Tottington St Andrew

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Tottington St Andrew

The Parish

The parish of Tottington is located in western Norfolk, the parish is now inaccessible to the general public as it lies sequestered in the STANTA battle area managed by the the British Army. During World War II the area including the village of Tottington was commandeered as part of the war effort as a tank training area, the villages were cleared and resettled apart from a few farmers required to manage the land. Tottington was only small village, with only just over 300 parishioners, and what remains is now only available to visit on escorted (and few) visits. The site of the village lies about a mile west of Norfolk's long distance trail "Peddars Way" and is classic Breckland, a land of sandy soils and heathlands set at about 30 metres above sea level. The parish covered just over 2,000 acres much of which was used to farm rabbits in warrenries or left to grazing, there was some arable but the soils were prone to wind-blow. Tottington receives two very detailed references (down to counts of animals) in Domesday Book where it supported 6 ploughs.

The Church

St Andrew's church is sited just west of the former road which once crossed between Croxton and Watton, now exclusively used by the military. It sits, as described by Pevsner as "forlorn" behind a chain-link fence. The roof has been recovered with thick steel plates to protect against accidental ordnance strikes, they resemble giant pantiles. The church follows a fairly standard pattern of western tower, nave & chancel but a tribute to the greater population size at one time is the presence of 4-bay arcades. Pevsner is unsure of the date of the church placing it on the cusp between Decorated and Perpendicular periods but as that was a somewhat variable date he settles for the document derived date in the mid 15th century. As is usual there was some Victorian restoration which also added a clerestory. The church behind its fence sits otherwise in rather open heathland in a graveyard which has been maintained, indeed some stones are still in receipt of the occasional flowered offering from descendants who were granted visits.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	9th October 1754 - 26th October 1812	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/157/5	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	6th January 1813 - 26th February 1837	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/157/6	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

Little Cressingham St Andrew	Threxton All Saints	Merton St Peter
Stanford All Saints		Thompson St Martin Stow Bedon St Botolph
Stanford All Saints	Croxton All Saints East Wretham St Ethelbert	East Wretham St Ethelbert

