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

 

The Parish

The parish of Weasenham All Saints lies in the western part of central Norfolk about 6 miles southwest of the market town of Fakenham. The twin small villages of Weasenham All Saints & Weasenham St Peter lie on the A1065 road which connects Fakenham with Swaffham, All Saints being the more southern of the two. A typical small Norfolk arable village, Weasenham All Saints had almost 3/4s of its acreage set to cereals according to descriptions in early gazetteers and little has changed for this rural area. Weasenham All Saints sits on slightly higher ground, for Norfolk with streams draining northeastwards to join the infant Wensum near to Fakenham, thence through Norwich, joining the Yare and reaching the North Sea through the port of Great Yarmouth. Weasenham All Saints is sited at around 80 metres above the sea on something of a local high point with land mostly gently falling away in all directions. The parish was fairly typically sized for its area, central Norfolk parishes being marginally larger than to the east, covering just under 2,000 acres it would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times the twin parishes were recorded as a single entry, one being in the hands of King William, the other with William de Warenne, collectively they could muster 7 ploughs and a pair of small meadows.


The Church

All Saints' church sits immediately west of the A1065 set into Church Lane. The church is a mere remnant of its former glory and largely the result of a 20th century rebuild. Originally a typical Norfolk church in a mixture of Decorated & Perpendicular styles the church met with a mishap in 1653 when the tower collapsed,, rather than rebuilding the church was shortened and consisted simply of nave & chancel with aisles. Traces remain of the earlier fabric, from the 14th century remains the southern doorway and the northern aisle arcade whilst the southern porch is of the 15th century and restored Perpendicular style windows remain on the northern face. All else dates from a rebuild of period 1905 - 1906 which largely rebuilt the church in its present form. Church Lane is fairly narrow so care when parking is needed, the churchyard is relatively open and uncluttered with few obstacles to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
 27th January 1755 - 13th August 1781
 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD127/1a
 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
Fading of this register may lead to a few misreads

NB this register is bound, together with its successor, into the extant composite register all being recorded as a single archival deposit
2 6th December 1784 - 2nd November 1812 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD127/1b 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

