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

 

The Parish

The parish of Aldworth lies in northern central Berkshire about 3 miles west of the small town of Goring. Aldworth is a small and scattered village with its notional centre sitting on the B4009 road which connects Goring through to Newbury. Besides Aldworth, itself, there are satellite settlements at Hungerford Green & Four Points making for a rather dispersed parish. Aldworth sits high on the Berkshire Downs, an area with a long history of settlement, just to its south lies a stretch of the enigmatic Grim's Ditch believed to be an Iron Age border marker. At the time of this transcript the chalk downland would have abounded with both sheep and rabbits, the thin soils then being unsuitable for arable cultivation, today with modern machinery & fertilisers the landscape is large filled with cereal fields. Drainage on the porous chalk is largely sub-surface with water trending eastwards to emerge into the nearby River Thames. The Thames makes its way through the capital to the North Sea. Aldworth is sited at around 150 metres above the sea with land rising to the northwest onto the open Downs reaching 186 metres on nearby Lowbury Hill. Aldworth parish was fairly typically sized for this area, covering just over 1,800 acres it would have supported a population of close to 300 parishioners. In Domesday time Aldworth was an equally small rural settlement, held by a goldsmith, Theodric it could offer just 5 ploughs and a small patch of woodland.


The Church

St Mary's church sits within Aldworth on the western side of the circle of lanes that connect Aldworth with Hungerford Green. The church has its origins in the late 13th or more likely early 14th century. The western tower squat & blocky, has lancet windows from the early English Gothic period whilst most of the remaining fabric is the later Decorated style. A documented re-dedication ceremony took place in 1315 which Pevsner refers to the completion of the present chancel, a date consistent with its style. Like most churches later work has embellished and restored the basic fabric, the eastern wall was largely rebuilt in brick around the turn of the 18th century whilst a series of restoration between 1845 & 1878 added a southern porch, the vestry & the unusual pyramidal roof to the tower. It is internally, howver, that St Mary has its most meaningful fame, the 8 monuments to the de la Beche family created between the early and mid 14th centuries are worthy of a look despite their damage during the Reformation and subsequent restoration. The church sits at a junction of lane & footpath accompanied by a farm, the site is elevated above road level and a short flight of shallow steps leads up ti the gate in the surrounding post & rail fence. The churchyard is relatively open with only minor obstacles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 29th September 1755 - 14th December 1812 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P4/1/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd February 1813 - 7th January 1837 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P4/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Blewbury St Michael
Blewbury St Michael
Aston Tirrold St Michael
Cholsey St Mary
Compton St Mary & St Nicholas
Moulsford St John the Baptist
Streatley St Mary
Hampstead Norreys St Mary
Ashampstead St Clement
Ashampstead St Clement
Ashampstead St Clement

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
29/09/1755 Henry TULL Widower Streatley Ann LAWRENCE Single
1 28/02/1756 Charles HOLMES
Streatley Rebecca JOSEE

2 11/10/1756 Richard WELLS Widower
Martha BARTHOLOMEW Single
3 11/10/1756 Richard WOOTTEN
Bradfield Elizabeth BECKFORD

4 15/11/1756 Benjamin STREAM

Elizabeth CHAYNEY

1 24/01/1757 Thomas FULLER
Tilehurst Elizabeth FULLBROOK
South Stoke, Oxfordshire
2 08/08/1757 James CHEYNEY

Mary BAYLY
Streatley
3 27/09/1757 Aaron BOSWELL
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire Eleanor JOSEE

4 08/10/1757 Alexander TAYLOR

Ann WELLS Widow
11/10/1757 Joseph NICHOLS

Elizabeth PALMER

06/05/1759 Richard HANNEY

Jane GATER

14/05/1759 Richard HOLDER

Mary GATER

22/04/1760 Richard STREAM

Elizabeth MARRIT

12/10/1760 Joseph STREAM

Ann SIDWELL

10/11/1760 William OATES

Mary JOSEE

22/03/1761 John MARCHAM

Elizabeth PAYNE

10/05/1761 Joseph HARBERD
Ipsden, Oxfordshire Martha FUSE Single
07/10/1761 James LANE

Elizabeth WHITE Single
11/10/1761 David FISHER

Mary BUTT Single
25/10/1761 Daniel MONEY

Martha STREEK Single
22/02/1762 John BAILEY
Streatley Mary WHITING

22/02/1762 Charles COX

Mary BENFORD

13/06/1763 William FOSTER
Sonning Mary TIDBURY

03/09/1763 John DODD

Betty GREEN

17/10/1763 Benjamin WHITE

Esther SIDWELL

08/11/1763 Edward JOSEY

Martha WOODIGE

12/12/1763 William BARLOW
Checkendon, Oxfordshire Mary SYDDALL

26/01/1764 Samuel FRYZAR

Mary SANDERS Widow
19/05/1766 Thomas EVANS

Judith BROWN

15/06/1766 Thomas WOODWARD
Blewbury Elizabeth DYER
Streatley
20/04/1767 John PALMER
Ashampstead Mary COX

