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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
West Ilsley All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of West Ilsley lies in western central Berkshire roughly 6 miles southeast of the market town of Wantage. West Ilsley is a small and compact village sitting high upon the Berkshire Downs and roughly 1 mile west of the busy A34 road which connects Winchester, in Hampshire, with Newbury. Most properties are built along the broad lane which runs from east to west through the village. At the time of this transcript the parish was in transformation from one dominated by the vast sheep-walks of the Downs to a more arable economy, a process which has almost been completed today. In more modern times the turf of the Downs has proven ideal for training of racehorses and that industry, together with hiking tourism generated by the nearby Ridgeway Trail, dominates the local landscape. As the village sits upon a great depth of porous chalk there is no surface drainage until the spring-line at the foot of the nearby escarpment from where small streams merge into the River Thames, the latter heading through the capital to the North Sea. West Ilsley is sited at around 130 metres above the sea and sits in something of a hollow within the Downs, land rises to the north reaching 180 metres at The Ridgeway whilst to the southwest it rises to a little over 200 metres. West Ilsley parish is fairly typically sized for the Berkshire Downs, covering a bit over 3,000 acres it would have supported a population of close to 400 parishioners. In Domesday times both East & West Ilsley were recorded as one, the combined parishes being shared three-ways could offer a mere 10 ploughs and a small meadow.


The Church

All Saints' church sits on the southern side of the lane which runs from east to west through the village, here named Main Street, and just east of the main "T" junction that forms the centre of the village. Whilst the church is medieval it has been so restored and rebuilt as to be almost a complete Victorian church, only minor traces remain of the original fabric and these indicate a mixture of both Decorated and Perpendicular styles from the 14th and 15th centuries. Even in Stuart times the church was re-roofed, the nave roof carrying a 1652 date whilst the chancel roof is inscribed 1669. But it is to the Victorians that much of today's church is credited, the chancel was rebuilt in brick in 1844 and this was followed by further restorations in 1857 and a more prolonged campaign spanning 1875 to 1881. Main Street is sufficiently wide to permit street parking away from the junction, the churchyard has a brick surround broken by a double-gated lychgate granting entry. Sadly the churchyard is rather constrained by trees which make the angles available a limited selection challenging the photographer to adequately capture this building.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 28th August 1755 - 7th November 1812 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P/75/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 14th October 1813 - 8th December 1836 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P/75/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