NB this register is bound, together with its predecessor, into the extant composite register all being recorded as a single archival deposit
3 26th April 1813 - 1st November 1836 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD127/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Rougham St Mary
Weasenham St Peter
Wellingham St Andrew
Rougham St Mary
Wellingham St Andrew
West Lexham St Nicholas
West Lexham St Nicholas
East Lexham St Andrew
Litcham 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 27/01/1755 Thomas CRISPE Widower Elizabeth SHINN Single
2 16/05/1756 Christmas PLUM Single Rose PAGE Single
3 22/08/1756 Robert BOYDEN Widower Elizabeth EGLINGTON Single
4 22/09/1756 Mole BILLING Single Mary BOWMAN Single
5 23/09/1756 James COKER Single West Raynham Ann CLAXTON Single
6 17/10/1756 Matthew TUFFS Single Hester BIRCHAM Tittleshall With Godwick
7 02/05/1757 William FIDGETT Single Fakenham Elizabeth CRISP Single
8 03/05/1759 Thomas WITHERS Widower Frances MITCHELL Widow
9 12/11/1759 William GOODING Single Castle Acre Susanna SAFELY Single
10 25/11/1759 Henry WHITMORE Single Rachael BARMSTONE Single
11 04/05/1760 Edmond LAKE Single Elizabeth WHITMORE Single
12 21/11/1760 John BILLING Single Sarah CUSHIN Single
13 13/01/1761 Thomas JARVIS Single Elizabeth BILLING Single
14 21/09/1761 Henry WHITMORE Widower Mary NIGHTINGALE Widow
15 10/10/1762 William BRUNTON Single Mary GOODBODY Single
16 17/10/1762 Thomas BONE Single Judith HOWELL Single
17 18/10/1763 John WILSON Single Alice GOODBODY Single
18 08/11/1763 Martin ABBY Single Little Massingham Ann PIERCY Single
19 13/10/1764 William SAFELY Single Mary GAGE Single
20 14/07/1765 Thomas WOODS Single Elizabeth PARNELL Single Wells Next The Sea
21 06/05/1766 Samuel WILSON Single Swanton Morley Mary PRATT Single
22 13/10/1766 John ALEFLEET Single Hillington Elizabeth KEW Single
23 31/10/1766 Christopher BULLEN Widower Mary WHITMORE Single
24 08/03/1767 Elijah BILLING Single Anne ORMOND Single
25 28/04/1767 Robert GOODBODY Single Mary LARGE Single
26 02/07/1767 William SMITH Single Martha WHITMORE Single
27 21/10/1767 Benjamin BETTS Single Southacre Hannah KENT Single
28 27/10/1767 John BOND Single Mary VINSON Single
29 01/05/1768 John TENANT Single Alice HAGE
30 04/10/1768 Allen DRAKE Single Mary BRUNTON Single
31 13/10/1768 Isaac CLARK Single Lucy ATKINSON Single
32 21/11/1768 Edmund LAKE Single Mary EDWARDS Widow
33 27/12/1768 William CARR Single Mary HART Widow Weasenham St Peter
34 05/01/1769 Matthew TUFFS Widower Frances WHITMORE Single
35 03/09/1769 William BUCK Single Frances BURTON Single
36 28/09/1769 Thomas NEWTON Single Martha MECK Single
37 16/02/1770 John HEWER Single Anne BURTON Single
38 05/06/1770 Samuel BINCROFT Single Hannah WRIGHT Single
39 25/09/1770 John COREY Single Elizabeth KEY Single
40 08/12/1770 John SEPPINGS Single Brisley Pleasance PRATT Single
41 22/03/1771 William KENT Single Hannah MARTIN Single
42 04/04/1771 Thomas GARDENER Single Jane CARR Single
43 10/10/1772 William LAURENCE Single Alice CRISP Single
44 25/01/1773 Andrew BENNET Single Mary MORBY Single
46 17/04/1773 Charles CARR Single Ann DOCKING
47 17/04/1773 Edmond HALL Elizabeth JACKSON Single
45 18/04/1773 William GOODBODY Single Hester SMITH Single
48 24/05/1774 Robert SCATE Single Mary SECKER Single
49 28/07/1774 John DUFFIELD East Bradenham Mary EMERSON Weasenham St Peter
50 13/10/1774 Robert HAMOND Single Frances CUE Single
