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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Paston St Margaret

 

The Parish

The parish of Paston lies in the extreme northeast of Norfolk forming a stretch of the county's North Sea coastline. Paston is located roughly 4 miles northeast of the market town of North Walsham and sits just over a mile east of the B1145 road which connects North Walsham with the coastal resort of Mundesley. Paston is a small and compact village which lines the winding and narrow lane which forms Norfolk's coast road along this stretch, a row of properties stretch northwards towards Mundesley whilst a major group form around hall & church. This stretch of Norfolk's coast is devoid of safe harbours so Paston's economy was like most in the county dominated by arable farming. Paston's recent past has been dominated by the construction of the nearby Bacton Gas Terminal which covers most of the cliff-top site between Paston and Bacton. Drainage, where such exists, tends away from the low cliffs of this coastline heading inland to meet the River Ant, this heads southwards to joining the other major Broadland rivers in reaching the sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Paston is sited at around 30 metres above the sea in gentle terrain where land continues slightly rising inland to juts over 40 metres. Paston parish was fairly typically sized for the county, covering close to 1,400 acres it would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Paston was an equally modest place, shared between William de Warenne and St Benet's Abbey its assets totalled 7 ploughs, the usual meadows & woodland and there was a mill.


The Church

St Margaret's church sits on the edge of the village by the grounds of Paston Hall and on the southern side of the Bacton Road as it heads eastwards out of the village. The church has its origins in the late 13th to early 14th centuries and is styled almost entirely in the Decorated style. The church shows every indication of having been built through a single campaign albeit it has been extensively restored in the 19th century. What is otherwise a fairly typical Norfolk flint church is topped by its iconic thatched roof which covers the nave and below which sits the original 14th century structure. As mentioned the Victorian restorers had their usual say with 2 significant restorations of 1843 & 1869 to produce today's church. Whilst the exterior may seem to be a simple Norfolk church internally it is the Paston monuments, the Pastons were a prominent local family, in marble and alabaster as well as the 14th century wall paintings notably of St Christopher that make the church worth a visit. The church has a small lay-by to its east for parking and is well-screened from the Bacton Road with only a small wooden board to mark its shaded entrance. Once within the churchyard is open & uncluttered with no obstacles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
26th November 1754 - 23rd November 1812
Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD264/5
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 10th May 1813 - 14th February 1837 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD264/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Mundesley All Saints


Knapton St Peter & St Paul
Bacton St Andrew
Edingthorpe All Saints
North Walsham St Nicholas
Edingthorpe All Saints
Edingthorpe All Saints

