Wonderful! Please send all of the above except for the trials of Johnson, Neale and Hardiment as I have those already.
Jake.hardiment@gmail.comHave you seen the 'murder map' held by Norfolk records office? It's rather large but I can try send it though to you.
I am a Norfolk boy, born and bred. Very much a Hardiment with my middle names being the most common to appear all the way back to the 1700's! Robert and John, also my father and grandfather's names respectively! Both of them grew up in (East) Dereham and the house my grandad was born in was only demolished a few years back.
The simple answer is that WH simply doesn't fit into the tree and has had the family baffled for twenty years! I've only pucked up the trail properly in the past few days, and mostly need to catch up with the facts presented to me before investigating further, but I assume he's some kin to Robert (1756) who everyone seems to get stuck on.
The sister in the Wicklewood workhouse interests me quite a lot though and might well be the key to finding that next level.
I'm not entirely sure where the UEA student fits in as the people of the generation who would remember can be a little bit shy with information. We've got a bit of a reputation as a secretive bunch. I think it was some kind of module on local history. Perhaps she ran out of time before being able to make WH fit. I'll try to find out her name and hopefully I might be able to get in contact.
I'm based in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne now, we may well be too far apart to meet, but drop me an email and perhaps we can have good catch up on the 'phone.
All best,
Jake
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