| Miscellaneous Ropers | |||
| Roper C. | Ran a toy, sweet and fancy goods shop in Church St in 1908 | ||
| Roper E | co-owned fish and poultry shop Church St 1908 | ||
| Roper G. | co-owned fish and poultry shop Church St 1908 | ||
| Roper, J. R | Managed dairy in Church St at turn of century. | ||
| Family of George Rook | |||
| Rook, George Richard | Well known fisherman, who looked after the bathing machines on East beach, a lifeboatman and crab shop owner. Died 1935 | 1859 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rook, Sophia | Wife of George Richard Rook | 1859 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Family of James Rook | |||
| Rook, James | Cromer, Norfolk | ||
| Rook, Sarah | Wife of James Rook | Cromer, Norfolk | |
| ROOK, George | Son of James and Sarah ROOK | 20 Sep 1779 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Jonathan | Son of James and Sarah ROOK | 21 Aug 1771 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Sarah | Daughter of James and Sarah ROOK | 20 Apr 1776 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Family of Jonathon Rook | |||
| Rook, Jonathon | Cromer, Norfolk | ||
| Rook, Ann | Cromer, Norfolk | ||
| ROOK, Sarah | Daughter of Jonathon and Ann ROOK | 12 Mar 1765 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Mary | Daughter of Jonathon and Ann ROOK | 24 Feb 1762 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Robert | Son of Jonathon and Ann ROOK | 15 Mar 1767 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Family of Robert Rook | |||
| Rook, Robert | Cromer, Norfolk | ||
| Rook, Elizabeth | Wife of Robert Hook | Cromer, Norfolk | |
| ROOK, Robert | Son of Robert and Elizabeth ROOK, | 27 Feb 1736/7 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Jonathan | Son of Robert and Elizabeth ROOK, | 27 Mar 1733 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Hannah | Daughter of Robert and Elizabeth ROOK, | 30 Mar 1735 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, James | Son of Robert and Elizabeth ROOK, | 9 Jun 1751 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, William | Son of Robert and Elizabeth ROOK, | 28 Jan 1744/5 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Family of Robert Rook | |||
| Rook, Robert | |||
| BERERETON, Judith | Wife of Robert | ||
| ROOK, Betty | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | 25 Mar 1777 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Charlotte | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | 9 Nov 1780 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Ann | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | b.16 Jul 1769 buried 28 Jul 1769 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Hannah | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | 19 Mar 1767, d.1782 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Judith | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | 25 Mar 1765 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Robert Gilbert | Son of Robert and Judith ROOK | 28 Apr 1774 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| ROOK, Susannah | Daughter of Robert and Judith ROOK | 9 Feb 1771 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Family of Robert Rook | |||
| Rook, Robert | Cromer | ||
| Rook, Mary | Cromer | ||
| ROOK, Mary | Daughter of Robert and Mary ROOK | 13 Jun 1705 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Robert | Son of Robert and Mary ROOK | 26 Mar 1708 | Cromer |
| Family of Robert Rook | |||
| Rook, Robert | Cromer | ||
| Rook, Margaret | Cromer | ||
| ROOK, Mary | Daughter of Robert and Margaret ROOK | 9 Mar 1718/19 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Richard | Son of Robert and Margaret ROOK | 3 Apr 1715 | Cromer |
| Family of John Rook | |||
| ROOK, John | Cromer | ||
| ROOK, Sarah | wife John ROOK | 7 Jan 1728/9 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Elizabeth | ROOK, John | 8 Apr 1702 | Cromer |
