1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Gorleston St Andrew |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
The parish of Gorleston has migrated between the counties
of Suffolk and Norfolk over the centuries. It is included here because
a detached part of the parish has always been within Norfolk and it was
felt that Great Yarmouth would be incomplete without including its neighbour.
There is precedent as Pevsner includes Gorleston within his Norfolk guide
and I'm sure there will be no objection to having more entries rather
than omitting this parish. Gorleston sits on the eastern coast (North
Sea) and just across the mouth of the River Yare from Great Yarmouth.
A mere glance down the list of father's occupations should serve to confirm
it strong attachment to the sea and to fishing. Herring (The Silver Darlings)
predominated during the period of this transcript and this fishery was
boosted by the opening of railways to the major markets for the same.
Gorleston has now lost most of its fishing fleet but modern industries
supporting initially North Sea oil and now the offshore renewables have
maintained some prosperity. Gorleston also has a life as a summer seaside
resort with beaches stretching below the cliffs almost to Hopton. |
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Five standard 1600-entry register books cover the period
of the transcript, the last running onwards to 1883. This was a large
and populous parish. All of these films are relatively recently made and benefit from the superior qualities of recent filmings. This is as well as the third register, in particular, has suffered some fading making for a tricky read. The remainder, however, make easy reading and as such this was a straightforward transcript to prepare. Eagle eyed readers will notice some rather strange numbering sequences in the third register - this is due to later insertion of entries made at Southtown church and added to Gorleston's registers periodically. |
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