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

 

The Parish

The parish of Worlingham is in extreme northeastern Suffolk, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Norfolk. Worlingham is sited in the valley of the River Waveney just east of the market town of Beccles, it is nowadays almost absorbed by that market town and forms its eastern portion. Worlingham formerly sat on the A146 road which links Beccles to Lowestoft but this has now been rerouted to the north to bypass the village. The parish is sited about 20 metres above sea-level with most of the settlement on raised ground above the floodplain of the Waveney. The parish is a mixture of arable, on the higher ground, and pasture, on the floodplain, farming. The parish is dominated by Worlingham Hall and it is perhaps indicative that the hall controlled population and settlement as a closed parish. Despite being a relatively large parish for Suffolk at just a little over 1,700 acres it only supported around 200 parishioners. Worlingham has been around for a long time, it gets no fewer than 4 mentions in Domesday Book (although there is undoubted repetition) where it supported 2 ploughs and was worth, as well as a cash sum, 1,000 herrings.


The Church

All Saints' church is sited adjacent to the former A146 road in the centre of the village, accessed through a memorial lychgate the church is on the south side of this road. Despite a typically Perpendicular tower it is difficult to assess the age of the majority of the church due to restoration effects in the Victorian era. The nave and chancel are heavily restored and this masks the original features of the building. Pevsner is particularly curt, dismissing the church in a couple of lines. Despite this lack of architectural credibility the building is attractive and clearly well-loved by the villagers.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 18th August 1754 - 5th October 1778 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 167/D/1/3
 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Entries in this register are intermingled with baptisms and burials and there is little or no use of "white-space" to segregate entries leading a to a possibility of omission
2 14th January 1782 - August 1809 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 167/D/1/4b Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 5 Register - the condition of this register is such that the transcript carries a "health warning" as to the likelihood of being substantially incorrect This register has suffered considerable physical damage and also suffers from extremely poor handwriting, entries have been omitted as they are physically not completely present sufficiently enough to make a transcript. Errors may also abound as a result of misreads - this piece should be treated with some caution
3 1809 - 1812 It is unclear whether any marriages occurred during this gap in register coverage
4 21st January 1813 - 4th November 1836 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 167/D/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Beccles St Michael
Aldeby St Mary, Norfolk
Aldeby St Mary, Norfolk
Beccles St Michael
North Cove St Botolph
Weston St Peter
Ellough All Saints
North Cove St Botolph