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	09/10/1754	William	GRAY	Single		Sarah	MORLEY	Single
2	07/10/1756	Matthew	LUSHER	Single		Elizabeth	BALLS	Single
3	16/12/1756	George	SALMON	Widower		Elizabeth	GALLANT	Widow
4	03/10/1758	William	BRIGGS	Single		Catherine	MAKEHAM	Single
5	23/03/1759	John	DURRANT	Widower	St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	Sarah	GALLANT	Widow
6	08/04/1760	Thomas	BURROUGHS	Single		Elizabeth	MACUM	Single
7	10/10/1760	Jonathan	EASTGATE	Single		Hannah	RUDLAND	Single
8	14/10/1760	Thomas	ADAMS	Single		Jane	JESSOP	Single
9	13/06/1761	John	HOWLETT	Single	Stanford	Sarah	VINCE	Single
10	11/10/1763	Martin	SUMMERS	Single		Anne	MACUM	Single
10	09/07/1764	John	ROBERSON	Widower		Elizabeth	WADE	Single
11	05/11/1764	William	LAKE	Single		Elizabeth	SALMON	Single
12	30/07/1765	John	RULE	Widower		Susannah	BAREFOOT	Single
13	03/12/1765	John	NEALE	Single		Catherine	SAY	Single	Swaffham
14	03/11/1766	William	FROST	Single	Threxton	Mary Anne	STOCKINGS	Single
15	09/02/1767	Samuel	FROST	Single	Stow Bedon	Elizabeth	COUSINGS	Single
16	20/04/1767	William	BROWNING	Single		Mary	OAKLEY	Single
17	12/08/1767	Benjamin	WHITETHREAD	Single		Anne	PLUMMER	Single
18	14/10/1767	George	CORNISH	Single		Anne	ROUTE	Single
19	21/03/1768	William	GRAY	Widower		Alice	LIST	Single
20	19/12/1768	Richard	SEAR	Single	Stanford	Sarah	RICKWOOD	Single
21	31/08/1769	Isaac	BLOMFIELD	Single		Sarah	HUBBARD	Single	Thompson
22	12/10/1769	Henry	BLACKBONE	Single		Elizabeth	PARMER	Single
23	21/11/1769	William	LAKE	Widower		Elizabeth	DUCKLING	Single
24	10/04/1770	John	THROWER	Single	Little Cressingham	Elizabeth	BARFOOT	Single
25	31/05/1770	Samuel	COBBEL	Single		Elizabeth	FISHPOOL	Widow
26	04/01/1773	John	RICHES	Single		Sarah	KNOPWOOD	Single
27	22/11/1773	Henry	CLARKE	Single	Illington	Mary	WITTERICK	Single
28	11/04/1774	William	COOPER	Single		Jane	DENNYS	Single
29	04/07/1774	William	WARBY	Single		Elizabeth	OLDFIELD	Single
30	19/09/1774	Isaac	WEAST	Single		Mary	BARTON	Single
31	05/10/1774	Robert	KEYMER	Widower	Plumstead	Elizabeth	KEYMER	Single
32	27/02/1775	John	BARFOOT	Single		Elizabeth	WARD	Single
33	05/06/1775	James	BEALES	Single		Jane	LEGGETT	Single
34	04/03/1776	John	BUNTON	Single		Rachel	ALLATON	Single
35	19/05/1776	William	GRAY	Widower		Elizabeth	DAY	Widow
36	14/12/1776	John	STIMPSON	Single		Hannah	WATSON	Single
37	20/01/1777	James	BEALES	Widower		Mary	KEYMER	Single
38	02/10/1777	Benjamin	WARNER	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Single
40	11/02/1779	William	CROWE	Single	St Giles, Norwich	Jane	KNOPWOOD	Single
41	09/03/1779	John	LOCKHART	Single		Jane	FISHPOLE	Single
42	26/04/1779	Edmund	FROST	Single		Mary	SHEPPARD	Single
43	12/12/1779	John	HERRING	Widower		Mary	WICKS	Widow
44	15/06/1780	William	WATSON	Single		Mary	PLEASANCE	Single
45	08/03/1782	William	ADAMS	Widower	Stanford	Virtue	WARD	Single	Stanford
46	21/10/1782	Israel	BUCKLE	Single		Elizabeth	CADGE	Single	Saham Toney
47	03/12/1782	Stephen	WINTER	Single		Hannah	FINCHAM	Single
48	18/09/1783	John	RUDD	Single		Elizabeth	BALLS	Single
49	08/11/1783	William	GEORGE	Single		Jane	SMITH	Single
50	28/06/1784	John	HERRING	Widower		Jane	LOCKHART	Widow
51	26/05/1785	William	ALLGATE	Widower		Mary	ROWNING	Widow
52	27/09/1785	Martin	SUMMERS	Widower		Susannah	RUDD	Widow
53	07/02/1786	Samuel	CALVER	Single		Ann	GUTTERIDGE	Single
54	21/02/1786	William	COCKS	Single		Elizabeth	MACKROW	Single
