Runhall All Saints

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Runhall All Saints

The Parish

The parish of Runhall lies in central Norfolk roughly 5 miles northwest of the market town of Wymondham. Runhall sits just under 2 miles east of the B1135 road which connects Wymondham with East Dereham. Runhall is a small and rather dispersed settlement with no real village centre merely a scatter of farms and cottages across its small acreage. Runhall sits on the northern banks of the upper River Yare, the infant river gives the parish some water-meadows for pasturage which would have varied the farming regime from the normal arable which otherwise dominates the parish. Modern developments did come to the parish, a railway branch line from Wymondham through East Dereham came but nowadays is a heritage line as the Mid-Norfolk Line, albeit with some freight and plans to return the line to the network. The Yare drains the parish eastwards, passing by the city of Norwich to reach the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Runhall is sited around 40 metres above the sea in fairly gentle terrain where local heights rarely rise much above 60 metres. The area is characterised by numerous small parishes, Runhall being one of many, covering barely 850 acres it would have supported a population of close to 250 parishioners. In Domesday time Runhall was an equally small place, held by Count Alan of Brittany with just 3 ploughs meanwhile King William retained control of the mill.

The Church

All Saints' church lies somewhat away from the notional centre of Runhall, almost a half mile to the southeast, close to the Yare and sitting on the northern side of Church Lane. The presence of a round-tower in Norfolk is usually indicative of an early church and Pevsner confirms this dating the tower to the Norman Romanesque period of the 12th century, he does, however, mention documentary evidence of bequests in and around 1500 which contributed to the belfry stage in the Perpendicular style. The nave shows work consistent with a date of c1300 in the early Decorated period. The foreshortened length of the church is because the chancel was destroyed by fire in the late 16th century and the former chancel arch walled up as it was not rebuilt. Like most churches a Victorian restoration, in this case in the late 1860s which not only saw a refresh of the fabric & windows but also, a couple of years subsequent, saw the roofs replaced. Church Road is fairly narrow and wooden posts prevent parking on the mown verge so parking must be sought away from the church, the entrance through the hedged churchyard sits adjacent to a private dwelling's gravel drive. Once within the churchyard has few obstacles to the photographer.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	18th February 1755 - 11th December 1811	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD319/4	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	21st September 1813 - 22nd January 1837	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD319/5	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

Thuxton St Paul	Brandon Parva All Saints	Brandon Parva All Saints
Thuxton St Paul		Barnham Broom St Peter & St Paul
Hardingham St George	Coston St Michael	Barnham Broom St Peter & St Paul

