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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Pulloxhill St James

 

The Parish

The parish of Pulloxhill lies in south central Bedfordshire about 3 miles southeast of the market town of Ampthill. Pulloxhill is a middling sized and rather linear village which sits about 2 miles west of the A6 road which connects Bedford with Luton. Most properties along a lane which runs along the crest of a low ironstone ridge and which terminated as a dead-end a little beyond the village. To the southeast of the village lies the brick-making area of clays whilst Pulloxhill sits, contrastingly, on iron rich sandstone. The principal economy of the village would have been the grazing and pasturing of cattle but today the farming has become much more arable in nature. Pulloxhill is drained by small streams, feeders heading northeast to join the River Flit at Shefford the latter joins the Ivel and then the Great Ouse to reach the North Sea through The Wash. Pulloxhill is sited at around 100 metres above the sea and stands upon the local high point with land falling away until the distant ridge of the Sundon Hills a few miles south. A fairly typically sized parish for its area, Pulloxhill covered just under 1,600 acres and would have supported a population of close to 600 parishioners. In Domesday times Pulloxhill was held by one Nigel d'Aubigny and was also a middling sort of place with assets of 13 ploughs and the usual meadows & woodland.


The Church

St James' church sits toward the southern end of the village on the eastern side of the the village's main lane here called Church Road. Whereas once St James was a complete medieval church by the mid 19th century it had been reduced to just the chancel and the remains of the western tower most of which had collapsed in the mid-17th century. Between 1845 & 1846 the church was completely rebuilt using the local umber-coloured ironstone to create today's church. Little remains of the medieval today and St James must largely be considered a Victorian rebuild. Church Road is sufficiently broad to permit careful parking. The churchyard is hedged to the road with wooden gates granting entry, the church is approached by a pathway through trees but matters open out once closer and there are eventually no obstacles to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 11th October 1754 - 2nd August 1802 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference - P/13/1/10a Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads Poor handwriting, fading and poor media make it likely there will be some misreads

NB this register is bundled with its successor into a single archival deposit
2 7th January 1803 - 20th February 1812 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference - P/13/1/10b Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads Poor handwriting, fading and poor media make it likely there will be some misreads

NB this register is bundled with its predecessor into a single archival deposit
