1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Fakenham St Peter & St Paul |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
Fakenham which lies in northwestern Norfolk is one of
the main market towns of the county. A substantial settlement alongside
the upper reaches of the River Wensum, Fakenham was granted a market in
1250 and although this has moved location it is very much still the primary
focus of the town. At the core of the town the Market Square with its
shops, businesses, inns and taverns is bustling particularly on market
day. Two factors primarily influenced the growth of Fakenham, the presence
of Hempton Priory to the west limited growth in that direction, the coming
of the railway gave Fakenham a spurt which with the closure of the line
under the Beching Act has seen some tempering. Despite these factors Fakenham
remains very much the capital of this area of Norfolk with a population
to match. |
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The records of the parish are covered within two standard 1600-entry register books. It must be said that these register books are rather irregular in their compilation - there are frequent entries out of sequence of "omitted" entries and also many entries inserted into the footers and sides of the pages making for an unseemly mess at times. The two books are filmed on microfiche 7 to 12 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office and from which this transcript was prepared. These fiche are quite frankly rather elderly and the quality of image is poor, in some cases faded to a state where reading is difficult. Fortunately copies of the images on Familysearch are clearer and these were used when difficulty was experienced. As a result this was a straightforward transcript to prepare and subject to the usual caveats on handwriting it is hoped that few errors will have crept into its compilation. |
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