29/05/1767 John COOPER

Olive BUTT

26/02/1769 James JOSEE

Mary CHEYNEY

30/10/1769 John LICKMAN

Martha MITCHELL

21/06/1770 Richard POPEJOY

Maria NORRIS
Whitchurch, Oxfordshire
25/06/1770 Matthew BEENHAM
Streatley Ann BEACON

30/07/1770 Moses DODD

Mary HOPE

06/08/1770 Richard BUTT
Ashampstead Mary JOSEPH

29/10/1770 Matthew BACON

Sarah PETTIFORD Single
06/04/1771 Jeremiah DEAN

Hannah KING

19/09/1771 Thomas WESTING
Waltham St Lawrence Jane NICKOLS

11/05/1772 John LEWIS

Martha READING

12/10/1772 William ALLEN
Ashampstead Jane EVANS

07/12/1772 Joseph POINTER
West Ilsley Mary MARCHAM

12/04/1773 George SHURMAN
North Moreton Ann WARD

27/12/1773 Benjamin HOPE

Elizabeth COOMBE

28/10/1774 Richard SHURMAN

Martha COX

19/11/1774 John RAYER
Beedon Susanna BARTHOLOMEW

01/12/1774 William HOLDER
Cookham Elizabeth HIGGS

25/02/1775 Henry SELWOOD
West Ilsley Martha ROWLAND

04/06/1775 Thomas EVANS

Jane KNAPP

30/10/1775 Thomas POCOCK
Chieveley Ann BARTHOLOMEW

07/07/1777 Richard THATCHER

Mary STREAM

21/12/1777 John READING

Sarah AMBROSE

19/04/1778 John STEPHENS

Mary HOLDER

29/04/1778 Edward TULL
Streatley Mary BARTHOLOMEW

28/09/1778 William FILKINS
Streatley Ann READINGS

07/11/1779 William HANDS

Hannah JOSEY

11/10/1780 Thomas HARWOOD

Maria POWEL

11/12/1780 William HEATH

Ann HULL

15/07/1781 Joseph AWBERY
Compton Elizabeth NICHOLES

06/01/1782 Edward AVERY

Sarah COALING

19/05/1782 James GARDINER

Elizabeth COALING

24/11/1782 William LAY

Ann HOLMES

03/11/1783 Jonathan BOSLEY Single St Giles, Reading Rachel BARLOW Single
29/12/1783 William BROWN

Hannah STREAM

17/07/1784 William OATES Single Englefield Sarah JOSEY
Hampstead Norreys
27/02/1786 Michael BAKER
Blewbury Martha WOODAGE