| ROOK, John | Son of John and Sarah ROOK, | 25 Mar 1705, buried 10 March 1705/6 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Sarah | Daughter of John and Sarah ROOK, | between April and June 1707 | Cromer |
| Family of John Rook | |||
| Rook, John | Cromer | ||
| Rook, Anne | Wife of John Rook | Cromer | |
| ROOK, George | Son of John and Anne ROOK, |
Bap 28 Jun 1703 Buried 20 Jul 1703 |
Cromer |
| ROOK, Thomas | Son of John and Anne ROOK, |
Bap 15 Dec 1696 Buried 15 Jan 1696/7 |
Cromer |
| ROOK, Thomas | Son of John and Anne ROOK, |
Bap 26 Sep 1699 Buried 14 Oct 1699 |
Cromer |
| ROOK, William | Son of John and Anne ROOK, |
Bap 15 Feb 1695/6 Buried 13 March 1695/6 |
Cromer |
| ROOKE, Anne | Daughter of John and Anne ROOK, |
Bap 18 Sep 1698 Buried 23 Oct 1698 |
Cromer |
| Family of Thomas Rook | |||
| Rook, Thomas | Cromer | ||
| Rook, Mary | Wife of Thomas Rook | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Christopher | Son of Thomas and Mary ROOK | 9 Sep 1767 | Cromer |
| ROOK, James | Son of Thomas and Mary ROOK | 5 Jul 1771 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Mary | Daughter of Thomas and Mary ROOK | 22 Feb 1766 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Thomas | Son of Thomas and Mary ROOK | 12 Jun 1770 | Cromer |
| Miscellaneous Rooks | |||
| ROOK, Amy | no parents given | 28 Oct 1711 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Amy | no parents given | 20 Jan 1712 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Ann | 5 Oct 1779 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Anne | 1 Sep 1721 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Elizabeth | d. Robert ROOK | 3 Jul 1795 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Elizabth | 19 Mar 1797 (bur age 86) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Constance | Daughter of John and Ann ROOK | 8 Mar 1774 | Cromer |
| ROOK, George | 20 Mar 1781 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, James | infant | 10 Dec 1771 | Cromer |
| ROOK, John | Son of Robert ROOK | 9 Jan 1710/11 | Cromer |
| ROOK, John | 4 Oct 1721 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, John | 6 Feb 1744/5 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, John Jr | 27 Dec 1706 | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Lucy | Daughter of James and Mary ROOK | 12 Sep 1757 | Cromer |
| ROOK, Margaret | 2 Apr 1717 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Margaret | 9 May 1730 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Mary | wife Jame ROOK | 12 Jan 1769 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Phillip | Son of Robert and Rose ROOK | 19 Sep 1736 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Robert | 29 Aug 1767 (bur) | Cromer | |
| ROOK, Robert | Pauper | 16 Sep 1787 (bur) | Cromer |
| ROOK, Robert Sr | 24 Nov 1745 (bur) | Cromer | |
| Rook, Richard | Married Phoebe PAYNE 3 Feb 1778 witnessed by Dan WILSON and Jonathan COLLINS | ||
| ROOKE Isabella | Boarding House Keeper for Cliff West (New St) in 1850s | 1809 | Binham-Norfolk |
| Family of Gilbert "Gilly" Rook/e | |||
| Rooke, Gilbert | "Gilly" Rook, Fisherman living with the Jacob family in Jetty St in 1851. Then lived in Swan's Yard which lay south off Church St. He was mentioned by Savin as a fine fisherman. He remembered him at the wreck of the "Fernebo" in 1917 carrying up large loads as they came ashore and owing to the severe frost, his clothes were covered with ice. This went on for some days. He died in 1917 Savin says he was 94 but ages were always rather dubious in census records. | 1831 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rooke, Susanna | Wife of Gilbert Rooke | 1839 | Helhoughton, Norfolk |
| Rooke, Robert B. | Son of Gilbert Rooke, he was an unemployed coachman living with his parents in 1881 | 1860 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Miscellaneous Rounces | |||
| Rounce, Elizabeth | Had library and fancy goods shop in Church Street 1854 to 188?, she published two large prints of the town. | 1817 | East Beckham, |
