Tingrith St Nicholas

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Tingrith St Nicholas

The Parish

The parish of Tingrith is located in central southern Bedfordshire about 4 miles east of the market town of Woburn. Tingrith is a small and compact village located in lanes about 2 miles west of the A5120 road which connects Ampthill with Dunstable, the more modern M1 runs just east of Tingrith village. Much of Tingrith is located alongside an east to west running lane that connects Woburn with Harlington. Tingrith would largely have been an agricultural village although it is within the brick-making area of the county and undoubtedly some of that activity would have occurred. Tingrith is drained to the northeast by the headwaters of the River Flit, this river joins the Ivel and then Great Ouse to reach the North Sea through The Wash. Tingrith is sited at around 90 metres above the sea and much of the area surrounding is at or slightly higher than this level. Tingrith parish was of a fairly typical acreage for a Bedfordshire parish, it covered around 950 acres and would have supported a population of just under 160 parishioners. In Domesday times Tingrith was a small place, indeed; it was held by one Nigel of Aubigny and could offer just 3 ploughs and a woodland.

The Church

St Nicholas' church sits to the north of the village accessed by the dead-end lane of Church Road. The church is largely Perpendicular in style and origin but has been restored (Pevsner "over-restored") extensively in the mid 19th century. Despite this restoration the 14th century origins of the building are still evident. The church follows the standard pattern of nave, chancel and western tower and is augmented by arcades, above the arcades the clerestory windows are described by Pevsner as "impressive". Church Road runs for 300 metres or so north and ends at the metal gates of St Nicholas. The churchyard is quite noticeably endowed with trees making photographic angles a little restricted.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	11th October 1757 - 30th November 1812	Bedfordshire Archives - Reference P90/1/4	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 4 register - there is a likelihood of many misreads due to the poor quality of the original materials	The register is badly faded and many entries are extremely difficult to read
2	24th September 1813 - 23rd November 1836	Bedfordshire Archives - Reference P90/1/5	Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	This register is faded but not to the degree of its predecessor, a slow read but hopefully accurately done

Eversholt St John the Baptist	Eversholt St John the Baptist	Flitwick St Peter & St Paul
Eversholt St John the Baptist		Flitwick St Peter & St Paul Harlington St Mary (detached)
Milton Bryan St Peter Toddington St George	Toddington St George	Toddington St George