51 13/10/1774 Isaac EDWARDS Single Mary BRUNTON Single
53 03/04/1775 William JACKSON Single Elizabeth AKERS Single
54 10/04/1775 Edward MASON Single Mary WELLS Single
55 17/04/1775 John WHITMORE Widower Mary BILLING Widow
56 13/12/1775 Thomas MORECRAFT Single Sarah PRATT Single
57 01/09/1777 Robert CLAXTON Single Sarah STUART Single
58 27/10/1777 John SCRAPE Single Fring Elizabeth GARDNER Single
59 02/02/1778 Thomas TUFFS Single Margaret BULLEN Single
60 06/08/1779 Thomas CARR Single Margaret BALLS Single
29/09/1779 John DARE Single Mary HARRISON Single
06/06/1780 Thomas CULLEN Single Mary CRISP Single
25/12/1780 Edmund BUNTING Single Mary JOHNSON Single
13/08/1781 John HINSBY Single Rebecca KENNY Single
1 06/12/1784 James CARR Single Elizabeth POOLEY Single
2 28/06/1785 John JACKSON Single Anne BULLARD Single
3 03/10/1785 Thomas OUTLAW Widower Great Massingham Mary BULLARD Widow
4 07/10/1785 John KENNEY Single Helhoughton Alice REYNOLDS Widow
5 14/11/1785 Thomas SIMMONDS Single Lydia BULLING Single
6 09/10/1786 John LINCOLN Single Weasenham St Peter Alice BECKHAM Single
7 11/10/1786 John SALLOW Single Ann PILCH Single
8 11/12/1787 Thomas BILLING Single Elizabeth BLOIS Single
9 13/10/1788 William DAWSON Single Ann ROSE Single
10 14/04/1789 John BILLING Single Elizabeth STEELE Single
11 14/08/1789 Thomas GOODWIN Single Honor BILLAM Single
12 04/10/1789 Thomas HARPER Single Martha KENDAL Single
13 30/11/1789 John PIG Single Ann KENDAL Single
20/10/1791 Thomas BILLING Single Rebecca HANNANT Single
09/11/1791 John GREEN Single Martha BONE Single
05/07/1792 Francis MALLET Widower Toftrees Ann BRUNTON Single
23/07/1792 Thomas PILCH Single Elizabeth BONE Single Weasenham St Peter
15 15/10/1792 John ANNECK Single Weasenham St Peter Mary EDWARDS Widow
16 29/01/1793 Edmund WIX Single Elizabeth SMITH Single
17 23/09/1793 George SUSSHAM Single West Dereham Ann CLARKE Single Weasenham St Peter
18 25/12/1793 John GARDENER Single Mary BILLING Single
19 14/04/1794 Francis ATKINS Single Louth, Lincolnshire Jane MARTIN Single
20 18/07/1794 William HALL Single Rougham Elizabeth DOWLEY Single
21 02/12/1794 John GAGE Single Mary BUGG Single
22 05/10/1797 William BILLING Single Wellingham Hannah PURDY Single
23 22/05/1798 Thomas GOUT Single Diana MAVILLE Single
24 04/07/1799 James RAYNER Single Sarah BILLING
25 22/10/1799 Henry BILLING Single Hellen PURDY
26 09/10/1800 John BIRD Single Rougham Elizabeth REEDER Single
27 18/11/1800 Timothy BATTLEDORE Single Ann BLOIS Single
29 18/01/1802 William GREEN Single Elizabeth HAIR Single
27 22/04/1802 Joseph SMITH Single Rougham Mary MORECRAFT Single
28 26/07/1802 Thomas PARNELL Single Tittleshall With Godwick Hannah CARR Single
29 02/03/1803 John COOK Widower Elizabeth BUCK Single
30 03/03/1803 John BUNFIELD Widower Elizabeth SKEATE Widow
31 27/09/1803 Richard BEAR Single Ann BICKINGTON Single
32 25/10/1803 William HANNANT Single Lydia SCOLETON Single
33 22/11/1803 Thomas MACKRO Single Elizabeth BUNTING Single
34 05/12/1803 William LACK Single Elizabeth ASKER Single
35 11/01/1804 Dennis BRUNTON Single Mary WHITBY Single
36 24/12/1804 William BETHEROE Single Shipdham Susannah BUNTON Single
37 08/05/1805 Edward MASON Single Mary SMITH Single
38 15/06/1806 Thomas ROBINS Single Necton Ellen BACK Single
40 23/07/1806 Thomas TAYLOR Single Honor GOODWIN Widow
41 05/03/1810 James BATEMAN Single Elizabeth HILLEN Single