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
18/08/1754 James GOOCH Single Ditchingham, Norfolk Martha BARNES Single  
05/03/1755 William MILLER Single   Mary SAUNDERS Single  
27/04/1756 William WALE Single Ellough Elizabeth MUDD Widow  
06/07/1756 William CHAPMAN Single   Susan JEFFREY Single  
14/10/1756 Robert NEWDEGATE Single   Mary BRAME Single  
05/03/1758 John SMITH Single   Margaret POPE Single  
18/04/1758 Robert BROWN Single   Emma WEBBER Single  
07/01/1760 William FORMAN Single   Jerusha JEFFERIES Single  
16/02/1760 Thomas WILSON Single   Susanna CHARLES Single  
22/04/1760 Edmund ALLERTON Single   Mary EDMUNDS Single North Cove
29/05/1760 Thomas BRANSBY Single   Amy WOOD Single  
12/10/1760 John ALLIN Single   Elizabeth DURRANT Single  
14/01/1761 Nicholas BALDWIN Single Ilketshall St Andrew Hanna BARNES Single  
05/03/1761 Thomas LINCOLN Single   Elizabeth MILLS Single  
09/08/1762 Thomas GORBEL Single Benacre Mary FOREMAN Single  
11/11/1762 John RUTHEN Widower   Mary BARBER Single  
17/10/1764 Thomas GOODY Single Gorleston Dorothy BARNES Single  
18/10/1764 John SUTTON Single Ellingham, Norfolk Elizabeth PLEASANTS Single  
06/12/1764 John FRIER Single   Ann HOUSEAYGO Single  
21/04/1766 John SAYER Single Eye Mary TYRELL Single  
05/04/1767 Francis MUSK     Margaret HATTON    
15/10/1767 Edward BAUCHAM Single Homersfield Mary COOPER Single  
16/10/1767 Charles ALLERTON Single   Anne ALMONT Single  
19/11/1767 Benjamin BAKER   Beccles Charlotte BARNES    
26/03/1769 Richard CASSELL Single Beccles Ann BARNES Single  
11/10/1771 William CHAMBERS Single Henstead Margaret SYMONDS Single  
14/10/1772 Edward VINSON Single   Bridget BROWN Single  
01/11/1773 Charles WINYARD Single   Mary ELLIS Single  
26/09/1774 Daniel DAVY Single Beccles Mary SARE Single  
06/10/1776 William MARTIN     Hannah MAYHEW    
03/11/1777 James BALLS Single   Hannah VINCENT Single  
14/01/1778 William ALMONT Single   Elizabeth SEAR Single  
20/08/1778 John NORMAN Single Beccles Elizabeth ASKELS Single  
05/10/1778 Robert MARTIN Single   Sarah CLARK Single  
1 14/01/1782 William COSSEY Single   Phillis WINSON Single  
2 06/10/1782 James BROOKES Single St Mary, Bungay Amy BRANSBY Single  
3 27/07/1783 Joseph KEMP Widower   Elizabeth ALLERTON Single  
4 27/07/1784 Joshua POOLEY Single   Susan HINDES Single  
5 09/05/1785 Lewis COOK Widower   Elizabeth ALLEN Single  
6 23/08/1785 Richard FLOWERS Single Lowestoft Sarah CLARKE Single  
8 18/01/1787 Samuel SCRUTTON Single   Ann COLLINS Single  
9 02/07/1787 John BUNNYAN Single   Lydia TYRREL Single  
11 29/12/1788 Thomas PALGRAVE Single   Jemima GARDENER Single  
12 00/08/1789 John LINSTEAD Single Topcroft, Norfolk Elizabeth BUTTON Single  
14 17/09/1792 John MITCHEL Single   Elizabeth FLINT Single  
15 27/08/1794 James PARLANT Single Beccles Ann COCKRILL Single  
17 16/04/1795 Richard GENT Single North Cove Charlotte FOX Single  
18 28/03/1797 William John TALLANT Single Wrentham Lucy SUTTON Single  
20 27/08/1797 James ARTIS Single   Susan BRIGGS Single  
21 04/09/1797 George SUTTON Single   Mary HARDY Single  
22 31/05/1798 William GARDINER Single   Sarah SMITH Single  
23 12/11/1799 Thomas ALDRED Single   Sarah SAMPSON Single  
24 07/08/1802 John NICHOLLS Widower   Mary BROWN Single Beccles
25 00/10/1802 James SMITH Single   Sarah BETTS Single  
26 12/10/1803 Daniel FOREMAN Single   Jemima WARNES Single  
27 19/01/1804 Samuel SMITH Single   Elizabeth BRIGGS Single  
28 15/08/1804 Barnabas BOYCE Single   Ann CUSHION Single  
30 16/06/1806 John MYALL Single   Elizabeth WILSON Single  
32 26/01/1807 John PORTER Single Chedgrave, Norfolk Charlotte FLOWERS Single  
33 16/04/1807 George SUTTON Widower   Mary TAYLOR Widow  
35 03/01/1809 Thomas GREENGRASS Single   Sarah WYATT Single  
36 00/08/1809 William WYATT Single   Rebecca BRYANT Single  
1 21/01/1813 William BALLS Single Benacre Rebecca WARNS Single  
2 10/11/1813 John BRIGGS Widower   Hannah WOODS Widow  
3 02/04/1814 John GYETT Single Fulham, Middlesex Mary PIDGEON Single  
4 12/09/1815 Robert FLOWERS Single   Susannah WHITE Single  
5 14/11/1815 Benjamin SELF Single Wymondham, Norfolk Frances SMITH Single  
6 01/08/1816 Robert FLOWERS Single   Eleanor WARNES Single  
7 31/12/1816 James BURROWS Single   Rhoda CLARKE Single  
8 11/07/1817 Richard COLE Single Beccles Anna NORMAN Single  
9 13/10/1817 Robert WYATT Single   Mary Anne WARNES Single  
10 17/11/1818 James WYATT Single   Mary BALLS Single  
11 28/01/1819 William TILLS Single   Mary Anne GREEN Single Mutford
12 12/04/1819 William BALLS Single Barsham Mary WYATT Single  
13 19/03/1821 Charles BALLS Single Beccles Charlotte WYATT Single  
14 02/04/1822 James WYATT Single   Sarah SAMPSON Single  
15 11/04/1822 John BENTSLEY Single   Elizabeth CHIPPERFIELD Single Beccles
16 21/11/1822 Simon BALLARD Widower Mutford Rachel SMITH Single  
17 22/11/1824 John TAYLOR Widower   Sarah FLOWERS Single  
18 22/05/1825 Bartholemew MUSKE Widower   Elizabeth NORTON Single Beccles
19 24/05/1826 George Gibson DAVY   Hornby, Yorkshire Martha TACON    
20 06/04/1827 James HIPSON Single   Elizabeth CABEL Single  
21 03/09/1827 William FORROW Widower   Sarah PARSLEY Widow  
22 12/10/1827 William CLARK Single   Jane DANBROOK Single  
23 20/12/1827 George HADNUM Single   Anne CALVER Single  
24 20/04/1830 Robert WERROW Single   Elizabeth FOREMAN Single  
25 21/10/1830 William COPEMAN Single   Louisa MILLS Single  
26 09/02/1831 Robert GOLDSMITH Single   Mary Anne HOWES Single  
27 06/09/1831 Henry BLOWERS Single   Mary BENNS Single  
28 12/10/1831 Samuel PALLANT Single   Mary Anne EVES Single  
29 27/05/1832 George WEST Single   Elizabeth HADDINGHAM Single  
30 10/05/1833 William FLATMAN Single   Lydia BROWN Single  
31 06/06/1833 Robert KILLETT Single   Susannah SMITH Single  
32 17/06/1833 John BATTLEY Single   Mary Anne SMITH Single  
33 25/05/1834 James BEAMISH Single Barnby Sarah SMITH Single  
34 01/07/1834 John FOREMAN Single   Tabitha CLARKE Widow  
35 23/10/1834 Samuel SMITH Single Halesworth Emma LENNEY Single  
36 20/11/1834 Alfred MAYHEW Single Beccles Eliza LENNEY Single  
37 07/03/1835 Henry HEDENHAM Single   Susanna LIST Single  
38 07/07/1835 John ELVIN Single   Susan FAILE Single  
39 04/05/1836 Aldred WILSON Single   Elizabeth BALLS Single  
40 23/05/1836 Henry WOODS Single Mutford Barbara WYATT Single  
41 04/11/1836 Robert ELLET Single   Mary FRIETT Single  

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