England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of North Wootton lies in the extreme west of Norfolk, indeed it forms part of Norfolk's coat with The Wash. North Wootton, at the time of this transcript, was a small village located about 3 miles north of the port of King's Lynn; in recent times North Wootton has grown substantially as a suburb of that port and hosing is contiguous with the northern edge of King's Lynn. North Wootton is located about 1 mile north of the A148 road which connects King's Lynn with the market town of Fakenham. North Wootton is sited on the edge of the coastal marshes for The Wash and there is much land to its west which has been reclaimed from the sea, the main economic activity would have been pastoral farming on these grazing marshes. As North Wootton was an edge settlement there is also a small area of heath & common on the poor soils of the local carrstone within the parish. A series of man-influenced ditches and drains take the run-off from the parish into both Wash and River Great Ouse. North Wootton is sited at just 5 metres above sea level and much of the western portion of the parish is at or even below that mark, the east rises gently but to no great height. The extent of grazing marshes made North Wootton a large sized parish for its area, it covered just over 1,800 acres and would have supported a population of just over 200 parishioners. In Domesday times North Wootton was held directly by the King himself; despite being a small place offering just 2 ploughs it had and impressive 14 salthouses in common with its southern neighbour, South Wootton with which it was returned. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 2nd October 1755 - 19th October 1812 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/614/4 | 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 | 11th November 1813 - 10th April 1837 | Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD/614/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Wolferton
St Peter
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Wolferton St
Peter
Castle Rising St Lawrence |
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South Wootton
St Mary
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Castle
Rising St Lawrence
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