England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Shotesham All Saints, there are two parishes supporting the current village (All Saints & St Mary) and there were formerly 4, is located in southeastern Norfolk. Shotesham is located about 6 miles south of the city of Norwich. Shotesham is a small and rather linear village sited in the valley of a small tributary of the River Tas. Shotesham sits, in lanes, about 3 miles east of the A140 road which connects Norwich with Ipswich. The area, at the time of this transcript, would have been principally used for arable agriculture and little has changed the parish being dominated by large cereal fields. Shotesham is, as indicated, drained by a tributary of the Tas to the northwest, this flows onwards to meet the Yare south of Norwich before reaching the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Shotesham is sited at around 20 metres above the sea and the area is gently undulating to local heights of little more than 20 metres higher. Shotesham All Saints parish was of a fairly typical size for the area, it covered around 1,500 acres and would have supported a population near to 600 parishioners. In Domesday times Shotesham (including St Mary) has a formidable 13 entries reflecting the scattered nature of its holdings, collectively it could offer an impressive 48 ploughs, small meadows & woodlands plus 2 mills. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 14th October 1754 - 10th August 1812 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/384/4 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | A florid handwriting style makes it possible a few misreads may have been made |
2 | 8th November 1813 - 10th December 1835 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/384/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Shotesham
St Mary
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Stoke
Holy Cross
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Poringland
All Saints
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Shotesham
St Mary
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Howe St
Mary
Brooke St Peter |
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Saxlingham
Nethergate St Mary the Virgin
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Hempnall
St Margaret
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