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Shereford St Nicholas

Baptisms 1813 to 1880

The parish of Shereford lies in north-central Norfolk about 2 miles southwest of the market town of Fakenham. Shereford is little more than a scatter of farms and cottages to the south of the River Wensum as it approaches Fakenham. The parish is centered around the church which is sited on the banks of the river at the end of a long lane leading from the Fakenham to Swaffham road west of Hempton. This is a rather rural area with a density of small low population parishes and Shereford is certainly that as it supported barely 100 souls.

St Nicholas church in its river bank setting is an example of a "round tower" church of which it is said they are early churches possibly Saxon. Pevsner identifies Norman features in a nave window and south doorway but also states that much is 14th century and thus firmly in the traditional Norfolk perpendicular period. As is usual for a Norfolk church there is much evidence for Victorian restoration including the roofs and the (as Pevsner puts it) "rather silly" conical tower top. The churchyard follows the modern trend and is left un-mown for wildlife, a few scattered willows decorate the site too.

A single standard 800-entry register book covers the period of this transcript and indeed runs into the late 20th century such was the small size of the population in the parish. This register is filmed on Microfilm MF1400 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office which was used to prepare this transcript. The film is one of the more modern examples with good quality images naking for fairly easy reading and a simple transcript to prepare.

Back 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880

Event Ref No Event Date Individual Given Individual Surname Father's Given Father's Surname Father's Occupation Mother's Given Mother's Maiden Surname Birth Note
1 13/06/1813 Mary Anne GOSTLING Benjamin GOSTLING Labourer Phoebe    
2 20/06/1813 Thomas DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
3 02/10/1814 William GOSTLING Benjamin GOSTLING Labourer Phoebe    
4 04/07/1815 Jane OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
8 27/08/1815 John OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
5 07/11/1815 Susan VERDIGEN James VERDIGEN Labourer Mary    
6 07/11/1815 Benjamin DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
7 24/12/1815 Samuel GOSTLING Benjamin GOSTLING Labourer Phoebe    
9 04/07/1816 Mary BARWICK       Anne BARWICK  
10 24/12/1816 Robert DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
12 08/01/1817 Charles OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
11 13/02/1817 James ALCOCK George ALCOCK Labourer Elizabeth    
13 10/06/1817 Pleasance VERDIGEN Edmund VERDIGEN Labourer Amey    
14 12/07/1818 John GRINT William GRINT Labourer Charlotte    
15 --/10/1818 Edward CAPS William CAPS Labourer      
17 28/03/1819 John DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
18 01/07/1819 Elizabeth OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
19 17/10/1819 Susan ALCOCK George ALCOCK Labourer Elizabeth    
20 16/07/1820 Frances VERDIGAN Edmund VERDIGAN Labourer Amey    
21 23/07/1820 John GRINT William GRINT Labourer Charlotte    
22 06/08/1820 Elizabeth CAPS William CAPS Labourer      
23 02/07/1821 Robert Thomas Augustine CONEY Robert CONEY Farmer Anne    
24 24/09/1821 Gregory Fuller DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne FULLER  
28 24/10/1821 Thomas OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
25 25/08/1822 William CAPPS William CAPPS Labourer      
26 22/09/1822 Isaac ALCOCK George ALCOCK Labourer Elizabeth    
27 28/10/1822 John Love CONEY Robert CONEY Farmer Anne    
30 12/01/1823 James John LANGLEY Edward LANGLEY Labourer Amey    
31 26/01/1823 Elizabeth OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
33 04/05/1824 Robert FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
34 06/06/1824 Sarah Ann CARTER John CARTER Labourer Mary    
35 26/09/1824 Martin DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
36 27/10/1824 Francis OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy   27/10/1824
37 27/10/1824 Henry OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy   27/10/1824
38 20/03/1825 Catharine EKE John EKE Labourer Anne    