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
	15/02/1754	Samuel	HIGHAM			Elizabeth	WHITMORE
1	11/10/1757	Thomas	MAYES	Single		Jane	WILLIAMS	Single
2	13/10/1757	Thomas	DALE	Single		Mary	DIX	Single
3	16/07/1758	Thomas	LONDON	Single	Toddington	Elizabeth	GEE	Single
4	13/08/1758	Adam	QUARRY	Single		Elizabeth	MAYES	Single
5	26/12/1758	Thomas	DEACON	Single		Catherine	HUGGINS	Single	Woburn
6	13/11/1759	Wilson	WELLS	Single	Toddington	Elizabeth	DEACON	Single
7	08/04/1760	Thomas	WALTON	Single	Westoning	Elizabeth	SMART	Single
8	25/05/1760	Abraham	DIX	Single		Mary	CARVELL	Single
9	20/06/1760	John	CLARKE	Single		Rebecca	CHANCE	Single
10	31/10/1760	John	GUTTERIDGE	Single	Toddington	Lydia	PAIN	Single
11	08/10/1761	Peter	YERRALL	Single		Ann	CROUCH	Single
12	18/05/1762	John	FIELD	Single		Ann	PRICE	Widow
13	01/11/1762	Thomas	TOMS	Single	Westoning	Mary	GRAY	Single
14	05/03/1764	John	STRATTON	Single	Elstow	Ann	WINCHESTER	Single
15	18/10/1766	William	KEMPSON	Single		Elizabeth	YARROW	Single
16	12/08/1768	Thomas	STEVENS	Single		Ann	DAD	Single
17	21/08/1768	Richard	READ	Single		Mary	HAZZARD	Single
18	28/12/1768	Thomas	WHITE	Single	Westoning	Sarah	CLEWS	Single
19	07/02/1769	Thomas	POWEL	Single	Eversholt	Sarah	FISHER	Single
20	28/04/1770	Rowland	SHARP	Single		Mary	ELMS	Single
21	26/09/1772	Thomas	WHITE	Single	Eversholt	Ann	INGERSHALL	Single
22	10/12/1773	William	CHAPMAN	Single		Catherine	BOWLER	Single	Aspley Guise
23	13/01/1774	Richard	WASHINGTON	Single		Sarah	IRONS	Single
24	11/03/1775	Edward	WILLAUME	Single		Essex	BLACKWELL	Single
25	26/12/1775	Benjamin	CARTER	Single		Mary	KINGHAM	Single
26	10/12/1777	James	ROBINSON	Single	Toddington	Elizabeth	POTTER	Single
27	25/07/1778	John	CROSSLEY	Single	Westoning	Elizabeth	WASHINGTON	Single
28	07/10/1780	George	BLETTSEY	Single	Westoning	Mary	PERRY	Single
29	12/10/1780	Robert	LINE	Single	Lidlington	Mary	WASHINGTON	Single
30	11/09/1781	Thomas	HOPKINS	Single		Elizabeth	SEABROOK	Single
31	10/10/1781	Francis	BOWLER	Single	Aspley Guise	Margaret	IRELAND	Single
32	02/05/1785	Thomas	QUARRY	Single		Mary	GIBBONS	Single
33	31/10/1785	Robert	READ	Single	Barton In The Clay	Elizabeth	CARTER	Single
34	11/04/1787	Francis	BROTHERS	Single	Shillington	Mary	NEWMAN	Single
35	27/06/1788	John	GASELEY	Single	Arlesey	Jane	BOUTELL	Single
36	30/09/1788	Thomas	DERRICK	Single		Susan	WASHINGTON	Single
37	05/03/1789	Benjamin	WHITNEY	Single	Stagsden	Susan	FELLS	Single
38	24/05/1789	William	WARD	Single		Sarah	WOOTTON	Single	Harlington
39	24/05/1789	Richard	JONES	Single		Ruth	FRANKLIN	Single
40	05/01/1790	Benjamin	CARTER	Widower		Mary	CAVE	Single	Harlington
41	12/01/1790	John	WILLIS	Single	Potsgrove	Ann	CUMBERLAND	Single
42	08/02/1790	John	SEAR	Single	Simpson, Buckinghamshire	Susan	CANN	Single
43	19/04/1790	William	BONNICK	Single	Mentmore, Buckinghamshire	Elizabeth	GIBBONS	Single
44	28/07/1790	Richard	STENT	Single	Hamsey, Sussex	Mary	POULTON	Single
45	10/10/1790	Joseph	STONE	Single	Eaton Bray	Mary	COOPER	Single
46	18/10/1790	Stephen	AYLES	Single	Eversholt	Elizabeth	MILLARD	Single
47	20/04/1791	John	DANIEL	Single	Eversholt	Ann	GIBBONS	Single
48	25/04/1791	John	HARRIS	Widower		Alice	TURNER	Widow
49	11/05/1792	Thomas	GIBBONS	Single		Sarah	DANIEL	Single	Eversholt
50	31/03/1793	James	LOIN	Single		Elizabeth	HARBOROUGH	Single	Pulloxhill
51	12/08/1793	Francis	COLEMAN	Widower		Mary	GROOM	Single	Flitwick
52	04/11/1793	James	DOLTON	Single		Charlotte	WASHINGTON	Single
53	30/04/1794	James	HUDSON	Single		Sarah	POTTER	Single	Wavendon, Buckinghamshire
54	07/09/1795	Thomas	COOKE	Widower	Wavendon, Buckinghamshire	Mary	BEAUMONT	Single
55	11/10/1797	Edward	ASHBEY	Single	Toddington	Elizabeth	BUNKER	Single