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 26/11/1754 John PURDY Single Calthorpe Margaret GOTTERSON Single
2 30/01/1756 Samuel POSTLE Single St John, Hoveton Elizabeth GUNTON Single
3 24/05/1756 Thomas ROBINS Single Ann FIDDY Single
4 03/11/1756 Thomas THOMPSON Single Susan CARTER Single
5 25/01/1757 Joseph ROUNCE Single Tuttington Elizabeth POTTER Single
6 02/01/1758 Thomas COLE Single Rachel GOTTERSON Single
7 05/01/1758 Daniel PRESS Widower Trunch Mary CLIPPERTON Widow
8 26/04/1758 Nathaniel SURFLING Single Ann SUMMONS Single
9 12/02/1759 William MILEHAM Widower Mary MILLS Single North Walsham
10 18/04/1759 Robert JONES Widower Elizabeth RICE Single
11 23/03/1760 Edward NEVE Single Hannah COLEBY Single
12 09/11/1761 Richard PULL Single Elizabeth BATCHELOR Single
13 10/09/1762 John ALLEN Widower Edingthorpe Elizabeth WEBSTER
14 20/09/1762 Joseph GEE Mary ROBERTS
15 12/10/1762 Matthew BULLAMORE Single Mary LEANER Single
16 03/11/1762 John SILLY Widower Hannah LACEY Single
17 16/04/1764 John HAYLETT Single Mary SKIFFENS Single
18 18/05/1764 Richard PRIEST Single Bacton Lydia CLARK Single
19 09/10/1764 John NEALE Single Mary BROWN Single
20 11/10/1764 William DOUGHTY Single Elizabeth PESTELL Single
21 16/10/1765 James BUCK Widower Elizabeth WARNES Single North Walsham
22 09/02/1766 John LACEY Single Hannah SURFLING Single
23 31/03/1767 John HARFORD Single Knapton Sarah STAMP Single
24 29/04/1767 Jonathan NORMAN Single Alice AMYAS Widow
25 13/10/1767 Thomas PURDY Single Elizabeth PRIEST Single Scottow
26 24/04/1768 James THOMPSON Single Frances CLAXSTON
27 14/08/1769 Barker SEAMANS Single Em LACY
28 28/09/1769 Jacob WARD Widower Burgh Next Aylsham Sarah PAIN Widow
29 29/01/1770 George HENANT Widower Walcott Elizabeth WARD Single
30 17/04/1770 Thomas HEWITT Single Martha MANSHIP Single
31 04/02/1771 William JOHNSON Single Hannah COLEBY
32 06/03/1771 Benjamin GINBY Widower Belaugh Hannah JECKS Single
33 13/11/1771 Daniel GOODINS Ann LACY Single
34 08/06/1772 John THORN Widower Ann NEALE Single
35 06/07/1772 George KNIGHTS Single Elizabeth JONES Single
36 13/10/1772 Samuel COOK Widower Walcott Hannah NEVE Widow
37 30/11/1772 Samuel KEELER Single Holkham Mary BURTON Single
38 03/05/1773 Stephen PRICE Single Hannah HARMER Single
39 27/07/1773 Jeffrey WISEMAN Single Ann SHIELS Single
40 23/05/1774 Jonathan THOMPSON Single Phillis PARTRIDGE Single
41 19/12/1774 William WATERS Widower Southrepps Sarah JARVIS Single
42 19/12/1774 William HUBBARD Single Mary WILLIS Single
43 15/05/1776 John LEE Single Anna GRIMSHAW Single
44 10/10/1776 Robert SEXTON Single Sarah GAZE Single
45 17/11/1776 Robert BENSLEY Single North Walsham Ann WATERS Single
46 11/08/1777 Joseph THOMPSON Single Mary JUNIFER Single
47 03/08/1778 Samuel BREEZE Widower Elizabeth DEEKER Single
48 19/10/1778 James GREENACRE Single Hannah LACY Single
49 05/01/1779 John CAULK Single North Walsham Ann SURFLING Single
50 21/05/1779 William WILLIS Single Susanna RISEBOROUGH Single
51 07/11/1779 Thomas CLIPPERTON Single Elizabeth LEASY Single
52 11/10/1781 Richard OAKS Single Sarah THORN Single
53 16/07/1782 Thomas PILGRIM Widower Ann PRIEST Single
54 15/03/1783 Benjamin CARKISS Single Elizabeth REYNOLDS Single
55 20/10/1783 Thomas GAZE Widower Mary HARMER Single
56 03/02/1784 Francis CLARKE Single Martha MILAM Single
57 08/02/1784 William TOPS Single Ann HORNER Single
58 11/04/1785 Joseph POINTER Single Sloley Sarah COLMAN Single
59 27/11/1785 John FOX Single Hannah BREEZE Single
60 17/10/1786 Edmund WATTS Single Walcott Sarah COLEMAN Single
61 31/10/1786 John EMMERSON Single Witton By North Walsham Mary ROBERTS Single
62 20/05/1787 John DRUERY Single Mary THORN Single
63 13/10/1788 Micaiah GAZE Widower Margaret PRICE Single
64 02/02/1789 Robert WATTS Single Alice JONES Single
65 11/05/1789 John CHAPMAN Single Susanna GEE Single
66 18/08/1789 Thomas COOK Single Elizabeth MILLER Single
67 12/04/1790 Robert SPARHAM Widower Swafield Anne BAKER Single
68 13/02/1792 Richard RICHARDSON Single Anne PILGRIM Widow
69 14/10/1793 George THIXSON Single Hannah ROBERTS Single
70 01/08/1794 Charles CROPLEY Single Anne YOUNGS Single
71 01/08/1794 William PULL Single Susannah GRIMES Single
72 20/10/1794 John ROLF Single Mary SMITH Single
73 11/11/1794 Jonathan THOMPSON Single Sarah SILVEY Single
74 23/02/1796 John FRENCH Single Aylsham Sarah BUSTONS Single
75 10/05/1796 Benjamin HELSDEN Single Antingham Ann DOUGHTY Single
76 22/12/1796 John CHAMBERLAYNE Widower Diana REYNOLDS Single
78 11/03/1799 John BENSLEY Single Anne NEAL Single
