England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Wingfield lies in the extreme north of Suffolk not too far from its border with neighbouring Norfolk. Wingfield is situated about 4 miles south of the Norfolk town of Harleston and a mile north of the B1118 road which connects Diss in Norfolk with Stradbroke. Wingfield is a rather dispersed settlement with most properties lying on a "T" shaped set of lanes to the north of the B1118, Church Road forming the axis of that shape. Wingfield is notable for its 14th century castle, remains of which lies to the northwest of the church, it was given license, granted to the De La Pole family, to crenallate in 1384. Like most Suffolk parishes Wingfield was, and still is, an arable farming community based on the fertile soils and gentle terrain of the county. A small stream drains northeastwards the short distance to join the River Waveney, here forming the county borderm which heads east to reach the North Sea through Great Yarmouth. Wingfield is sited at around 40 metres, as is much of the land hereabouts once away from the Waveney Valley, land gently rises southeastwards to reach almost 60 metres to the southeast of Stradbroke. Wingfield parish was fairly typically sized for this area, covering almost 2,500 acres it would have supported close to 650 parishioners. In Domesday times Wingfield was an important settlement in the largest 20% of places recorded in that tome, it was shared largely between Robert Malet and Ely Abbey and could boast an impressive 19 ploughs as awell as extensive meadows & woodland. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 |
14th October 1755 - 12th October 1812 |
Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC84/D/1/4 |
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 | 12th January 1813 - 19th January 1837 | Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC84/D/1/6 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Fressingfield
St Peter & St Paul
Stradbroke All Saints |
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Hoxne
St Peter & St Paul
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Stradbroke
All Saints
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Stradbroke
All Saints
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