3 11th January 1813 - 11th June 1837 Bedfordshire Archives - Reference - P/13/1/11 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Flitton St John the Baptist
Flitton St John the Baptist
Flitton St John the Baptist
Westoning St Mary Magdalene
Flitton St John the Baptist
Streatley St Margaret
Higham Gobion St Margaret (detached)
Higham Gobion St Margaret (detached)

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
1 11/10/1754 Thomas PAINTER Mary HARDWICK Single
2 16/12/1754 James UTLINS Sarah DEVONSHIRE
3 02/01/1755 Thomas HASELL Barton In The Clay Anne BUSHBY
4 17/02/1756 George CHOWNES Hexton, Hertfordshire Sarah BAKER Single
5 20/11/1756 Francis CRICK Flitwick Judith STEFF
6 23/11/1756 Thomas DUNTON Flitton Mary STAPLETON Widow
7 12/02/1757 John LOW Judith STONE Single Haynes
8 21/04/1757 John GUDGEON Anna Maria DAY Single
9 01/08/1757 William NEAL Martha BATLES Single
10 17/05/1758 John GODDARD Bromham Sarah KEENS Single
11 08/08/1758 John HARLEY Westoning Sarah GUDGIN Single
12 04/10/1758 Thomas NEAL Hannah WOODFIELD
13 10/10/1758 William BUNCKER Flitton Sarah SMITH Single
14 30/10/1758 Edward ANSELL Sarah HAYES Single
15 15/10/1759 William SOMERFIELD Mary FISHER Single
16 26/04/1760 John MOORE St Bride, City Of London Mary HUGGINS Single
17 29/12/1760 Philip PARKINS Elizabeth WRIGHT Single
18 03/01/1761 Richard WARD Barton In The Clay Elizabeth HAWKINS
19 12/06/1761 Richard CAIN Maulden Elizabeth BARRET
20 18/06/1761 Tristram KING Single Mary GUDGIN Single
21 18/06/1761 William POULTON Single Flitton Elizabeth GUDGIN Single
22 01/12/1761 Thomas KEEN Sarah BOSWARD Single
23 02/12/1761 John CLARK Single Elizabeth SINFIELD Single
24 25/01/1762 William SPENDILOVE Single Ann BURR Single
25 12/04/1762 William ARMES Single Ann NEWMAN Single
26 31/08/1762 John CHAPMAN Elizabeth SLATER Single
27 04/04/1763 John THOMSON Haynes Elizabeth CROOK Single
28 20/04/1763 James BRITAIN Judith FENSOM Single
29 14/12/1763 Abraham WITLOCK Widower Wavendon, Buckinghamshire Mary RADLEY Single
30 15/12/1764 Henry GURNEY Widower Anne SEABROOK Single
31 11/04/1765 John ABBOT Single Elizabeth HOWES Single
32 19/06/1766 William WILLIS Single St John, Bedford Anne GURNEY
33 10/11/1766 John BEST Widower Mary HORE Single
34 13/05/1767 William BROOKS Single Clophill Sarah GUDGIN Single
36 10/02/1768 Samuel CHAPMAN Lower Gravenhurst Mary LORD Single
37 16/03/1768 Benjamin CARTER Single Edmonton, Middlesex Ann BOSWORTH Single
38 30/03/1768 John GUDGEON Anne PARTRIDGE Single
39 07/09/1768 William DURRANT Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire Mary WORKER Single
41 20/06/1769 William GUDGEON Elizabeth PARTRIDGE Single
42 07/08/1769 John HANGER Widower Clophill Elizabeth THOMSON Widow
43 13/08/1769 John EVANS Single Southill Mary BOSWORTH Single
44 09/10/1769 Samuel DELANY Single Eversholt Sarah COLLYER Single
45 12/10/1769 James HANNAWELL Single Rebecca OSBORN Single
46 23/04/1770 John FIELD Lower Gravenhurst Sarah HOWES Single
47 07/05/1770 Edward YOUNG Rebecca NEAL
48 15/05/1770 John LITCHFIELD Single Sarah ROLLS Single
49 06/11/1770 John PRIOR Houghton Conquest Ann BACON