39 25/06/1825 Mary FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
41 06/01/1826 Henry John CAPES William CAPES Labourer Susan    
43 24/02/1826 Georgiana OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
42 26/02/1826 Robert Jay FISH       Sarah FISH  
44 08/10/1826 Edmund DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Anne    
45 01/07/1827 Henry DYKE William DYKE Clerk Louisa    
46 09/12/1827 William Morgan WILKIN       Frances WILKIN  
47 29/12/1827 Haylett PIRT William PIRT Labourer Mary Anne    
49 24/02/1828 Aby CARTER John CARTER Labourer Mary    
48 09/03/1828 John FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
50 08/06/1828 Sarah CAPES William CAPES Labourer Susan    
51 27/06/1828 Frederic Martin OVERTON John OVERTON Farmer Dorothy    
52 21/06/1829 James DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margaret    
53 05/07/1829 Thomas CAPES John CAPES Labourer Charlotte    
54 29/11/1829 Anne Towers GOSTLING       Mary GOSTLING  
57 25/12/1829 Frances WITHERS Peter WITHERS Labourer Tabitha    
55 21/03/1830 Frances FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
56 04/04/1830 Edward Waters PIRT William PIRT Labourer Mary Anne    
58 27/12/1830 Robert Howard SAVAGE Robert SAVAGE Labourer Mary    
59 16/01/1831 Hannah Stokeley COPPIN       Susan COPPIN  
60 29/03/1831 Robert CAPES William CAPES Labourer Susan    
61 31/07/1831 Elizabeth Bircham CARTER       Mary CARTER  
62 14/09/1831 Mary DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margery    
63 08/04/1832 Hannah FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
64 01/07/1832 Thomas BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
65 08/07/1832 Caroline TOWERS Richard TOWERS Labourer Mary    
72 24/09/1832 Esau PIRT William PIRT Labourer Mary Anne    
66 02/12/1832 Robert CAPES Job CAPES Labourer Charlotte    
67 03/02/1833 Margery DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margery    
68 03/02/1833 Amey DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margery    
69 07/04/1833 Elijah Firth CARTER       Mary CARTER  
70 08/09/1833 William LANGLEY William LANGLEY Labourer Susan    
71 03/11/1833 Pleasance FIELD       Sarah FIELD  
73 02/02/1834 Elizabeth BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
74 06/07/1834 John Emmerson GOSTLING       Christiana GOSTLING  
76 26/10/1834 John DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Mary    
75 30/11/1834 Sarah WITHERS Peter WITHERS Labourer Tabitha    
77 01/03/1835 Jacob PIRT William PIRT Labourer Mary Anne    
78 24/05/1835 Elizabeth FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
79 06/09/1835 Henry Job CAPES Job CAPES Labourer Charlotte    
80 15/10/1835 Edward CARTER       Mary CARTER  
81 15/10/1835 Maria CARTER       Mary CARTER  
82 03/01/1836 Anne BARWICK       Mary BARWICK  
83 06/11/1836 Mary Anne RICHES George RICHES Farmer Mary    
84 26/11/1836 John DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margery    
85 29/10/1837 James FOX John FOX Labourer Anne    
86 03/12/1837 George PURT William PURT Labourer Mary Ann    
87 21/01/1838 Susan DUCKER Thomas DUCKER Labourer Elizabeth    
88 28/01/1838 John BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
89 11/03/1838 Maria CAPES Job CAPES Labourer Charlotte    
90 15/07/1838 Richard Goodwyn RICHES George RICHES Farmer Mary    
91 07/04/1839 Mary Anne DUCKER Thomas DUCKER Labourer Elizabeth    
92 23/02/1840 John Waters PIRT William PIRT Labourer Mary Anne    
103 02/03/1840 Catharine RICHES George RICHES Farmer Mary    
104 02/03/1840 James FOX John FOX Labourer Mary Anne    
93 08/03/1840 Henry BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
94 07/06/1840 Alfred DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Maria    
95 10/04/1842 Samuel BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
96 03/07/1842 George Isaac ALCOCK       Susan ALCOCK  
98 11/06/1843 Anne DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Maria    
97 10/12/1843 Louisa DUCKER James DUCKER Labourer Margery    
99 23/07/1844 George William Starling BAILEY William BAILEY Labourer Mary Anne    
100 26/10/1845 Matthew BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
101 26/10/1845 Phoebe BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
