814	Stephen	COBB	Single		Lydia	BARLOW	Single
3	30/08/1816	William	FLINT	Widower		Honor	DUFFIELD	Single
4	16/10/1817	Robert	BARTRUM	Single	Foulden	Mary	DUFFIELD	Single
5	10/11/1818	Henry	COBB	Single		Martha	DUFFIELD	Single
6	25/05/1819	Nathaniel	ANGELL	Single		Elizabeth	BAKER	Single
7	24/08/1819	Robert	BIRDWELL	Single		Hannah	CLIFTON	Widow
8	26/04/1820	William	NORTON	Widower		Diana	BRUNTON	Single
8	26/04/1820	William	NORTON	Widower		Diana	BASS	Single
9	12/10/1820	Thomas	TILLETT	Single		Elizabeth	CHANEY	Single
10	13/12/1820	Henry	BREESE	Single		Ann	LONG	Single
11	02/08/1821	Robert	DOUBLEDEE	Single		Elizabeth	BUNNETT	Single
12	10/12/1821	Charles	BARNARD	Widower		Susannah	LONG	Single
13	11/06/1822	John	THURLING	Single		Sophia	OFFICE	Single
14	14/12/1823	Stephen	CUTTING	Single	Honingham	Mary	KNIGHTS	Single
15	25/04/1824	William	TILLETT	Single		Mary	STANLEY	Widow
16	25/12/1824	Samuel	BYDWELL	Single	Morley St Peter	Mary Ann	TILLETT	Single
17	31/01/1825	John	BROWN	Widower		Eliza	BARNARD	Single
18	28/07/1825	James	BENNETT	Single	Attleborough	Sarah	DUFFIELD	Single
19	11/09/1825	James	BARNARD	Single		Elizabeth	HARDAMENT		Morley St Peter
20	30/07/1826	Thomas	TAYLOR	Single		Maria	BARNARD	Single	Morley St Peter
21	12/10/1826	Thomas	THURLING	Single		Harriot	PATRICK	Single
22	12/10/1826	Robert	PATRICK	Single		Elizabeth	THURLING	Single
23	26/04/1827	Robert	CLARKE	Single	Morley St Peter	Rebecca	BARNARD	Single
24	21/11/1828	Edward	BAYES			Rhoda	THURLING
25	15/09/1829	George	PATRICK	Single		Martha	CARR	Single
26	12/10/1830	John	RICHES	Single		Emella	RICHES	Single
27	23/11/1830	William	WADE	Single		Hannah	DUFFIELD	Single
28	05/02/1831	William	RICHARDSON	Single	Hackford By Reepham	Eve	LOVET	Single
29	25/02/1831	William	CARTER	Single		Rosemary	DANIELS	Single
31	26/07/1831	Robert	BLAZEY	Single		Mary	DANIELS	Single
32	27/12/1831	William	BARNARD	Single		Elizabeth	BRIGHTON	Single
33	13/11/1833	Charles	BARNARD	Single		Sarah	CHILDERHOUSE	Single
34	13/04/1834	Henry	CLARKE	Single	Deopham	Mary Ann	COBB	Single
35	21/05/1834	Francis	PATRICK	Single		Sarah	EVERETT	Single	Morley St Peter
36	01/12/1834	Righteous	THURLING	Single		Elizabeth	SHARMAN	Single
37	18/10/1835	William	PATRICK	Single		Matilda	BROWES	Single
38	24/11/1835	John	SEWELL	Single		Charlotte	BORRETT	Single
39	04/04/1836	John	LARN	Single		Anne	BUCK	Single	Morley St Peter
40	28/06/1836	Edward	PLOWMAN	Single		Priscilla	BATTLEDAY	Single
41	30/10/1836	Thomas	NELSON	Single		Sarah	TILLETT	Single

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