79 21/10/1799 William PESTELL Single Brunstead Sarah ENGLAND Single
80 02/12/1799 Robert CLIPPERTON Single Mary SIMMONS Single
17/11/1800 Thomas CLIPPERTON Single Elizabeth NEAL Single
81 04/08/1801 Jonathan THOMPSON Single Mary DOUGHTY Single
82 27/05/1803 William SUFFOLK Single Sarah THOMSON Single
83 16/08/1805 Robert HARMER Single Sarah SEAMANS Single
84 17/03/1806 James FARROW Single Susanna FISKE Single
85 13/10/1806 James BARBER Single Lydia MILLS Single
86 26/10/1806 John CLARK Single Susan PULL Single
87 01/11/1806 James CLIPPERTON Single Hannah OLLEY Single
89 07/05/1808 William SHREEVE Single Lydia THOMPSON Single
88 10/05/1808 James BENSLEY Single Sarah IVES Single
90 15/11/1808 John TOPS Single Susanna BRETT Single
91 01/12/1808 Samuel NEALE Widower Ann GOODWIN Single
92 29/12/1808 Stephen RICE Single Mary WILKENS Single
93 13/10/1809 William BURGESS Single Edingthorpe Hannah HOLMES Single
94 20/09/1811 Peter Edward TAMIN Single St Botolph Bishopsgate, City Of London Lydia CATTERMOLE Single
95 20/01/1812 Benjamin GEE Single Ann GRICE Single
96 23/11/1812 Daniel ROLL Single Ann ALLISON Single
1 10/05/1813 Thomas CURTIS Single Phillis FUNNELL Single
2 23/11/1813 John STEARMAN Single Hannah LEE Single
3 29/11/1813 William SAUNDERS Single Mary THOMSON Single
4 07/02/1815 John NEALE Widower Judith SWITHEN Single
5 01/07/1816 William GEE Single Ann CROPLEY Single
6 08/11/1816 James GIBBONS Widower Mundesley Hannah SUFFOLK Single
7 18/12/1816 James CURTIS Single Esther NAVE Single
8 30/12/1816 John SUSSINS Single Trunch Lydia CROPLEY Single
9 18/03/1817 Charles FULLER Single Mary CLARK Single
10 27/10/1817 Robert BENSELY Single Mary KEELER Single
11 19/11/1817 William PULL Single Hannah GEE Single
12 19/02/1818 Joseph CARR Single Emma PRATT Single
13 19/05/1818 Joseph LACOCK Single Ann SHALES Single
14 02/03/1819 John LEE Single Sarah FULLER Single
15 26/01/1820 Samuel TUNGATE Single Leverington, Cambridgeshire Sarah BENSLEY Single
16 11/11/1820 John MARLER Single Mary NOCKOLDS Single
17 15/11/1820 Austin CLIPPERTON Single Ann DRURY Single
18 21/12/1820 Thomas HAYHOE Widower Colby Mary ROBERTS Single
19 27/06/1821 George WARD Widower Ann CROPLEY Widow
20 06/08/1821 George RICHARDSON Single Mary GRIMSHAW Single
21 20/05/1823 William SHALES Widower Mary BENSLY Single
22 02/08/1824 Robert THURTLE Single Susanna PULEY Single
23 17/11/1825 John LONG Single St Margaret, Norwich Mary COOK Single
24 03/05/1826 Henry LEAKEY Single Edingthorpe Charlotte GEE Single
25 15/05/1826 John GRIMSHAW Single Matilda SPENDLOVE Single
26 30/05/1826 James Earl GAZE Single Mary Elizabeth JARVIS Single
27 26/12/1826 Samuel NEAL Widower Susanna COLMAN Single
28 13/05/1827 William Mayes BOND Single East Dereham Maria GAZE Single
29 12/10/1827 Joseph STEWARD Single Margaret NUDD Single
30 14/10/1827 Benjamin NEWSTEAD Single Mary BARKER Single Knapton
31 21/10/1827 Joseph SPOONER Single Phoebe NEWMAN Single Overstrand
32 07/11/1827 James GRAY Single Hannah CHAMBERLIN Single
33 09/11/1827 William HOWES Single Hickling Mary Ann FORROW Single
34 13/10/1828 John BUMFRY Single Hannah AMISS Single
35 09/12/1828 John CHAPMAN Single Filby Mary Ann FRANCIS Single
36 03/11/1829 William BAKER Single Elizabeth BULLAMORE Widow
37 07/02/1830 John GOLDSPRING Single Ann CARTER Single
38 16/09/1830 William SWAN Single Sarah FULLER Single
39 13/10/1830 William YAXLEY Single Maria SWAN Single
40 15/12/1830 Stephen TURNER Single Mary FULLER Single
41 25/01/1831 Robert HUBBERD Single Phillis HAGGITH Single
42 22/04/1831 Thomas ROBERTS Single Mary GRAVER Single
43 05/08/1831 Henry CLIPPERTON Single Elizabeth STYGALL Single
44 15/11/1831 William WRIGHT Single Sophia KEELER Single
45 03/01/1832 Robert HEWITT Single Sarah Ann DURRANT Single
46 17/04/1832 Richard PYGALL North Walsham Elizabeth FORROW Single
47 04/11/1832 George MACE Single Margaret BENSLEY Single
48 24/12/1833 John AMIES Single Trunch Rhoda WRIGHT Single
49 24/12/1833 William BENSLEY Single Elizabeth BULLAMORE Single Bradfield
50 07/04/1834 Stephen RICE Single Elizabeth WRIGHT Single
51 28/05/1834 John PAGE Single Holt Mary DURRANT Single
52 21/09/1834 William LARTER Single Mundesley Elizabeth GAZE Single
53 15/10/1834 Thomas NEAL Single Sarah GIBBONS Single
54 21/10/1834 Frederic CLIPPERTON Single Sarah BENSELY Single
55 04/01/1836 Thomas FRANCIS Widower Ann SUSSENS Widow Trunch
56 18/10/1836 Joseph STEWARD Widower Elizabeth LINES Single
57 18/01/1837 Robert BURTON Single Mary Ann LONG Widow
58 14/02/1837 John NEAL Single Ann CUSTANCE Single Mundesley

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