56	04/12/1800	John	SHARP	Single	St Luke, Middlesex	Sarah	ASHER	Single
57	16/10/1802	Jonathan	PERRY	Single	Eversholt	Mary	HIGHAM	Single
58	22/11/1802	Thomas	GURNEY	Single		Ann	KEENS	Single
59	04/12/1802	Thomas	ODELL	Single	Cambridgeshire	Sarah	WASHINGTON	Single
60	23/02/1803	John	SMITH	Single	Toddington	Elizabeth	POWELL	Single
61	13/10/1803	James	WHITE	Widower		Sarah	WESTLEY	Single
62	16/10/1803	Henry	BUSHBY	Single		Mary	CHAPMAN	Single	Ridgmont
63	02/10/1805	Thomas	COBOURN	Widower	Eversholt	Elizabeth	TEBWORTH	Single
64	09/08/1809	Andrew	SIBBALD	Single	Spitalfields, Middlesex	Henrietta Truman	AVELING	Single
65	12/10/1809	William	BUSHBY	Single	Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire	Mary	HONOUR	Single
66	26/11/1810	Joseph	STRATTON	Single		Elizabeth	WADDOPE	Single
67	16/07/1811	John	ASHBEY	Single	Harlington	Elizabeth	DENNIS	Single
68	24/12/1811	James	WALLER	Single	Eversholt	Mary	DYMOCK	Single
69	08/09/1812	William	BRAZIER	Single	Milton Bryan	Ann	KEMPSTON	Single
70	30/11/1812	Jonathan	PERRY	Widower		Elizabeth	TIMMS	Widow
1	24/09/1813	Thomas	RAINBOW	Single		Ann	SMITH	Widow
2	18/04/1814	Benjamin	LORD	Single		Elizabeth	GARDINER	Single
3	13/10/1814	William	GARNER	Single		Ann	BRAZIER	Single
4	05/01/1815	Benjamin	MAKEPEACE	Single		Mary	WASHINGTON	Single
5	27/07/1815	John	DUDLEY	Widower	Kempston	Sarah	SHARP	Widow
6	17/01/1816	William	TEADON	Single	Kempston	Susanna	WASHINGTON	Single
7	21/09/1817	James	BRINKLOW	Single		Mary	CARTER	Single
8	30/10/1817	Edward	KING	Widower	Wavendon, Buckinghamshire	Ann	STRANGE	Widow
9	03/02/1818	James	DALTON	Widower	Steppingley	Elizabeth	AUSTIN	Single
10	19/07/1819	John	JOWES	Single	Pulloxhill	Mary	GURNEY	Single
11	21/09/1819	Thomas	PERRY	Widower	Eversholt	Charlotte	MERREY	Single
12	09/03/1820	Francis	HORSEPOOL	Widower	Harlington	Elizabeth	PRISLEY	Single
13	08/05/1820	Thomas	PLEASANTS	Single		Elizabeth	BEST	Single
14	08/01/1821	William	GARNER	Single		Elizabeth	TEBWORTH	Single
15	14/06/1821	John	HIGGS	Single		Frances	SEAR	Single
16	30/11/1821	Robert	ARMSDEN	Single	Westoning	Elizabeth	WASHINGTON	Single
17	27/12/1821	John	LAWRENCE	Single		Sarah	BARBER	Single
18	30/04/1822	Thomas	KINGSTON	Single	Ampthill	Elizabeth	LAWRENCE	Single
19	23/07/1822	Richard	FOSKETT	Single	Woburn	Sarah	BAWCUTT	Single
20	05/02/1823	William	READ	Single		Elizabeth	GURNEY	Single
21	20/10/1823	Robert	STEPHENS	Single	Eversholt	Elizabeth	COLEMAN	Single
22	02/08/1824	John	LEE	Single		Sarah	LAMBERT	Single
23	13/10/1824	Thomas	HARRISON	Single		Sarah	ODELL	Single
24	19/02/1825	Edward	MANCHESTER	Single	Greenwich, Kent	Jane	HICKMORE	Single
25	09/11/1825	William	HILL	Single	Ampthill	Mary	KEENS	Single
26	09/01/1826	Richard	WILLISON	Widower	Milton Bryan	Elizabeth	CARR	Single
27	16/11/1827	Thomas	EADDY	Widower		Sarah	KEENS	Single
28	03/09/1828	John	GREEN	Single	Woburn	Frances Mary	TANQUERAY	Single
29	13/10/1828	Job	PHILLIMORE	Single		Sarah	GURNEY	Single
30	12/02/1829	Thomas	COOK	Widower	Steppingley	Catherine	WILSON	Single
31	23/05/1829	George	DONALDSON	Single		Mary	GARNHAM	Single
32	21/11/1831	John	PERRY	Single		Elizabeth	GARNER	Single
33	18/02/1833	Thomas	GURNEY	Single		Lydia	SHARP	Single	Westoning
34	02/08/1833	William	COLEMAN	Single		Elizabeth	THOMSON	Single	Eversholt
35	26/01/1834	Robert	STEPHENS	Widower		Ann	WASHINGTON	Widow
36	18/09/1834	Richard	GURNEY	Single		Sarah	SOMMERFIELD	Single	Westoning
37	05/02/1836	Samuel	HARRIS	Single		Ann	FARMER	Single	Eversholt
38	19/09/1836	John	CARR	Single		Mary	CHANCE	Single	Eversholt
39	23/11/1836	George Edward	UNDEY	Single		Sarah	REDDALL	Single

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