| Rounce, Mary | Sister-in-Law to Elizabeth Rounce | 1807 | Lambeth, |
| ROUNCE George | Nephew of Elizabeth Rounce of Church St | 1842 | London Stepney-London |
| Rounce | Co owner of Rounce and Wortley who had the shop on the corner of Church St at the turn of the century. | ||
| The family of Richard Royall | |||
| ROYALL Richard | Richard was a Postillian, this was the gentleman who sat on the back of a mail coach and probably operated the brakes (if the coach had them) He and his wife Charlotte lived in Church St in the 1850s. | 1823 | Norwich-Norfolk |
| ROYALL Charlotte | Wife of Richard ROYALL | 1826 | Palling-Norfolk |
| Sarah A Royall | |||
| ROYALL Sarah A. | Servent of Tabitha Ranson in Garden St in 1850s | 1827 | Norwich-Norfolk |
| Miscellaneous Rudges | |||
| Rudge, Harriet | Annuitant living up the Croft in 1881 | 1810 | Fakenham, Norfolk |
| Rudge, Miss B. K | Owners of apartments in the Croft from 1845-79 | ||
| Rudge, Miss C. | Owners of apartments in the Croft from 1845-79 | ||
| RUDGE Alice | Proprietor Of Houses living up the Croft in 1850s | 1796 | Fakenham-Norfolk |
| RUDGE Anne M. | Sister of Alice and Harriet, she too was a proprietor of houses | 1806 | Fakenham-Norfolk |
| Family of Benjamin Rust (1) | |||
| Rust, Benjamin | Son of a Yeoman farmer, he was apprenticed in 1771 to William Daniels, a grocer and tallow chandler of Yarmouth. He moved to Cromer in 1793 and rented premises of William Kirby, a Tobacconist of St Paul's Churchyard, London. On July 5th 1798 he bought five cottages, a malthouse and gardens in High St Cromer for £550. His Grocery shop sold "Bombazine" which was made by the Dutch based in Norwich and expoted to Russia in large quantities, Whale oil, gun flints, nails and tinware. He also kept horses and was a housing agent for Samuel Hoare. Benjamin was made a freeman of Yarmouth in 1783 and later that year married Hannah Nurse of Trimingham. In 1805 he rebuilt the front of his shop, which remained the same until 1892 when it was damaged by a run away horse. | 1758 - 1824 | Palling |
| Rust, Hannah | Daughter of Thomas Nurse, a farmer with farms at Weybourne and Trimingham and wife of Benjamin Rust | ||
| Rust, Mary-Ann | Daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. | ||
| Rust, Robert | Son of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. He was Press-ganged in 1805 and was conveyed to Yarmouth to serve aboard ship during the Nepolionic wars. | ||
| Rust, Thomas Bonnett | Son of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. | ||
| Rust, James | Son of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. | ||
| Rust, Henrietta | Daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. | ||
| Rust, Sophia Katherine | Daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. | ||
| Rust, John William | Built the West Cliff Hotel in the High St in 1800s, after his fathers death, he had a shop and stables in Tucker St. | ||
| Rust, Benjamin (2) | Son of Benjamin and Hannah Rust, baptized Jan 13th 1805 at Trimingham. In 1817 he joined his father in partnership. He was originally married to Mary Ransom and had two children Benjamin and Hannah. After her death he married Georgiana Sandford. He died in 1864, leaving the business to Benjamin (3) Hannah and Henry. | ||
| Rust, Georgiana Ne Sandford | Second wife of Benjamin Rust (2) | ||
| Rust, Benjamin (3) | Son of Benjamin and Mary Rust (2) He carried on the business and was living in the Tucker St premises in 1881. He retired in 1888. | 1834 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Anna Maria | Wife of Benjamin Rust | 1831 | Thornage, Norfolk |
| Rust, Hannah | Daughter of Benjamin and Mary Rust. She took on part of the business after her fathers death and retired in the 1890's | 1832 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Henrietta S. | Daughter of Benjamin and Georgiana Rust. She was a housekeeper living with her sister Hannah in High St in 1880's | 1850 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, George | Son of Benjamin and Georgiana Rust. He was a bankers clerk, living with sister Hannah in the High St in 1881 | 1844 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Margaret G. | Daughter of Benjamin and Georgiana Rust. Living with her sister Hannah in High St in 1880's | 1846 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Henry | Son of Benjamin and Georgiana Rust. He took over the running of the entire department store after brother Benjamin (3) and sister hannah retired. He also opened a branch in Sheringham in 1898. The shop lastest up until the early 1970's when they were bought out. Today it has been redeveloped as a Budgens supermarket. View Photograph | 1841 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Mary Elizabeth | Wife of Henry Rust | 1848 | Beckham, Norfolk |
| Rust, Ethel Margaret | Daughter of Henry Rust | 1875 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Georgenia Ruth | Daughter of Henry Rust | 1876 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Benjamin T. (4) | Son of Henry Rust, he inherited the running of the department store, after Henry. | 1872 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Herbert Frank | Son of Henry Rust | 1874 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Rust, Arthur Henry | Son of Henry Rust | 1871 | Cromer, Norfolk |
 | Photograph of Henry Rust taken in 1903 |
| William Rust Jnr | |||
| RUST Jno. Wm. | Farmer of 200 Acers Employg 8 Labourers living in the High St in 1850s | 1799 | Cromer-Norfolk |
| RUST Jane | Wife of William Jnr | 1798 | Wells-Norfolk |
| Miscellaneous Rusts | |||
| Rust, Martha W. | Governess living up the High St in 1881 | 1858 | London, Middlesex |
| Rust, Mary H. | Governess living in West St in 1881 | 1858 | Poplar, Middlesex |
| Rust, Constance M. | Scholar boarding in West St in 1881 | 1869 | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Miscellaneous Ryes | |||
| RYE, Margaret | Daughter of William and Mary RYE | Mary | 1 Sep 1689 |
| RYE, Martha | Daughter of William and Mary RYE | Mary | 22 Mar 1690/91 |
| RYE, Mary | Daughter of David And Ellin RYE | Ellin | 4 Oct 1696 |
| Rye Walter | Author of *.* in 18?? | ||
| Miscellaneous Rs | |||
| Ralph, William | Was a shoemaker in Church St, lodging with Frances Alsop in Jetty St in 1850s | 1828 | Cromer-Norfolk |
| RALPH Edward | Police officer, lodging in the White Horse public house in 1850s | 1797 | S Creak-Norfolk |
| Ramm, John | On 1799 Poor rate for £2 | ||
| REASDEAL, Francis | Son of Richard and Mary PEASDEAL | 3 Feb 1716/7 | Cromer |
| REASON, Robert | Son of Robert and Mary REASON | ? 1715/16 | |
| Read, Edward | Grocer's assistant living in West St in 1881 | 1857 | Pakefield, Suffolk |
| REYNOLDS Sarah | Servant of the Moore family living up West Rd in 1850s | 1831 | Roughton-Norfolk |
| Rice, Samuel | Porter living in New St in 1881 | 1835 | Paston, Norfolk |
| Riches, William | Bricklayer living in Church St in 1826 | ||
| Ridgden, William | Master Mariner living in Church St in 1826 | ||
| Ridley, James Glynn | Oxford Undergraduate lodging in Jetty St in 1881 | 1859 | Tynemouth, Northumbria |
| Ringer, John Robert | Railway clerk living in Mill Lane in 1881 | 1861 | Wymondham, Norfolk |
| Rise, Charles | On 1799 poor rate, paid £9 on his house. | ||
| RIVET, Robert | Son of John and Alice Rivet | 9 Dec 1716 | Cromer |
| Rivett, William C. | Farmer, who was retired and lodging with the Foxs at the Post Office in Jetty St in 1881 | 1811 | Kingsland, Norfolk |
| Rogers, Rumbold | On the poor rate of 1799 paying £2 | ||
| Rodwell A | Owned Steam Laundry in Church St after W. P. Baker | ||
| Roye(?), Walter | Errand Boy living in Garden St in 1881 | 1868 | Northrepps, Norfolk |
| Rudd, Georgeni | Servant at the Station in 1881 | 1860 | Esling(?), Norfolk |
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This information was compiled by Penny Ling
Any comments, suggestions or family to add email cromer@postmaster.co.uk
September 98.