50 14/05/1771 Richard CROXFORD Single Barton In The Clay Mary BOSWORTH Single
51 15/07/1771 George ANGLES Susanna CLARKE Single
52 05/08/1771 John KEECH Toddington Mary HUCKLE Single
53 06/09/1771 Richard KANE Widower Mary ISLIP Widow
54 18/09/1771 John ABBOTTS Widower Judith HAYS Single
55 18/02/1772 Lewis SMITH Flitwick Elizabeth BOSWARD Single
56 03/08/1772 William WRIGHT Southill Sarah PATERNOSTER
57 23/11/1772 George WILDMAN Flitton Elizabeth SMART Single
58 11/10/1773 William CHERRY Sarah SQUIRE
59 07/02/1774 Amridge BRIGHT Houghton Conquest Jane BALLS Single
60 23/09/1774 William BARRISTER Sundon Anne BOTHWELL
61 09/05/1775 William BOTTREL Mary EMERSON
62 05/06/1775 William BRADBURY Sandridge, Hertfordshire Sarah CLARK Single
63 23/10/1775 Thomas SQUIRE Frances ROFTON Single
64 06/11/1775 Benjamin LORD Frances CLARKE Single
65 26/03/1776 Thomas STAPLETON Mary SQUIRE Single
66 26/10/1776 William GOBBY Elstow Ann HUCKLE
67 05/11/1776 John FRANCIS Harlington Elizabeth JEFFS Single
68 10/12/1776 William DAY Anne BOSWARD Single
69 08/01/1777 Joseph HOWES Mary PARTRIDGE Single
70 04/04/1777 John ADAMS Streatley Mary COLLYER Single
71 07/01/1778 John HOWES Ann GRUNDISH
72 20/02/1778 William WEBB Wilstead Mary WINDMILL
73 27/10/1778 William COLLYER Mary BURGESS
74 02/02/1779 William STEVENS Sandon, Hertfordshire Mary ANSEL
75 09/02/1779 John JUGGINS Elizabeth BALLS Single
76 24/05/1779 William WASHINGTON Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire Mary POULTON
77 24/05/1779 William BUNCKER Judith LOW
78 03/12/1779 Richard SQUIRE Elizabeth LORD Single
79 19/12/1779 John FISHER Shillington Frances POTTER
80 14/05/1780 John BANDY Widower Caddington Sarah CLARK Single
81 10/10/1780 John SMYTH Elizabeth WARD Single
82 11/10/1781 John DAY Anne JACKSON Single
83 27/11/1781 Charles ARNOLD Single Mary HARRIS Single
84 11/02/1782 Philip HUCKLE Frances PITTS Single
85 03/04/1782 Richard GUDGIN Sarah GIDDINGS
86 13/05/1782 William BEAL Ann WHEAL
87 30/05/1782 Daniel PALMER Flitton Sarah PARTRIDGE
88 15/05/1783 William TAYLOR Mary GUBBY
89 07/06/1783 William CHAPMAN Mary PENNY Single Flitton
90 14/07/1783 John CHANDLER Mary ISLIP
91 27/10/1783 John MOREING Mary THOMPSON Single
92 27/11/1783 Benjamin POWELL Toddington Elizabeth COLLYER
93 09/12/1783 George GOODSON Single Hannah BALLS Single
94 15/01/1784 William WILDMAN Flitton Sarah FELTS
94 15/01/1784 William SAUNDERS Flitton Sarah FELTS
94 15/01/1784 William HAWKINS Flitton Sarah FELTS
95 18/10/1784 John SPEARS Sarah SAGGERS Single
96 18/01/1785 Thomas NEAL Sarah ELLINGHAM
97 16/09/1785 William HUDGIN Anna Maria LOYD Single
92 13/10/1785 William ADAMS Martha HUCKLE
93 08/10/1787 Thomas ANCEL Mary CROXFORD
94 25/10/1787 William RUTLAND Sarah WRIGHT
95 18/12/1787 Daniel ODELL Pirton, Hertfordshire Sarah DAY
96 30/06/1788 John HOWES Dinah DEFRICKS
97 29/01/1789 Daniel DAY Frances BOTTSWORTH
98 03/02/1789 Francis CHAPMAN Amelia ALLEN
99 15/03/1789 Peter VERNEYS Greenwich, Kent Jenny COLLYER
100 13/04/1789 John WHITE Elizabeth SMITH
101 12/10/1789 Thomas WINTERBOURN Elizabeth COOPER