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
	15/01/1754	William	BARNES			Sarah	CRISP
1	18/02/1755	Dewing	FOX		Barford	Rebekah	LANE
2	27/07/1756	Robert	BETTS	Widower	Barnham Broom	Frances	TOOKE	Widow
3	20/06/1758	John	THURLING			Shippa	JOHNSON
	22/10/1760	Mark	SMITH			Ellen	BURRIDGE
	11/01/1763	Nathaniel	STAG	Single		Elizabeth	PITCHER	Single
	18/01/1763	James	BRIDGE	Single		Elizabeth	POOLEY	Single
	16/10/1764	William	ORTON	Single	Brandon Parva	Sarah	HOWARD	Single
	24/12/1764	Isaac	DAYNES	Single		Martha	FISHER	Single
	09/10/1765	Richard	THURLING	Single		Sarah	PITCHER	Single
	22/10/1765	Samuel	PETTINGILL	Widower		Anne	HARLEY	Single
	09/02/1767	Samuel	ROSE	Widower		Anne	HIPPERSON	Widow
	27/02/1767	Christopher	HUMPHREY	Single		Mary	STOCKMAN	Single
	20/07/1767	Jeremiah	SWANSCOMB	Widower		Anne	BUSH	Single
	16/05/1768	Robert	JENNET	Single		Elizabeth	BRIGHTON	Single
	06/10/1768	James	RUSHMORE	Single		Elizabeth	BARNARD	Single
	12/10/1768	John	NEAVE	Single		Sarah	PITCHER	Single
	01/08/1770	John	BEALES	Single		Hannah	JOHNSON	Single
	27/09/1771	Charles	UTTING	Single	Carleton St Peter	Mary Anne	WHAITES	Single
	13/10/1774	Francis	NORTON	Single		Elizabeth	KING	Single
	16/10/1775	Edward	TUCK	Single		Sarah	SMITH	Single
	12/12/1775	Thomas	HORKS	Single		Elinor	FEANUCKS	Single
	19/02/1776	Thomas	MARSHALL	Widower		Ellen	SMITH	Widow
	03/08/1778	John	CROWE	Single		Sarah	CORY	Single
	16/10/1778	Robert	BUSSY	Single		Judah	HOLMES	Single
	27/01/1783	Richard	PITCHER	Single		Anne	HAYTHORPE	Single
	10/10/1783	Thomas	CURBY	Single	Tottington	Sarah	MAN	Single
	27/10/1783	John	STOUGHTON	Widower		Mary Freemoult	FORSTER	Single
	09/10/1786	Francis	REYNOLDS	Single		Mary	PETTINGALL	Single
	24/10/1786	George	GOLDSON	Single	Hardingham	Shippey	THURLING	Single
	22/01/1787	Daniel	PITCHER	Single		Hester	LIDDELOW	Single
	24/02/1788	Stephen	ELMER	Single		Anne	LINCOLN	Single
	17/03/1789	John	FIELDER	Widower	Mattishall	Elizabeth	PETTINGALL	Single
	25/08/1791	Robert	THURLING	Single		Muriel	BROOKES	Single
	22/04/1793	Edward	JENNY	Single	Wood Rising	Elizabeth	NEAVE	Single
	15/09/1795	Richard	RICE	Single	Reymerston	Sarah	NAVE	Single
	25/04/1797	Henry	NELSON	Single		Mary	HOWLET	Single
	04/12/1797	John	CLARKE	Single		Mary	DRAPER	Single
	24/12/1798	William	PALMER	Single		Hannah	BLOCKWELL	Single
	30/10/1800	John	OSBORN	Single	Carleton Rode	Mary	MURRELL	Single
	07/05/1801	John	HUBBARD	Single	Brandon Parva	Mary	CULLYER	Single
	25/03/1802	William	ATKINS	Single	Attleborough	Elizabeth	SPORE	Single
	20/05/1802	John	ROWE	Single		Elizabeth	NORTON	Single
	07/12/1804	Thomas Coningsby	WATSON	Single	Kimberley	Harriet	SPORE	Single
	08/10/1805	John	EMMS	Single	Mattishall	Susanna	PETTINGALL	Single
	07/08/1806	John	TAYLOR	Single		Mary	RUDD	Single
	23/10/1806	John	BROWN	Single		Isabel	BASSINGWAITE	Single
	02/02/1807	William	JACKSON	Single	North Tuddenham	Phebe	NORTON	Single
	13/10/1808	William	BROWNE	Single		Hannah	PITCHER	Single
	26/11/1811	Benjamin	BRIGGS	Single	Brandon Parva	Olla	CULLYER	Single
	11/12/1811	William	BROWNE	Single		Sarah	COLLS	Single	Welborne
1	21/09/1813	Jeremiah	SMITH	Single		Charlotte	HOWE	Single
2	25/10/1813	Henry	DENMARK	Single		Hannah	OLLY	Single
3	13/02/1814	Jeremiah	SAYER	Single		Elizabeth	HAWKES	Single
4	10/06/1818	William	HAYSTEAD	Single		Mary	BARKHAM	Single
5	03/10/1819	William	SUTTON	Single	Brandon Parva	Elizabeth	BUNTING	Single
6	19/03/1822	Thomas	GILHAM	Single	Hethersett	Harriett	THURLING	Single
7	14/04/1822	William	BUNTING	Single		Mary	ALLEN	Single
8	15/07/1822	William	BOUGHEN	Single	Whinburgh	Sarah	FISHER	Single
9	18/10/1826	Edward	BENNETT	Widower		Mary	REEVE	Single
10	10/11/1828	John	WALPOLE	Single		Mary	OLLEY	Single
11	19/01/1832	Samuel	LONG	Single		Rose	OLLEY	Single
12	21/05/1832	James	BRIGGS	Single		Sarah	ALLCOCK	Single
13	21/02/1833	Robert	NELSON	Single		Matilda	SAVORY	Single
14	09/01/1834	Robert	GALEY	Single		Ann	SMITH	Single
15	13/02/1834	John	ANTHONY	Single	Coston	Barthalina	PALMER	Single
16	18/11/1834	Charles	MURRELL	Single		Hannah	PITCHER	Single
17	10/12/1834	James	BRIGHTLY	Single		Lydia	OLLY	Single
18	10/12/1834	John	OLLY	Widower		Lucy	HAWKES	Single
19	28/01/1836	Robert	REEVE	Single		Mary	WRIGHT	Widow
20	25/02/1836	Jonathan	JACOB	Single		Harriet	OLLEY	Single
21	10/05/1836	Robert	LIDDELOW	Single	Barnham Broom	Harriete Marianne	ATKINS	Single
22	15/12/1836	John	NEVE	Single		Elizabeth	MEEK	Single
23	22/01/1837	William	BROWN	Single	Carleton Forehoe	Ann	FORD	Single

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