42 26/06/1810 William SHARPE Single Yaxham Mary HEWITT Single
43 14/08/1810 Robert STAPLETON Single Elizabeth BURCHAM Single
44 13/12/1810 Thomas WITHERS Single Ann FROST Single
45 24/10/1811 William PIRT Single Mary HASTINGS Single
46 02/11/1812 Robert SAVAGE Single Elizabeth SUTTON Single
1 26/04/1813 William DUNTON Single Great Fransham Martha THISTLE Single
2 22/08/1814 Robert STAPLETON Widower Mary BUNTING Single
3 08/09/1814 John SOFTLEY Single Mary GEORGE Single
4 12/12/1814 James WEBDELL Single Martha PASSONS Single
5 12/12/1814 Benjamin PEARCE Single Whissonsett Mary BUCK Single
6 28/12/1815 William SHORTEN Single Mary JOHNSON Single
7 13/08/1816 Abel EWEN Single Sarah HEATH Single Weasenham St Peter
8 29/08/1816 James BUCK Single Stiffkey Mary Ann SANCTUARY Single
9 19/09/1816 William DYE Widower Castle Acre Elizabeth GUNTON Single Weasenham St Peter
10 11/10/1816 John FROST Single Mary MANN Single
12 29/10/1816 Robert SMITH Single Anne BROWNE Single
13 25/11/1816 John DOWTY Single Weasenham St Peter Sarah HOWARD Single Weasenham St Peter
14 25/11/1816 Richard BELTON Single Weasenham St Peter Margaret DYE Single Weasenham St Peter
16 14/10/1817 William ASKER Single Sarah FRANKLIN
17 14/10/1817 Joseph COCK Single Susanna KENNEDY Single
18 17/11/1817 Edward BLADE Widower Great Massingham Dorothy DUFFIELD Widow
20 20/02/1818 Thomas Christmas PILCH Single Sophia LINN Single
21 02/11/1818 John DOLLMAN Single Elizabeth SOFTLEY Single
22 07/01/1819 William HUBBARD Widower Elizabeth WATLEY Single
23 06/04/1819 Robert PITCHER Single Bridget GOUT Single
24 09/11/1819 William STAGLES Single Mary GOLL Single
25 21/08/1820 John BUCK Single Lydia PERLAND Single
26 18/10/1820 William SMITH Single Mary MANNING Single
27 11/12/1820 William SILLIS Single East Rudham Anne BRUNTON Single
28 10/01/1821 William BUNTING Single Kings Lynn Elizabeth PEART Single
29 15/01/1821 James BLOY Single Ruth HARRISON Single
30 18/07/1822 James SHARPE Single Thornham Sarah Anne SHARPE Single
31 14/10/1822 Thomas SOFTLEY Single Elizabeth BEE Single
32 22/11/1822 David BLOY Single Hannah HARWOOD Single
33 25/03/1823 John WIX Single Mary Ann NICHOLLS Single
34 03/12/1823 Nathaniel PILCH Single Martha SUGGET Single
35 17/11/1825 Elijah WIX Single Margaret FISHER Single
36 06/10/1827 Walter BLUNT Nether Wallop, Hampshire Marian PEARCE
37 03/03/1828 James GOUT Single Harriet DIXON Widow
38 01/11/1828 John GREEN Single Mary ATKINS Single
39 06/11/1828 William GOUT Single Maria HARROWVEN Single
40 18/11/1828 Francis JECKELL Single Charlotte CARR Single
41 18/11/1828 John HALL Single Frances RICHES Single
42 16/02/1829 Thomas BELL Widower Sarah COX Single
43 13/03/1829 William BEAR Single Beeston Mary BEAR Single
44 14/11/1829 Edward OVERLAND Single Ann BATEMAN Single
45 05/04/1830 Thomas PILCH Widower Sarah GOODBODY Widow
46 00/00/1833 John SOFTLEY Single Charlotte BRUNTON Single
47 20/06/1833 James THOMPSON East Dereham Ann MARGARSON
48 18/12/1833 John DENT Single Sarah PEARSE Single
49 12/03/1834 William BEAR Single Ann DENT Single
50 03/07/1835 Henry JOPLIN Single East Rudham Barbara SMITH Single
51 14/03/1836 Edward OVERLAND Widower Jane STAMP Widow
52 13/08/1836 John EASTER Single Elizabeth SOFTLEY Widow
53 05/10/1836 Reuben John EAGLE Single Fakenham Eliza DODMAN
54 05/10/1836 Richard EAGLE Single Mary Ann BEARE
55 01/11/1836 George BRETTINGHAM Single Ann BEAR Single

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