102 02/11/1789 William BALLS Elizabeth LONONS
103 18/06/1791 John BURT Barton In The Clay Mary SPENDLOW
104 31/10/1791 John CLARK Chalgrave Sarah WARTHINGTON Single
105 18/01/1792 Joseph ADAMS Judith ABBOTT
106 10/09/1792 William BOTTEREILL Mary PEARSON
107 11/01/1793 John CHILDS Sarah EVANS
108 05/03/1793 William BLOTT Barton In The Clay Susanna TOPPS
109 13/05/1793 William WATTS Sarah COPPERNHEAD
110 01/07/1793 Joseph NEAL Mary SMART
111 30/07/1793 Edward NEWELL Elizabeth SPENDLOW
112 09/09/1793 Henry DAY Ann SMITH
113 10/10/1793 George VINCENT Rose WISSEX
114 11/10/1793 William SWIFT Sarah IVELIP
115 04/11/1793 John MORRIS Elizabeth WASHINGTON
116 23/06/1794 James WORRALL Kempston Sarah MARKS
117 23/12/1794 William GIDDING Toddington Elizabeth COOKE
118 01/01/1795 John WILDMAN Flitton Mary TAILOR
119 27/01/1795 John BURGES Pirton, Hertfordshire Sarah ARNOLD
120 27/06/1795 James SMITH Dunstable Sarah UNDERWOOD
121 14/10/1795 George GUDGIN Barton In The Clay Mary CATON
122 25/11/1795 Joseph JONES Hannah WASHINGTON
123 18/01/1796 George SAUNDERS Ruth GOODHALL
124 28/04/1796 William WITTAMORE Ann GOBBY
125 30/05/1796 John WRIGHT Elizabeth ENCHANT
126 18/11/1796 Richard OSBORN Cranfield Peggy HALLWORTH
127 15/12/1796 John SALE Mary READ
128 03/01/1797 John SHARP Hannah WALLWORTH
129 00/02/1797 James HERRINGTON Rebecca PAIN
130 10/07/1797 George SIBLEY Sarah RICHARDSON
131 08/08/1797 James FITZJOHN Croydon With Clopton, Cambridgeshire Kitty COLLIER
132 10/10/1797 William VAISE Ann COOPER
28/11/1797 John ABBOTT Sarah HARRIS
26/01/1798 William THRUSHER Elizabeth CHANCE
05/02/1798 William THOMPSON Mary JONES
28/06/1798 Robert OSBORN Flitton Ann SHARP
10/12/1798 George HANSON Jane ADAMS
18/01/1799 William BURRAGE Flitton Catherine ODWELL
14/10/1799 James REEVES Jane HANNAWELL
15/10/1799 William WILDMAN Elizabeth COOPER
17/10/1799 Barnard COOK Elizabeth ABBIN
07/11/1799 Peter BROWN St Andrew Holborn, City Of London Sarah FIELD
05/04/1800 Robert LAMPSON Old Warden Sarah VEAL
27/07/1800 Joseph JONES Mary HANWELL
06/10/1800 William ONNEY Sarah GUDGIN
19/10/1800 Thomas RAINBOW Elizabeth CATON
12/06/1801 George HEAD Mary THOMPSON
18/06/1801 John FOSTER Ann FOWLER
04/09/1801 James SPENDELOW Frances IONS
28/09/1801 William HANWELL Elizabeth JONES
20/10/1801 Francis ONEY Elizabeth IONS
21/12/1801 Richard KING Harlington Mary CARTER
30/12/1801 John PARKER Elizabeth SAUNDERS
02/08/1802 John ODELL Sarah SPENDELOW
155 07/01/1803 Thomas CARR Mary ODELL
156 01/02/1803 William COOPER Flitton Elizabeth SQUIRES
157 18/04/1803 Sinfield HYDE Sophia GOBBEY
18/06/1803 Richard PEDDER Mary EVANS
15/07/1803 William MARTIN Flitwick Elizabeth INGGINS
14/11/1803 William STONBRIDGE Sarah THOMPSON
24/11/1803 John FOSSEY Charlotte BOTTS
02/04/1804 Daniel HART Sarah MOREING
01/10/1804 John FACER Judith HAITH
15/10/1804 Richard WILLIS Elizabeth FIELD
12/10/1805 William RATLAND Elizabeth SQUIRES
15/10/1805 Thomas ROWE Sarah HOWES
27/02/1806 John PALMER Charlotte ARNOLD
02/08/1806 William WRIGHT Maria SIMKINS
17/10/1806 Henry COOPER Jenny RICHARDSON
