Metton AT's

NORTH ERPINGHAM HUNDRED -  NORFOLK COUNTY - PARISH STRAYS.

Transcribed & kindly contributed by Honor Jones.

 
During the early 1700's many couples did not marry in their expected parishes and caused "brick walls "for researchers.   It is now thought that CHURCH REPAIRS caused this problem.  Couples went to another parish for their marriage, as their church was being repaired.  Some were being repaired for 20 odd years.
No marriage has been entered if one of the parties were "of this parish".
 
METTON AT'S  1725 - 1812. with gaps.

The first name is the name of the Groom. 

1738/9   Both of Allmerton [Aylmerton]  GALL and PRESS.
1740   Both of Felbrigg.  BARNES & ARGER. 1740  Both of Sydestrand.  TODD & REYNOLDS.
1740.  Both of Thurgarton   DIXON & FRENCH.    1740  Both of Thurgarton   KING & THURTLE
1741.  Both of Cromer     LAWRENCE & PEAN.   1742.  Both of Northrepps   HOWARD & BENSON
1743  BURTON - Gresham & OLIVER  - Aylmerton   1743  Both of Cromer,  PLUMLEY & WALL.
1743  STARLING - Felbrig ( sic)  & HOWARD - Runton.  1743  Both of Hanworth.  THURGATE & BLOGG.
1743.  RISEBORROUGH of Northrepps, & THOMSON of Southrepps.
1745  Both of Aylmerton  FLAXMAN & REYNOLDS.  1745  Both of Hanworth.   JACKSON & ENGLISH.
1747  HORN of Aylmerton & BREEZE of Runton.   1747/8  Both of Weyburn. ( sic)   BROWN & OTTI
1748  FRARY of Cromer & FRARY of N. Repps.    1748  Le GOOD of N. Walsham & JESSOP of Barningham.
1748  BLACK of Thurgarton & DOWNING of Sheringham.  1748  CASTON of Aylmerton & DANIEL of Baconsthorpe
1748  HASLOP of Ingworth & POWLE of Briston.   1748  Both of Runton. GREEN & FEAZER.
1748/9  BIRD & KENDALL both of E. Beckham.   1749  LARNER of Kelling & HALL of Weybourne.
1750  FARROW & PLANE both of Sheringham.   1750  DOBINSON of Felbrigg & CASTON of Aylmerton.
1750  WRIGHT & FLAXMAN both of Felbrigg.     1750/1  FLAXMAN & TANNER both of Felbrigg.
1751.  BARBER of Sustead & MAN of Aylmerton.  1753  CRANE & WARD both of Felbrigg.
1753  BLYTHE & BUCK both of E. Beckham.   1753  OLIVER of Aylmerton & SHORE of Gresham.
1753  FISHER of Cromer, & STAMP of Felbrigg.  1754.  SILLIES & EASTON?  both of Felbrigg. ** on this entry there is an explanation - Felbrigg church being repaired.
1756  HEAD & FRARY both of E. Beckham.
 
Some of these marriages were by Licence but not all.  ..
 

FOOTNOTE FROM HONOR:

By way of explanation, I have the METTON AT's transcribed and found all these marriages entered for the period noted.  When you are searching for a marriage of a couple both born in the same parish you tend to think you will find their marriage in that town, especially if they continued having children there.

Many of us have been "brick walled" with these marriages, and cannot understand why.  I have now determined that during the early 1700's up to as late as 1770 the Churches in the North Erpingham Hundred were under constant repair, badly needed I think.  Many of the parish AT's I have bear this out.  I have been extracting these ( what I call STRAY MARRIAGES) and putting them on the list.  It has helped several folks to find the odd marriage that should have been performed under normal circumstances in their own parish.