55	25/04/1786	William	HALL	Single	West Lexham	Sarah	GARLAND	Single
56	05/07/1786	George	WILLIAMS	Single		Hannah	ROUT	Single
57	16/05/1787	John	WILLIAMS	Single		Mary	MASH	Single
58	16/05/1787	John	LEGGETT	Single		Elizabeth	TAYLOR	Widow
59	03/10/1787	William	HOLMES	Widower		Elizabeth	CARLOW	Single
60	01/07/1788	Isaac	CHESNUT	Widower		Elizabeth	COOK	Single
61	16/09/1788	George	SECKER	Single		Ann	WHITETHREAD	Single
62	28/10/1788	John	SMITH	Single		Mary Ann	FROST	Single
63	13/10/1789	John	MACKROW	Single		Ann	BURROWS	Single
64	19/11/1789	John	AVIS	Single	Stanford	Sarah	BURTON	Single	Stanford
65	08/03/1791	Thomas	QUANTRELL	Single	Stanford	Margarett	TOWLER	Single
66	27/07/1791	Jacob	MACKROW	Single		Elizabeth	GOSS	Single
67	17/10/1791	Thomas	HINES	Single	Swaffham	Mary	LOCK	Single
68	26/10/1791	James	DANIELS	Single	East Wretham	Abigail	SUMMERS	Single
69	12/11/1792	Thomas	LEGGATE	Single		Martha	TAYLOR	Single
70	27/11/1792	James	HAZEL	Widower	Thompson	Mary Ann	FROST	Widow
71	14/01/1793	William	BOUGHEN	Single		Frances	MOSS	Single
72	23/09/1794	John	MACROW	Widower	Stanford	Mary	MACROW	Single	Stanford
73	20/11/1794	William	LAKE	Single		Rebecca	CHAPEL	Single
74	26/05/1795	Joseph	OSBORN	Single	Hockham	Sarah	RULE	Single
75	28/03/1797	William	MACKROW	Single	Stanford	Elizabeth	BLACKMAN	Single
76	26/06/1797	William	BOWDEN	Single		Jane	KID	Single
77	16/01/1798	Thomas	GOSS	Single		Hannah	BURROUGHS	Single
78	22/02/1798	John	PAIN	Single		Tabitha	TASH	Single	Threxton
79	28/05/1798	Robert	HOBS	Single	Watton	Maria	BURTON	Single	Stanford
80	07/10/1798	James	HOWES	Single	Thompson	Anne	FROST	Single
81	18/12/1798	John	CHILVERS	Single		Karenhappuch	KENNEDY	Single
82	03/03/1800	William	WARBY	Single		Elizabeth	BARRETT	Widow
83	25/05/1801	George	ALGATE	Single	Hockham	Elizabeth	WARD	Single
84	08/08/1802	James	DALTON	Widower	Watton	Susanna	MARSH	Single	Stanford
85	12/10/1802	John	OLDFIELD	Single		Hannah	LAKE	Single
86	28/02/1803	John	BLACKMAN	Single		Mary	STUBBINGS	Widow
87	03/05/1803	Matthew	DICKASON	Single		Hannah	CHILVERS	Single
88	21/06/1803	Thomas	MALLOWS		Stanford	Mary	BLACKMAN	Single
89	16/09/1803	James	MARSH	Single	Stanford	Ann	BRAME	Single	Stanford
90	23/04/1804	William	HOLMES	Widower		Mary	RANSOM	Widow
91	02/12/1804	Greenwood	CHILVERS	Widower		Mary	RULE	Single
92	26/03/1805	William	CALTON	Single	Little Cressingham	Ann	BURTON	Single
93	22/07/1805	Thomas	NAPTHEN	Single		Susan	KNIGHTS	Single
94	09/05/1807	Robert	TOWLER	Single		Hannah	CAVILLE	Single
95	15/11/1808	William	COCKS	Single		Elizabeth	WOLSEY	Single
96	05/12/1808	Joseph	FISH	Widower	Stanford	Sarah	BRUNTON	Widow	Stanford
97	18/09/1809	Henry	EDWARDS	Widower	Hockham	Rebecca	BLYE	Single
98	13/10/1809	Thomas	BUNN	Single	Stanford	Elizabeth	FULLER	Single	Stanford
99	16/10/1809	John	KIRBY	Single		Anne Julia	LATHAM	Single
100	05/03/1810	William	CHILVERS	Single		Charlotte	BALLS	Single
101	05/11/1810	William	HERRING	Single		Susannah	WATSON	Single
102	03/04/1812	Thomas	SHARLING	Single		Susanna	GEORGE	Single
	26/10/1812	Thomas	NUNN	Single		Hannah	WATSON	Single
1	06/01/1813	John	WARREN	Single		Elizabeth	CHILVERS	Single
2	12/10/1813	William	MARKWELL			Jane	HERRING
3	12/10/1813	George	LETTLE			Elizabeth	COCKS
4	26/10/1813	James	WARBY			Margaret	BARRETT
5	02/11/1813	John	WATSON	Single		Elizabeth	MAYHEW
6	02/11/1813	John	STYMPSON			Jane	DALTON
7	26/02/1815	James	BILLING		Emneth	Sarah	JOHNSON		Outwell
8	21/11/1815	William	HERRING	Widower		Mary	CROOK	Single