102 21/04/1848 Elizabeth DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Jane    
105 17/12/1848 Benjamin BETTS William BETTS Labourer Mary    
106 07/03/1852 Eliza DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Jane    
107 07/03/1852 Benjamin DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Jane    
108 07/03/1852 Edward DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Jane    
109 13/06/1853 Bathsheba DUCKER Robert DUCKER Labourer Margarett    
110 13/06/1853 Emanuel DUCKER Robert DUCKER Labourer Margarett    
111 13/06/1853 Anne DUCKER Robert DUCKER Labourer Margarett    
112 16/08/1854 William George SHERINGHAM Thomas SHERINGHAM Draper Mary Jane    
113 04/03/1855 Sarah Maria PLANE William PLANE Labourer Mary    
114 29/07/1855 Henry DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
115 15/05/1856 Mary Elizabeth WOODCOCK Henry WOODCOCK Steward Elizabeth    
116 26/04/1857 John CARTER Eli CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
117 02/08/1857 Joseph Waller PLANE William PLANE Labourer Mary    
118 13/09/1857 Robert Francis DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
119 24/10/1858 Robert Everett CARTER William CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
120 08/04/1860 Philip DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
121 16/02/1862 Anna OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
122 13/04/1862 Mary Anne BETTS       Sarah BETTS  
123 07/09/1862 Ellen Anne DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
124 15/03/1863 Sarah Anne CARTER Eli CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
125 27/07/1863 Henry OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
126 13/11/1864 Samuel CARTER Eli CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
127 20/11/1864 Georgina CLARKE George CLARKE Labourer Louisa    
128 09/12/1864 Anne OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
129 24/02/1865 Rachel DUCKER William DUCKER Labourer Jane    
130 26/03/1865 John DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
131 21/10/1865 Amy ALCOCK John ALCOCK Labourer Anne    
132 10/02/1866 James OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
133 16/09/1866 Sarah Ann Maria GENTLEMAN Thomas GENTLEMAN Labourer Frances    
134 09/12/1866 Richard DUCKER John DUCKER Labourer Frances    
135 11/10/1868 Frederick FOX John FOX Shepherd Elizabeth    
136 11/10/1868 Frederick William LONG       Anne LONG  
137 08/11/1868 Charles OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
138 08/11/1868 James OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
139 15/11/1869 Elizabeth Mary NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anna Elizabeth Grounds   10/10/1869
140 15/04/1870 William CARTER Eli CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
141 15/04/1870 Rachael CARTER Eli CARTER Labourer Elizabeth    
142 15/04/1870 Mary Ann Elizabeth FOX James FOX Parish Clerk Elizabeth    
143 12/02/1871 Thomas Benjamin NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anna Elizabeth Grounds   04/01/1871
144 20/04/1871 Emily KING Thomas KING Labourer Susan    
145 18/05/1872 Mary Elizabeth NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anna Elizabeth    
146 01/08/1875 Martina OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    
147 01/08/1875 Herbert FOX John FOX Shepherd Elizabeth    
148 01/08/1875 Benjamin FOX John FOX Shepherd Elizabeth    
149 01/08/1875 Arthur FOX John FOX Shepherd Elizabeth    
150 08/08/1875 Edith Mary HOWE William HOWE Groom Amy    
151 31/10/1875 Rosanna NICHOLS William NICHOLS Cordwainer Maria    
152 31/10/1875 Mary LONG Edward LONG Labourer Mary    
153 20/02/1876 John Reginald NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anna Elizabeth Grounds    
154 11/03/1877 Charles FOX John FOX Labourer Elizabeth    
155 08/07/1877 Edith Grounds NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anna Elizabeth Grounds    
156 05/12/1877 Edward Goodwyn RICHES Richard Goodwyn RICHES Farmer Julia    
157 02/02/1879 Thomas James UTTERIDGE       Maria UTTERIDGE  
158 11/05/1879 William George BECKS Richard BECKS Coach Builder Mary Ann    
159 07/04/1880 Ethel Elizabeth NORTON Thomas Raby NORTON Farmer Anne Elizabeth    
160 11/04/1880 Elizabeth OVERMAN Abraham OVERMAN Labourer Maria    

 

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