17/05/1786 John WELLS
Basildon Martha KNAPP

08/10/1786 William HOLDER

Mary FRYZER

16/07/1787 James POWELL
Compton Charlote NICHOLS

1 17/08/1788 Benjamin SAUNDERS

Mary BROWN

2 12/01/1789 Richard MARRENER

Mary PAIN

3 10/02/1789 William CHANDLER
East Ilsley Dinah JOICE

4 25/10/1789 Thomas MERRIT
Mitcham, Surrey Ann COOPER

1 13/05/1790 William STROUD
St Lawrence, Reading Lucy BARTHOLOMEW

2 04/11/1790 William SMALLBONE
Ashampstead Mary BARLOW

3 24/10/1791 Richard FROUD
Beenham Elizabeth COX

4 10/05/1792 William WICKS
Englefield Sarah FRYZER

12/02/1793 John WATERS

Elizabeth HOPE

24/04/1793 William NEWTON

Hannah WELLS

02/11/1793 James BROOKS

Ann LUCKER

04/07/1796 Thomas NEALL

Charlotte LICKMAN

24/11/1796 George ELLICK

Mary SWINE
Newbury
05/06/1797 Richard BEENHAM

Jane NAPP

03/07/1797 Richard MARINER

Rachel MASKAL

09/04/1798 George NORRIS

Elizabeth NICHOLS

09/12/1799 John BLISSET
Blewbury Ann SHERMON

26/12/1799 James EGELTON
Brightwell Hannah BRUNSDEN

13/10/1800 Edward COOMS

Deborah HONEY

08/05/1801 John LICKMAN

Elizabeth LAWRANCE

26/09/1802 George DRINKWATER
Hampstead Norreys Sarah WEST

04/10/1802 Abednego JOHNSON
Bradfield Martha BACON

11/07/1803 Jonathan HALL

Dinah CHANDLER

29/11/1803 William BLACKALL
Kingston Lisle Mary SHURMAN

14/06/1804 William CLAYTON

Hannah KNAPP

20/09/1804 Thomas BEESLEY
Warborough, Oxfordshire Elizabeth MORRELL

27/09/1804 John BEENHAM

Maria POPEJOY

13/10/1804 James JOSEE

Sarah HAMBLING

27/10/1804 Thomas JOSEE

Ann EVANS

09/11/1805 William HUNT

Sarah STREAM

04/08/1806 William ROWE

Sarah JOSEY

18/11/1806 Isaac MASKEL Widower
Martha HAMBLIN Single
27/07/1807 Thomas JOSEY

Sarah HUNT

26/09/1807 John READINGS Single
Mary DODD Single
21/05/1808 Richard SMITH Single
Charlotte KING

01/10/1808 Joseph JOHNSON Widower
Letitia ARTHUR Single
09/11/1808 Jonathan HAZEL Single
Catherine BEENHAM Single
30/04/1809 James HOLDER Single
Maria BUTCHER Single
21/05/1809 Joseph LAY Single
Rachel SHERMAN Single
26/11/1809 John SIMS

Hannah CHANDLER

14/11/1810 William EVANS Single
Ann COX Single
21/10/1811 John WESTON Widower
Catherine JOSEY Single
13/06/1812 William MILLS

Sarah DYER

14/12/1812 Thomas HUNT Single
Martha BARLOW Widow
1 03/02/1813 Benjamin COTTERELL
Pangbourne Margaret BUTLER

2 12/10/1813 John GREENAWAY
Chilton Elizabeth WELLS

3 22/02/1814 John COX
Bradfield Elizabeth NICHOLS

4 01/04/1815 William FRANKHAM
Kingsclere, Hampshire Martha BARLOW

5 18/09/1815 Jeremiah MAGER

Ann TAYLOR

6 28/10/1816 Richard JOSEY

Elizabeth NICHOLS

7 18/11/1816 John MOSS

Elizabeth Sophia BENFORD

8 09/10/1817 Robert LEACH Widower Basildon Maria HOLDER Widow
9 10/04/1818 Benjamin GEORGE Single Newbury Elizabeth JOSEY

10 28/09/1818 Joseph CHEYNEY
Leckhampstead Susan Eliza BARTHOLOMEW

11 09/10/1820 John DOBSON
Bucklebury Sarah DEACON

12 04/12/1820 Richard ARMSTRONG

Dinah BARLOW

13 18/02/1821 Joseph WESTALL
East Ilsley Hannah JOSEY

14 29/11/1823 George BRUNSDON

Sarah NEALE

15 19/07/1824 William SNUGS

Rosanna MARINER

16 12/09/1824 Richard GRAY

Martha NEALE

17 27/11/1824 Richard COLLINS

Elizabeth NEWMAN

18 01/02/1825 Aaron BARLOW

Mary NOKE

19 12/10/1825 James HAMBLIN Single
Hannah SHIRMAN Single
20 22/04/1826 Joseph COOPER Single East Ilsley Ann NEALE Single
21 10/06/1826 William EVANS Widower
Elizabeth BROWN Single
22 01/11/1826 William KENT

Elizabeth NOKES

23 22/02/1827 Thomas HUNT Widower
Sarah NICHOLAS Single
24 23/07/1827 Charles MILLSON

Martha BEARFIELD

25 04/10/1828 James FARR
Hampstead Norreys Mary Ann WARMON

26 08/11/1828 David JOHNSON

Elizabeth MORTIMER

27 24/05/1829 Robert WISE
Stanford Dingley Diana BRUNSDON

28 05/03/1830 Richard MERRETT Single
Martha WILKINS Single
29 11/10/1830 John DRINKWATER Single
Charlotte CARTER Single
30 23/05/1831 Thomas MARINER Widower Didcot Elizabeth NEWTON Single
31 07/08/1831 Thomas DAVIS Single
Mary BRADBURY Single
32 02/04/1832 John HUNT Single
Ann BARLOW Single
33 05/12/1833 Charles WEBB
Hurst Amelia JOSEY

34 25/10/1834 Charles JOSEY Single
Harriet PONTIN Widow
35 25/10/1834 William MARCHAM Single
Maria JOSEY Single
36 12/10/1835 Richard NEALE Single
Dinah JOSEY Single
37 05/03/1836 James MACINHAE Single Henley, Oxfordshire Harriet HUNT Single
38 13/10/1836 Henry RUMBEL Single
Hannah NEALE Single
39 15/10/1836 David HAZEL Single
Sarah CLARKE Single
40 02/01/1837 Samuel FRYZER Single
Mary FORD Single
41 07/01/1837 Thomas STREET Single
Mary NICHOLS Single

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