9	19/02/1816	William	BALY	Single		Elizabeth	ASHMAN	Single
10	01/04/1817	Robert	CHILVERS	Single		Amy	LARGE	Single
11	09/12/1817	George	OLDFIELD	Single		Elizabeth	WARBY	Single
12	12/01/1818	Edmund	BENNETT	Single		Mary	COX	Single
13	26/02/1818	James	QUANTRELL	Single	Stanford	Sarah	LOCKWOOD	Single
14	10/11/1818	Henry	STUBBINGS	Single	Stanford	Mary Ann	NUNN	Single
15	16/11/1818	James	MACROW	Single	Stanford	Susannah	WARBY	Single
16	02/04/1821	John	OSBORNE	Single		Ann	COX	Single
17	05/11/1821	Robert	EASTER	Single		Mary	RUDD	Single
18	07/12/1821	George	MUNNINGS	Single		Ann	WYARD	Single
19	29/01/1822	James	BUSH	Single		Rebecca	SWATMAN	Single
20	19/02/1822	Samuel	HOWLING	Single		Mary Ann	BARRETT	Single
21	04/11/1822	Henry	MACROW	Single	Stanford	Maria	PEARSE	Single	Stanford
22	13/01/1823	Robert	QUANTRELL	Single		Mary	PAYNE	Single
23	29/04/1823	Robert	BYE	Single		Sarah	HERRING	Single
24	06/05/1823	Simon	WATSON	Single		Sarah	ALLEN	Single
25	03/11/1823	Thomas	MACROW	Single		Jane	PARKER	Single
26	07/06/1824	Robert	COX	Single		Ellen	CROMPTON	Single
27	02/11/1824	Richard	STUBBINGS	Single	Stanford	Sarah	MACROW		Stanford
28	14/02/1825	John	WARBY	Single		Hannah	OLDFIELD	Single
29	07/03/1825	John	RUDD	Single		Elizabeth	PAYNE	Single
30	25/07/1825	William	MACROW	Single		Mary	WALKER	Single	Stanford
31	09/10/1825	Thomas	MACROW	Single		Harriot	THOMPSON	Single
32	11/10/1825	Robert	BARRET	Single		Mary Anne	SHIP	Single
33	13/03/1826	Joseph	OSBORNE	Widower		Alice	WARREN	Single
34	15/09/1826	Jacob	HUNT	Single	Thompson	Jane	BALLS	Single
35	16/11/1827	Edmund	THURSTON	Single		Susan	MUNNINGS	Single
36	07/12/1827	Thomas	HAYLOCK	Single	West Tofts	Sarah	NALLS	Single
37	05/01/1828	Robert	CHESTON	Single		Sarah	CHURCH	Single
38	10/01/1828	Henry	OVERTON	Single		Elizabeth	RUDD	Single
39	15/02/1828	Christmas	HUNT	Single		Elizabeth	WORBY	Single
40	31/07/1830	Robert	FISHER	Single	Thompson	Mary	BOUGHEN	Single
41	24/12/1830	William	CUNNINGHAM	Widower	Stanford	Anne	WATERS	Widow	Stanford
42	24/07/1831	John	BOUGHEN	Single		Honor	WHITEHAND	Widow
43	12/09/1831	John	NETTLESHIP	Single		Susan Louisa	BOUGHEN	Single	Watton
44	12/10/1831	James	CHINNERY	Single		Mary Ann	HOWLING	Single
45	30/12/1831	Jacob	MACROW	Single		Kerenhappuch	CHILVERS	Single
46	07/04/1832	William	RENELLS	Single		Elizabeth	LITTLE	Widow
47	20/04/1832	Robert	WALKER	Single	Stanford	Ellen	COCKS	Widow	Stanford
48	12/06/1832	Henry	BARRETT	Single	Beachamwell	Elizabeth	BROOKS	Single
49	10/12/1832	John	SWETMAN	Single		Anne	MACROW	Single
50	21/04/1833	James	BUSH	Single		Sarah	CHILVERS	Single
51	16/07/1833	Edmund	CROWE	Single	Hockham	Sarah	BYE	Widow
52	23/08/1834	Joseph	STURGIN		Stanford	Harriot	BAKER
53	26/08/1834	Ambrose	WILLIAMS	Single		Sarah	WATERS	Single
54	28/10/1834	John	BLACKBONE	Single		Mary	QUARDLING	Single
55	01/12/1834	Michael	WALKER	Single		Sarah	GOSS	Single
56	07/07/1835	James	MACROW	Single		Mary Ann	LITTLE	Single
57	19/09/1835	Henry	HERRING	Single		Ann	MACROW	Widow
58	14/01/1836	Francis	BARKER	Single		Sarah	STAR	Single
59	15/10/1836	Cooper	MACROW	Single	Stanford	Susannah	BOWERS	Single
60	04/11/1836	James	OLDFIELD	Single		Hannah	STURGEON	Single
61	09/11/1836	Joseph	FROST	Single		Maria	BLACKBONE	Single
62	01/01/1837	Robert	MATTLESS	Single	Watton	Jemima	PARKER	Single
63	18/02/1837	Isaac	BROWNE	Single	Hockham	Sarah Anne	BOWERS	Single
64	26/02/1837	Thomas	GOSS	Single		Martha	JOHNSON	Single

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