The following information has been taken from GENUKI: Norfolk

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Rootsweb

A county of England, lying on the German Ocean; bounded by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. It extends 70 miles in length and 40 in breadth. It contains 33 hundreds, 1 city, 32 market towns, and 660 parishes. The face of this county varies less than in most tracts of equal extent in England. Not one hill of any considerable height is to be seen in the whole county; yet, in most parts, its surface is broken into gentle swells and depressions. At the western extremity is a considerable tract of flat fenny land, which is part of the Bedford Level; and, on the east, a narrow tract of marshes runs from the sea, near Yarmouth, to some distance up the country. Between Lincolnshire and the western extremity, is a broad but shallow arm of the sea, called the Wash. [Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary, 1842]

Our ancestors have been traced back to 1817 in Beddingham, Loddon Hundreds Norfolk. Whilst I have details dating back to 1776, I am unsure of the location they were born. Our ancestors then moved to Denton, Norfolk and Liverpool.

Peter b.1796 Married Elizabeth b.1796 in 1817 Bedingham Norfolk.

It has generally a fertile soil, is well cultivated, and abounds with wood and water. Near the river Yare, it has a rich but watery tract of marshes, with several rivulets and "broads".

It is in the Deanery of Brooke, and Archdeaconry of Norfolk. It has its name from the market town of Loddon, where Petty Sessions are held every alternate Wednesday. Mr. Jas. Copeman is clerk to the magistrates.

It comprises 21 PARISHES, of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their population in 1841, the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the County Rates, in 1843, and their territorial extent, in assessable acres:-

	+=======================================================+
	|                        |        |   Annl.   |         |
	| Parishes               |   Pop. |  Value.   |  Acres. |
	+-------------------------------------------------------+
	| Alpington                  197     £1,054         520 |
	| Ashby                      263      1,064         436 |
	| Bedingham                  316      1,868       1,148 |
	| Broome                     610      2,526       1,421 |
	| Carleton St. Peter          96      1,000         765 |
	| Chedgrave                  348      2,318       1,395 |
	| Claxton                    200      1,134         977 |
	| Ditchingham              1,124      4,586       2,055 |
	| Hardley                    214      2,132       1,428 |
	| Hedenham                   272      2,530       1,564 |
	| Hillington                  64        888         516 |
	| Kirstead                   249      1,548       1,009 |
	| Langley                    323      3,244       2,668 |
	| Loddon                   1,197      5,724       2,988 |
	| Mundham                    308      2,316       1,527 |
	| Seething                   449      2,620       1,571 |
	| Sisland                     64        726         459 |
	| Thurton                    246      1,346         748 |
	| Thwaite St. Mary           110        970         667 |
	| Topcroft                   475      3,230       1,861 |
	| Woodton                    567      3,516       2,112 |
	+-------------------------------------------------------+
	|      TOTAL *             7,692     46,340      27,838 |
	+=======================================================+

Bedingham

"Bedingham parish sits in south Norfolk, close to the border with Suffolk. The parish lies in a largely agricultural area a little above the Waveney valley. The agricultural nature of the landscape is amply illustrated by the roles of the inhabitants, being largely concerned with farming and allied trades.

Denton

Denton is about 4 miles west of Bungay (which is in Suffolk).

The following text is largely taken from the book "A Snapshot of Denton" compiled as part of the village Millennium celebrations, a few additions and corrections have been made)

The word Denton is believed to mean "home in a hollow". Given the original location of the village down by the church, this would make sense. It is believed to date from Saxon times. At the northern extreme of the village along Darrow Green Road there are the remains of an old motte and bailey castle believed to have been built by William d'Albini who then went on to build the rather grander castle at New Buckenham. This may have been his hunting lodge. The name Darrow Green probably derives from 'deerhaugh' meaning 'deer park' and wild deer can still occasionally be spotted on the road. (The site of the castle was bought by the National Trust a few years ago.)

St Andrews Church is an early church showing many 12th century features, notably its fine round tower, with added features from the Perpendicular period of the mid-14th Century. The church, a fine prospect from the south, stands north-west of the village, somewhat closer to Woodton than the straggly, centre-less sprawl which is Bedingham."
This is the parish church were Peter & Elizabeth Quantrell had all there children baptised.