31/08/1807 John BAILEY Old Warden Martha UNDERWOOD
29/12/1807 Henry KINGHAM Ann GUDGIN
21/01/1808 William CHIPPERFIELD Mary ARNOLD
12/10/1808 John GARRET Rhoda PEARSON
14/02/1809 John VIRGIN Elizabeth SQUIRES
28/09/1809 George REYNOLDS Martha TOONS
176 02/01/1810 William FORD Ruth UNDERWOOD
177 04/06/1810 John NEWBURY Fanny WIGHTMAN
178 12/10/1810 William PAIN Flitton Elizabeth WILLEY
179 12/06/1811 Benjamin MORING Hannah ARNOLD
180 13/06/1811 John MORRIS Mary ROWL
181 06/12/1811 John EVANS Elizabeth MORING
182 10/01/1812 John UNDERWOOD Amelia BURROWS
183 20/02/1812 Robert DILLEY Kitty RICHARDSON
1 11/01/1813 John IRONS Frances LEACH Hinxton, Hertfordshire
2 09/02/1813 William Warren HALE Benington, Hertfordshire Anne FIELD
3 11/04/1814 William HANNWELL Sarah PEARCE Flitton
4 10/10/1814 Joseph NEAL Maria WRIGHT
8 11/10/1814 Joseph NEALS Maria WRIGHT
5 12/10/1814 John POTTER Elizabeth SMITH
6 12/10/1814 John CHANDLER Sarah POTTER
7 13/10/1814 Thomas SQUIRES Beatrice ABBOT
9 18/11/1814 Isaac NEAL St Cuthbert, Bedford Hannah ADAMS
11 21/01/1815 Philip PARKES Ampthill Frances SQUIRES
12 17/10/1815 Edward WITHINGTON Mary GOBBEY
13 02/02/1816 Mathew RUTLAND Sarah EVANS
14 15/04/1816 Joseph BURROWS Fanny ASPREY Westoning
15 05/11/1816 James BURROWS Ann PATEMAN Barton In The Clay
16 31/11/1816 Joseph CARTER Westoning Ann SIBLEY
17 12/05/1817 Henry WASHINGTON Barton In The Clay Fanny WINTERBURN
18 08/12/1817 John NEAL Hannah FORD
19 31/01/1818 James MADDAMS Widower Clophill Mary PALMER Single
20 13/10/1818 James PEARSON Elizabeth PEASNUTT
21 28/10/1818 John ATIS Chalgrave Mary FOWLER
22 29/10/1818 George CLEAVER Lucy Ann BURGESS
24 30/10/1818 John PUTMAN Single Elizabeth CHILDS Single
25 23/04/1819 Joseph HOWES Rosanna COOK
26 02/08/1819 Stephen UNDERWOOD Elizabeth JONES
27 08/09/1819 John CHAPMAN Frances WIGGINS
28 27/12/1819 James ASHBY Sarah SQUIRES
29 13/05/1820 William MORRIS Sarah NEAL
30 22/05/1820 Joseph KEECH Mary SPENDILOW
31 17/09/1820 George SANDERS Elizabeth WHITE
32 20/10/1820 William SWIFT Hannah REYNOLDS
33 09/11/1820 Thomas KEEP Elizabeth APTON Flitton
34 19/12/1820 Edward ASHBY Harlington Sarah LAWRENCE
35 21/06/1821 James NEWMAN Upper Gravenhurst Frances WILDMAN
36 26/06/1821 Samuel PAGE Sarah SQUIRES
37 08/04/1822 William BALLS Mary LAWRENCE
38 16/05/1822 William WITTEMAN Sarah MADOCK Flitton
39 20/05/1822 Richard PATEMAN Wootton Ann COOK
40 15/07/1822 Robert HANNIWELL Elizabeth VINCENT
41 30/08/1822 William BURRIDGE Flitton Elizabeth EVANS
42 30/09/1822 George BURROWS Mary VINCENT Flitwick
43 30/09/1822 James HIDE Elizabeth VARSE
44 29/10/1822 Charles EVANS Mary ELLIS Flitton
45 29/10/1822 Joseph HARLAW Ann FETTUS
46 15/11/1822 William EVANS Elizabeth FOSSEY
47 26/11/1822 William HOWES Elizabeth WEST
48 17/10/1823 William SHERWOOD Mary VARSE
49 09/12/1823 John MARTIN Amelia WIGGINS
50 12/12/1823 William ARNOLD Elizabeth CHURCH
51 02/03/1824 Charles OLNEY Martha PARSER
52 19/04/1824 John NEWBURY Edith MAN
53 09/12/1824 James SPENDILOW Mary PEDDER
54 18/01/1825 Richard PAGE Single Upper Gravenhurst Caroline WEST
