Strangely the Catalogue at the Norfolk Record Office does not list a separate marriage register from 1754 until 1816, but includes the marriages for this period still in the same book as the baptisms (in contravention to Hardwicke's act. It may be therefore that the clerk at Bradfield ignored the act and carried on making the entries in the old style (without witnesses). Does anyone have access to confirm this? Keith Drage Swindon UK On 01/03/2014 02:12, Keith Drage wrote: > Space was included for witness names in the printed registers produced > to support Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, introduced 25 March 1754. > Among other things, the act required the signing of the marriage entry > by the minister, the couple, and two witnesses. > > Keith Drage > Swindon UK > > On 01/03/2014 01:45, Karen Hodges wrote: >> Does anyone know when witness names to marriages were first recorded >> in parish records in Norfolk? >> >> Karen >> >> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 01 Mar 2014 00:10, Dennis Galley wrote: >>> >>>> I would like to obtain a copy of a marriage record from the Parish Registers >>>> for Bradfield, Norfolk. John GALLEY and Elizabeth BULLAMORE (BULLEMURE) were >>>> married on March 22, 1775. I am particularly interested in knowing whether >>>> or not either parents were witnesses. >>> According to the AT version, there were no witnesses. See www.freereg.org.uk >>> <http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=470089> >>> >>> Looks like the PR version (which would have witnesses) isn't available on >>> FamilySearch. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Mike Fry >>> Johannesburg >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >