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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Harlington St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Harlington lies in southern Bedfordshire on the edges of the Chiltern ranges which form a southward extension to the county and quite close to its border with neighbouring Hertfordshire. Harlington is located about 5 miles south of the market town of Ampthill. Harlington is a large and compact village sitting in lanes about a mile to the east of the A5120 road which links Ampthill with Dunstable. The village is tightly bordered to its west by the railway lines from Bedford to London and more modern still, the M1 motorway runs about a mile west of the village. The area around Harlington would have largely been exploited in a mixed farming regime although some quarrying of the local sandstone would have also occurred. Nowadays the area is largely arable except on the scarp slopes of the nearby Sundon Hills. The area of Harlington is drained by numerous small tributaries of the Rivers Flit & Ivel which drain northeastwards before joining the Great Ouse to the south of St Neots and reaching the North Sea through The Wash. Harlington is sited at around 100 metres above the sea although the village site is sloping and is 10 metres higher or lower from south to north. Harlington parish covered a fairly typically sized area for a Bedfordshire parish, its acreage of 1,900 or so acres being split into a large area based on the village with a smaller detached portion separated by a strip of Toddington parish. The parish would have supported a population of around 520 parishioners. In Domesday times Harlington was held by one Nigel of Aubigny and could offer 7 ploughs, some small meadows and an impressive 400 pigs.


The Church

St Mary's church sits on the southern side of Harlington's main east to west running lane, indeed that lane takes an extreme dogleg around the church site on three sides. The church makes extensive use of the iron-rich local sandstone which is shown particularly well in the western tower. The mixture of Decorated and Perpendicular features leads Pevsner to date the building to a period covering the late 13th and early 14th centuries and the building shows no signs of the evolution over the centuries or indeed of Victorian changes in restoration. The building sits in an oblong site bounded to the north by Harlington's lane (where the border is a low-hedge) and to the south by brick walls. A wooden gateway at the western end grants access to a gravelled path running to the building, the site is generally fairly open with few restrictions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 16th August 1754 - 24th November 1792 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference P75/1/4 Plain, ruled and bordered book with combined Banns & Marriage register Grade 3 Register - There is a likelihood of some misreads due to poor quality of originals but hopefully few in number The register has faded making for challenging reading at times
2 7th February 1793 - 29th December 1812 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference P75/1/6 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
3 27th October 1813 - 29th September 1836 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference P75/1/9 Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Tingrith St Nicholas
Westoning St Mary Magdalene
Flitwick St Peter & St Paul
Westoning St Mary Magdalene
Streatley St Margaret
Toddington St George
Streatley St Margaret
Toddington St George
Sundon St Mary
Sundon St Mary

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
26/02/1754 Thomas BRICKET     Ann GLADMAN   Toddington
1 16/08/1754 Joseph CROSSLEY Single   Anna Maria PERKINS Single  
2 14/10/1754 Daniel THOMAS Single Clophill Sarah HARBOROUGH Single  
3 09/12/1754 William MEAD Single Sundon Mary WHEELER Single  
4 06/05/1755 Nathaniel GREY Single   Susan FELLS Single  
5 07/05/1755 John HARRIS Single   Martha BRICKET Single  
6 22/09/1755 William KING Single   Jane TYLER Single  
7 20/10/1755 Thomas Jenkins HAYNES Single   Elizabeth FARLINGER Single  
8 26/10/1756 John RUFFORD Single   Ruth MARTIN Single  
9 01/11/1756 Richards FELLS Single   Sarah FOWLER Single  
10 05/01/1757 Joseph FREELOVE Single Streatley Susan BURR Single  
11 03/02/1757 Thomas LAWFORD Single   Ann MATTOCK Single  
12 22/02/1757 Benjamin WATTS Single   Mary FENSAM Single  
13 22/05/1758 Jonathan BARKER Single Luton Mary PROTTEN Single  
14 13/10/1758 John FENSOM Single   Sarah HENDERSON Single  
15 25/08/1760 Henry LETCH Single   Mary ROBINSON Single  
16 24/11/1760 William MOLSER Single Barton In The Clay Mary FELLS Single  
17 19/01/1761 James STANBRIDGE Single   Mary CLARKE Single Pulloxhill
18 05/04/1761 John WHEELER Single   Sarah MEDCRAFT Single  
19 22/04/1761 Henry PEDDER Single   Elizabeth KEMPSTON Single  
20 20/10/1761 John KING Single Maulden Mary BURR Single  
21 12/02/1762 James WILLSON Single   Ann WILLMOT Single  
22 29/04/1762 John FELLS Single   Ann SQUIRE Single  
23 22/06/1762 Samuel ROFFORD Single   Ann CHAPMAN Single  
24 04/07/1762 William RANDALL Single   Elizabeth BARKER Single  
25 09/11/1762 Richard HEYDON Single   Judith FELLS Single  
26 04/02/1763 Thomas HOBBS Single   Sarah WILLMOTT Single  
27 17/05/1763 Edward FELLS Single   Ann BRICKETT Single  
28 09/08/1763 William LAMBETH Single   Susan COX Single  
29 11/10/1764 John WHEELER Single   Sarah BARKER Single  
30 22/10/1764 John KINDER Single St Michael Le Querne, City Of London Anna Letitia JENNINGS Single  
31 17/12/1764 James MEDCRAFT Single   Ann CORDELL Single  
32 13/10/1765 William CHANCE Single   Martha HAWKINS Single  
33 25/11/1765 Barnett DIMOCK Single   Elizabeth JUGGINS Single  
34 10/12/1765 Thomas BRITTAIN Single   Elizabeth PEFFAR Widow  
35 13/10/1766 Thomas DAY Single   Elizabeth FORFEIT Single  
36 22/12/1766 Thomas LAWFORD Single   Mary FELLS Single  
37 02/03/1767 John TEBBUT Single   Ann MANN Single  
38 04/08/1769 Thomas CARR Single   Susan REED Single Barton In The Clay
40 20/09/1769 John POTTER Single   Mary SMYTH Single  
39 26/09/1769 William SMITH Single   Mary PARKINS Single  
41 10/11/1769 Thomas BUSHBY Single   Grace WARREN Single  
42 04/01/1770 Joseph MILLER Single   Elizabeth JANES Single  
43 20/08/1770 John BAVISTER Single Westoning Susan CHANCE Single  
44 11/09/1771 George FOX Single Toddington Ann ISAACS Single  
45 24/09/1771 Richard LANE Single   Mary BURT Single  
46 09/02/1773 John FRANCIS Single   Ann FOWKES Single  
47 12/04/1773 Edward EATON Single   Frances JANES Single  
48 12/04/1773 John PEARLES Single   Sarah SPIRES Single  
49 17/04/1773 Richard STEARS Single   Susan KEMPSON Single  
50 27/09/1773 William HICKMAN Single   Elizabeth ROBERTS Single  
51 07/02/1774 John LEECH Single   Mary SIKES Single  
52 10/11/1774 Thomas CHANCE Single   Mary HIGGS Single Westoning
53 27/06/1775 Thomas LAWFORD Widower   Ann GREEN Single  
54 26/09/1775 William COLLINS Single Birmingham, Warwickshire Sarah ASTLE Single  
55 16/10/1775 Stephen HARRIS Single   Elizabeth CROSLEY Single  
56 03/02/1776 James CASE Single   Mary Sherlock TILCOCK Single  
57 22/04/1776 Joseph PRISLEY Widower   Ann COOK Single  
58 10/01/1777 Roger JUGGINS Single   Elizabeth CLARK Single  
59 27/04/1778 John WHEELER Single   Mary KING Single  
60 17/10/1778 John WATTS Single   Ann SPIRES Single Ridgmont
61 27/10/1778 Thomas MEGGER Single   Ann COX Single  
62 26/05/1779 James NICHOLS Single   Hannah ASTLE Single  
63 20/02/1781 William COOK Single   Lidia WASHINGTON Single  
64 05/06/1782 Phillip BOSTING Single   Mary GEORGE Single  
65 08/10/1782 Thomas CHAPMAN Single   Susan POULTON Single  
66 18/02/1783 William SPIRES Single   Elizabeth HARRISON Single  
67 23/04/1783 John MORRIS Widower   Sarah FELLS Widow  
68 10/10/1783 John DENTON Single   Elizabeth THOROWGOOD Single  
69 01/11/1783 John DRAPER Single Luton Ann DIMMOCK Single  
70 11/12/1783 Joseph POULTON Single   Ann ALLEN Single  
71 04/11/1784 John LOWNGS Single   Mary DAY Single  
72 31/01/1785 George HOBBS Single Toddington Mary PEARSON Single  
73 12/05/1785 William PAYNE Single   Sarah POULTON Single  
74 13/10/1785 Henry LETCH Widower   Martha COLLETT Single  
75 18/02/1786 John MATHEWS Single Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire Kitty BOSTON Single  
76 22/05/1786 John SUDBURY Single Tingrith Sarah PEPPER Single  
77 12/10/1786 William PRYER Single Houghton Regis Mary MERRY Single  
78 15/10/1786 Nathaniel GREY Single   Elizabeth DICKESON Widow  
79 26/04/1787 Thomas MERRY Single   Mary KEMPSON Single  
80 20/10/1787 John PARKINS Single   Elizabeth GURNEY Single  
81 24/06/1788 John ODELL Single Toddington Ann SIMONS Single  
82 28/10/1788 John COOK Single   Mary GOODMAN Widow  
83 29/12/1788 Henry OSBORN Single   Elizabeth NASH Single  
84 13/10/1789 Harry MARTINDALE Single   Sarah MEAD Widow  
85 05/11/1789 Edmund SPARKS Single   Allice MORRIS Single  
86 04/12/1789 Thomas POWNEY Single   Elizabeth MARTIN Single  
87 06/12/1790 William WOOTON Single Toddington Elizabeth RUFFET Single  
88 13/10/1791 James HARRIS Single Luton Ann MERRY Single  
89 03/02/1792 William MERRY Single   Ann RUFFETT Widow  
90 16/04/1792 Francis HORSEPOOL Single   Sarah HOLMES Widow  
91 14/05/1792 Joseph MEAD Single   Mary HIRST Single  
92 22/10/1792 Thomas ASHBY Single   Sarah RUFFET Single  
93 26/10/1792 Henry POWELL Single   Elizabeth PEDDAR Single  
94 24/11/1792 Jonathan HINKS Single   Mary PEPPER Single  
1 07/02/1793 Joseph PEARSON Single   Mary HORLEY Single  
2 10/09/1793 Richard RICHARDSON Single   Phoebe NASH Single  
3 30/07/1794 George EVANS Single Watford, Hertfordshire Sarah SIMONS Single  
4 03/02/1795 Timothy COOK Single   Rebecca MANN Single  
5 20/10/1795 Richard WILLISON Single Milton Bryan Mary MATTHEWS Single  
6 14/12/1795 John CHANCE Single   Tabitha REYNOLDS Single  
7 09/01/1796 William WINCH Single   Susan INKS Single  
8 13/10/1796 John WHEELER Single   Ann ROUGHTON Single  
9 12/10/1797 John LAURENCE Single   Elizabeth DAY Single  
10 19/10/1797 William PRIOR Single   Susan BAVISTER Single  
11 12/04/1798 John ABBOT Single Pulloxhill Mary PEARSON Single  
12 30/04/1798 Richard MEAD Single   Ann JUGGINS Single  
13 08/05/1798 Harry HORLEY Single   Hester HURST Single  
14 09/07/1798 William RUSSELL Single   Elizabeth PALES Single  
15 30/07/1798 Thomas FOSKETT Single   Ann BURNAGE Single  
16 24/09/1798 James BAVISTER Single   Mary HICKMAN Single  
17 16/10/1798 Thomas HARRIS Single   Ann WASHINGTON Single  
18 19/10/1798 Edward WILSON Single   Phillis PEDDER Single  
19 06/03/1799 Thomas MEAD Single   Judith GIBBS Single  
20 01/04/1799 Joseph COOK Single   Mary FRANCKLIN Single  
21 29/07/1799 Thomas BALL Single   Sarah RANDALL Single  
22 23/09/1799 John ASHBEY Single   Mary WHEELER Single  
23 26/11/1799 Roger JUGGINS Single   Mary MERRY Single  
24 11/12/1799 John TAVENER Single Chalgrave Mascilla READ Single  
25 16/12/1799 Thomas WARNER Single   Sophia FOXEN Single  
26 14/04/1800 Thomas PURSER Single   Elizabeth SPIERS Single  
27 12/05/1800 William NEGUS Single   Mary SMITH Single  
28 07/08/1800 Henry LETCH Single   Elizabeth READ Single  
29 13/10/1800 James LAWMAN Single   Mary FELKS Single  
30 13/10/1800 John BODDINGTON Single   Mary WARNER Single  
31 23/10/1800 Thomas WHEELER Single   Sarah EDMONDS Single  
32 24/04/1801 Roger JUGGINS Single   Elizabeth CASE Single  
33 25/05/1801 James SUMMERFIELD Single Westoning Sarah BROWN Single  
34 13/10/1801 William PURSER Single   Elizabeth PAYNE Single  
35 02/11/1801 John WORKER Single   Jane WARREN Single  
36 21/12/1801 Joseph MARLOW Single Sundon Sarah WARNER Single  
37 14/10/1802 George GODFREY Single Pulloxhill Mary NASH Single  
38 07/02/1803 Henry COSTAN Single   Sarah DAY Single  
39 02/06/1803 James CAIN Single   Mary LANE Single  
40 15/08/1803 Joshua SIMONDS Single   Jane FENSOME Single  
41 15/08/1803 Joseph GIBBONS Single Tingrith Sarah PRISLEY Single  
42 26/09/1803 Richard POULTON Single Westoning Mary CASE Single  
43 22/11/1803 William FIELDS Single Toddington Sarah DICKENS Single  
44 16/01/1804 John FELPS Single   Elizabeth FIELDS Single  
45 11/09/1804 Thomas JAFFS Single   Susan FRANCIS Single  
46 15/10/1804 James SPICER Single   Mary JUGGINS Single  
47 06/02/1805 Thomas PARROTT Single   Ann SMITH Single  
48 26/02/1805 James WARREN Single   Mary TURVEY Single  
49 27/06/1805 Thomas STANBRIDGE Single   Ann PRISLEY Single  
50 01/11/1805 Benjamin MEAD Single   Ann HALSEY Single  
51 22/12/1805 John MUCKLESTON Single   Ann PRIESTLEY Single  
52 19/07/1806 John PARKINS Single   Mary CAIN Single  
53 26/12/1806 William PEDDAR Single   Elizabeth MONDAY Single  
54 03/07/1807 William LUMMUS Single Westoning Mary HOWES Single  
55 21/09/1807 William BATES Single   Phebey SPIRES Single  
56 04/11/1807 James LAWMAN Single   Mary DENTON Single  
57 05/11/1807 Jonathan ABBOT Single Pulloxhill Mary PURSER Single  
58 16/11/1807 Thomas WILDMAN Single Flitton Susan CHANCE Single  
59 05/09/1808 John HARRIS Single   Mary WARREN Single  
60 11/10/1808 John WORKER Single   Sarah WILLINGHAM Single  
61 17/10/1808 George RANDALL Single Streatley Ann VALENTINE Single  
62 25/10/1808 Thomas GEALING Single St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex Elizabeth PURSER Single  
63 25/10/1808 Richard CHANCE Single Barton In The Clay Sarah FRANCIS Single  
64 14/11/1808 Thomas TOMKINS Single   Martha SPIERS Single  
65 26/12/1808 William HARRIS Single   Martha MILLARD Single  
66 31/03/1810 Joseph WILSON Single Harpenden, Hertfordshire Hannah GRAY Single  
67 12/06/1810 James CHANCE Single   Elizabeth LANE Single  
68 22/10/1811 Thomas PECK Single   Sarah STAYTON Single  
69 28/12/1811 John WARREN Single   Mary MILLARD Single  
70 21/09/1812 William FOWLER Single   Elizabeth WELLINGHAM Single  
71 26/12/1812 Thomas MILLARD Single   Elizabeth ELCE Single  
72 29/12/1812 Thomas WILLCOX Single   Ann COX Single  
1 27/10/1813 John JUGGINS     Hannah CLEAVER   Toddington
2 02/10/1814 William JARVIS     Ann FIELD    
3 27/03/1815 John FRANCISS     Mary KILBY    
4 21/09/1815 William BLISS     Lydia COX    
5 13/10/1815 Philip ELLIS     Lettice DENTON    
6 19/10/1815 Thomas HUTSON     Phoebe REYNOLDS    
7 20/11/1815 Daniel DENTON     Elizabeth JACKSON    
8 03/01/1816 William MUCKLETON Single   Anne TILLEY Single  
9 08/01/1816 Joseph STONBRIDGE Widower   Rebecca TILCOCK Single  
10 15/04/1816 John BEASLEY Single   Anne WILLINGHAM Single  
11 05/06/1816 Abraham MARTINDALE Single   Mary KING Single  
12 27/01/1817 James CHANDLER Single Pulloxhill Sarah ASHBY Single  
13 10/03/1817 James JEFFS Single   Sarah HUMPHREY Single  
14 08/11/1817 William COX Single   Sarah BALLS Single  
15 02/02/1818 James W CREWTH Single St Paul, Bedford Sarah GAINSTONE Single  
16 11/05/1818 Thomas HINKS Single   Jemima ROBINSON Single  
17 21/09/1818 Henry WOODWARD Single   Elizabeth CHANCE Single  
18 06/11/1818 John WILLISON Single   Sarah WEYMAN Single  
19 17/12/1818 Thomas SEARS Single   Mary LINE Single  
20 20/03/1819 Samuel JANES Single   Anne HICKMAN Single  
21 13/04/1819 William HORSPOOL Single   Charlotte SAVAGE Single  
22 21/10/1819 George PEARSE Single St Giles In The Fields, Middlesex Elizabeth JENNINGS Single  
23 21/10/1819 William FORBREY Single   Mary HORSEPOOL Single  
24 29/10/1819 Richard BATES Single   Mary COOK Single  
25 03/01/1820 Thomas PERRY Widower   Hannah DENNESS Widow  
26 15/02/1820 John FOWLER Single   Sara POTTON Single Westoning
27 01/05/1820 Samuel CHANCE Single   Leah KNAP Single  
28 26/09/1820 John HARRIS Single   Elizabeth SMITH Single Streatley
29 17/10/1820 Richard AMDSDEN Single Sundon Elizabeth HINKS Single  
30 12/11/1820 George MITCHEL Single Milton Bryan Rebecca HARBET    
31 05/03/1821 William TEAZLE Single   Hannah PERRY Single  
32 04/06/1821 James COOK Single   Sarah COX Single  
33 26/10/1821 Newman BATES   Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire Elizabeth ASHBEY    
34 30/10/1821 Job WILLINGHAM Single   Mary RUSSELL Single  
35 24/12/1821 Richard FOWLER Single   Elizabeth COX Single  
36 22/04/1822 James FRANCES Single   Mary WARKER Single  
37 22/11/1822 Eli WHEELER Single   Mary SEABROOK Single  
38 27/11/1822 Mark DENTON Single   Sarah WALLER Single  
39 21/12/1822 John HINKS Single   Elizabeth SYMONDS Single  
40 04/08/1823 Thomas HARRIS Single   Mary OSBORN Single  
41 24/09/1823 Jacob BOWAN Single   Elizabeth LINMARK Single  
42 20/10/1823 George PENDER Single   Sarah BAKER Single  
43 06/11/1823 John HAISBAND Single   Elizabeth HORSPOOL Single  
44 02/03/1824 Thomas HUCKLESTON Single Streatley Elizabeth HORLEY Single  
45 01/11/1824 William SQUIRES Single   Anne COOK Single  
46 08/02/1825 James BONNER Single   Esther ASHBY Single  
47 02/05/1825 George KNOTT Single   Alice ASHBY Single  
48 05/09/1825 Daniel FOWLER Single   Mary CHAMPION Single  
49 26/09/1825 John CHANCE Single   Susan COX    
50 15/05/1826 Thomas CARTWRIGHT     Betsy COVINGTON    
51 28/08/1826 Thomas ABBOT Single   Elizabeth GODFREY Single  
52 14/09/1826 George GODFREY Single   Mary ABBOTT Single  
53 27/10/1826 John HARRIS Widower   Ann ASHBY Single  
54 15/12/1826 William BAKER Single   Ann PARKINS Single  
55 15/02/1827 Thomas PEARSE Single Westoning Anna Letitia AIKIN Single  
56 20/04/1827 John GIBBONS Single Tingrith Beatrice ABBOT Single  
57 01/10/1827 James BAVISTER Single   Mary Ann HURST Single  
58 22/10/1827 Samuel ROBINSON Widower   Sarah HARRIS Single  
59 29/10/1827 Thomas FOWLER Single   Ann LANE Single  
60 07/10/1828 James FRANCIS     Susannah CHANCE Single  
61 16/10/1828 William CARTWRIGHT Single   Susannah WALLER Single  
62 05/11/1829 George NEGUS Single   Mary Ann ODELL Single  
63 05/11/1829 James Nash GODFREY Single   Sarah BARKER Single  
64 03/12/1829 William GODFREY Single   Maria RAGGETT Single  
67 26/03/1830 Henry HORLEY Single   Ann CLARKE Single  
68 13/10/1830 John HARRIS Single   Hannah BAKER Single  
69 18/10/1830 Thomas HAINES Single Toddington Maria COX Single  
70 06/06/1831 Richard MARTIN Single   Mary Smith SPENCER Single  
71 06/10/1831 James CHANDLER Widower   Fanny WORTHINGTON Widow  
72 04/11/1831 Philip ELLIS Widower   Elizabeth BATES Single  
73 18/11/1831 Joseph HARRIS Single   Sarah PURSER Single  
74 23/12/1831 James WILLSON Single   Ann WALLER Widow  
75 23/12/1831 John IRELAND Widower   Elizabeth NEGUS Single  
76 10/02/1832 Thomas BRADSHAW Single   Mary BARKER Single  
77 07/03/1832 John PURSER Single   Ann CHANCE Single  
78 17/12/1832 Richard LANE Single   Louisa LINGAR Single  
79 29/04/1833 Joseph SNOXELL Single   Dinah SHEEN Single  
80 10/06/1833 John SAUNDERS Single Toddington Jane STONE Single  
81 01/07/1833 William ASHBY Single   Mary Ann CROSBY Single  
82 17/07/1833 William HARRIS Single   Phoebe RUSSEL Single  
83 19/08/1833 Edward HARRIS Single   Frances Margaret PARTRIDGE Widow  
84 06/12/1833 William GRAY Single   Mary WASHINGTON Single  
85 17/12/1833 John COX Single   Lucy WORKER Single  
86 02/06/1834 Douglas PURSER Single   Phebe WEST Single  
87 22/07/1834 Thomas LAWMAN Single   Jane TOOTH Single  
88 22/09/1834 Thomas HARRIS Widower   Eliza LINGAR Single  
89 20/10/1834 Joseph MEAD Single   Mary Ann GRACE Single  
90 01/12/1834 Thomas WILLSON Single   Hannah ASHBY Single  
91 12/01/1835 Edward ALDRIDGE Single Westoning Ann EAMES Single  
92 18/05/1835 John MANDER Single   Susannah HAYNES Single  
93 08/06/1835 Daniel LAWMAN Single   Ann PEDDER Single  
94 22/10/1835 Henry WATTS Single Westoning Susannah COOK Single  
95 29/10/1835 William HAYNES Single   Mary Ann STANBRIDGE Single  
96 21/03/1836 Joseph LAWMAN Single   Sarah ODELL Single Westoning
97 16/05/1836 John Warren FELL Single   Sophia EAMES Single  
98 29/09/1836 Thomas BARKER Single   Elizabeth WILLSON Single  

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