55 03/02/1825 George BURLEY Single Elizabeth SHARP Single
56 11/08/1825 William CHURCH Westoning Lucy COOK
57 26/11/1825 William WALTON Westoning Ann CHAMPKIN
58 04/04/1826 Henry HYDE Lydia JONES
59 08/09/1826 Thomas PARKER Mary Ann BURROWES
60 11/10/1826 John BROWN Mary CHANDLER
61 12/12/1826 Simfield HYDE Elizabeth BALLS
62 25/12/1826 John OLNEY Sophia CARTER
63 18/10/1827 Charles COOK Higham Gobion Mary COOK
64 26/04/1828 William NEAL Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT
65 08/07/1828 John IRONS Joyce SPRING
66 05/09/1828 Thomas BURROWS Sophia TEBBETH
67 18/09/1828 George HARRIS Ann CLARK
68 29/09/1828 John SMITH Jemima ABBOTT
69 20/10/1828 Thomas CHAMPKIN Mary TIBBETH
70 05/12/1828 William COOPER Flitton Mary Ann Elizabeth WALKER
71 17/04/1829 William DEACON Flitwick Mary WHITE
72 09/06/1829 John ABBOTT Ann WILDMAN
73 27/07/1829 Philip HYDE Mary FOSSEY
74 30/11/1829 James SPENDELOW Sophia HYDE
75 29/12/1829 John CHURCH Mary SMITH
76 10/09/1830 Edward POTTER Elizabeth PARKER
77 26/10/1830 James WILDMAN Mary SQUIRES
78 10/12/1830 John MOORHEN Flitton Mary Stephens DEANIOR
79 25/04/1831 Daniel DEACON Amey FOWLER
80 11/10/1831 George GIDDINS Single Mary EVANS Single
81 07/02/1832 Richard GUDGIN Single Mary Ann OLNEY Single
82 18/08/1832 John COBB Widower Ippolitts, Hertfordshire Sarah SHARP Single
83 02/11/1832 James WALKER Ann ABBOT
84 15/12/1832 Thomas ADAMS Ann WILDMAN
85 24/03/1833 David ABBOTT Single Ann DUDLEY Single
86 02/05/1833 John FOSSEY Elizabeth OLNEY
87 10/06/1833 William PARKER Sophia PETTET
88 28/08/1833 George GUDGEN Flitwick Ruth THOMPSON
89 06/09/1833 Richard HYDE Single Flitton Sarah FOSSEY Single
90 25/10/1833 Thomas RAINBOW Single Flitwick Elizabeth VIRGIN Single
91 07/11/1833 Johnathan ABBOTT Single Annis ELISS Single
92 10/11/1833 John EVANS Single Sophia HYDE Single
93 27/12/1833 Charles CAIN Elizabeth COOPER
94 19/10/1834 John LAWRENCE Anne CAUSTIN
95 15/12/1834 John DEACON Single Sophia Dean STEPHENS Single
96 08/02/1835 James SIMMONDS Single Mary Ann BUTLER Single
97 03/03/1835 Charles SQUIRES Single Campton Ellen HALLWORTH Single
98 15/05/1835 Henry SHARP Single Maria KENDAL Single
99 07/06/1835 James WHITE Single Lucy KING Single
100 14/07/1835 William ADAMS Flitwick Charlotte SPENDELOW
101 27/07/1835 Samuel EVANS Single Charlotte FOSSEY Single
102 16/09/1835 Edward STAGNELL Flitton Rachel WOODLAND
103 07/11/1835 Francis OLNEY Hannah ARNOLD
104 05/02/1836 James REEVES Single Mary WILDMAN Single
105 12/07/1836 Thomas OLNEY Mary BURLEY
106 24/07/1836 William GOODMAN Single Flitton Helen PAYNE Single
107 01/08/1836 Joseph CHAMPKIN Single Elizabeth HOWES Single
108 20/10/1836 Richard VASS Single Sarah SKEGS Single
109 15/11/1836 Edward PARKER Single Flitton Elizabeth PAYNE Single
110 15/01/1837 Richard THOMPSON Flitton Mary COLES
111 27/02/1837 John NORTHWOOD Single Flitton Mary USHER Single
112 26/03/1837 John CLARK Single Ruth PETTET Single
113 03/04/1837 Joseph USHER Single Mary CLARK Single
114 11/06/1837 James ANNEWELLS Single Mary RUTLAND Single

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