East Lockinge All Saints
West Hendred Holy Trinity
East Hendred St Augustine of Canterbury
Chilton All Saints
Chilton All Saints
Farnborough All Saints
East Ilsley St Mary
Catmore St Margaret
East Ilsley St Mary
East Ilsley 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
15/01/1754 John WHITE Single Sarah STROUD Single
19/01/1754 William SMITH Widower St Leonard, Wallingford Elizabeth HAZEL Single
2 28/08/1755 John TILLING Brightwalton Mary CLARK
3 13/10/1755 John BUNCE East Ilsley Elizabeth STANFORD
4 13/10/1755 Francis BUNTS Yattendon Ann CORRIL
1 11/10/1756 John STREET Sarah MARSKELL
2 07/01/1758 James COX Headington, Oxfordshire Ann BROWN Single
3 21/07/1758 John SMITH Elizabeth RANDEL Single Boxford
4 26/12/1758 William WELLS Mary SMITH Single Chieveley
2 08/08/1759 Francis POWELL Widower West Hendred Mary STEPHENS Widow
3 02/02/1760 William BLAKE Catmore Mary POMMELL Single
2 11/05/1761 James BRYANT Grace WHEELER Single
4 09/12/1761 John BARNES Single Ann OSTLER Single
1 07/06/1762 John QUARTERMAN Single Ann SMITH Single
08/08/1763 James NEWMAN Leckhampstead Catharine CLARKE Single
13/02/1764 Henry NORRIS Sarah HAZELL Single
11/06/1764 William WALLIS Single Chilton Mary NEWMAN Single
1 13/10/1764 William NEWTON Letcombe Bassett Ann CLARK Single
2 17/10/1764 James PANTING Elizabeth POINTER
3 21/01/1765 John APPLEFORD Catmore Ann POMMELL Single
1 10/07/1765 Edward BOWLES Childrey Elisabeth DOWNHAM
2 09/06/1766 William WEST Hampstead Norreys Ann PITHER Single
3 09/06/1766 John HANKS Lower Swell, Gloucestershire Ann SPEARINK
1 24/05/1770 Thomas WILLIAMS Hannah HEATH Single
2 15/10/1770 James NEWMAN Ann HUNT Single
3 05/11/1770 John PANTING Mary HUGGINGS Single
4 06/07/1771 Anthony PITHER Mary BUNCE Single
1 13/10/1771 Thomas POCOCK Ann TAYLOR Single
2 26/12/1771 Nathaniel LAMBDEN Widower Hannah BROWN Single
3 11/01/1773 Thomas SHEPHERD Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire Mary TEMPLER Single
4 22/04/1773 Charles THOMAS Ann SMITH Single
1 15/07/1773 Thomas ANDERSON Elisabeth HOPGOOD Beedon
2 30/07/1773 James BROADHURST Widower Chieveley Jane WHITCHER Single
3 19/04/1774 Edmund WALKER Single Headington, Oxfordshire Elisabeth HEATH Single
4 21/04/1774 George PARTRIDGE Lydia DOWNHAM
1 09/10/1774 Stephen CANNING Single East Garston Mary KEMP Single
2 05/12/1774 William DENTON Hannah STREEK Single
3 27/02/1775 John HUGHS Hannah SMITH
4 30/04/1775 John MAUL Single East Ilsley Mary LONG Single
1 31/01/1776 John HEARMAN Single Mary WISE Single
2 20/07/1776 George PARTRIDGE Elisabeth POKE
3 10/08/1776 William HUTCHINGS Yattendon Susanna MORLAND
4 14/10/1776 Thomas COOPER Widower Elisabeth SMITH Single
2 03/08/1778 Thomas MOSS Mary PALMER Single
3 20/10/1778 William WATTS Lucy COOPER Single
4 17/12/1778 Malachias BARNES Single Brightwalton Diana SADGROVE Single
1 31/12/1778 John HORNER St Maurice, Winchester, Hampshire Sarah HEATH Single
2 15/05/1779 Thomas SMITH Beenham Mary SMITH
3 28/06/1779 Francis FIDLER Sarah BUNCE
4 26/07/1779 Samuel WELCH Mary HYSSEY
1 24/12/1779 William STANMORE Blewbury Mary COWPER
2 15/10/1780 John POPE Ann PARSENS
3 20/08/1781 John WARNER Peasemore Sarah WHITE
4 23/09/1781 William NEEP Widower Hannah POCOCK Single
1 07/01/1782 William FIDGET Ann TEMPLER Single
2 25/04/1782 William STEPTOE Widower Martha TAYLOR Widow
3 26/11/1782 William LOCK East Ilsley Mary HINE
4 05/12/1782 William STEPHENS Single Aldermaston Mary LEWENDON Single
1 07/06/1783 Matthew CORKER Single Mary HEATH Single
2 22/08/1784 James HUDSON Mary HONEY
3 18/10/1784 Thomas FULBROOK Single Letcombe Bassett Elizabeth PAINTER Single
4 01/11/1784 Benjamin STROUD Elizabeth BARNES Single
2 26/09/1785 William OKELEY Single Rachael CHEESEMAN Single
3 12/10/1785 David WISE Elizabeth LAURENCE
4 11/10/1786 Joseph CLARKE Single Mary FIDLER Single
5 03/05/1787 Thomas JORDAN Widower Helen COLLINS Single
6 20/08/1787 Charles Hollister POUND Single Elizabeth TAYLOR Single
7 11/03/1788 John PHILLIPS Culham, Oxfordshire Mary MORLAND
8 06/09/1788 Thomas WITTS Ann PITHER
1 23/02/1789 John HOWMAN Mary NORRIS
3 10/07/1789 James PAINTING Hannah HUCE
4 20/10/1790 John BARNS Elizabeth GODING
5 11/10/1791 Thomas NEWMAN Elizabeth THACKER
6 25/08/1792 Henry RANDELL Hackney, Middlesex Sarah LEWENDON
7 09/09/1793 Richard HANSON Basildon Martha POINTER
1 24/10/1793 John PARNEL Sarah BROWN
2 24/04/1794 Benjamin STROUD Elizabeth COOPER
3 24/07/1794 William WINKWORTH Speen Elizabeth NEWTON
4 24/08/1794 Timothy BROWNJOHNS Aldermaston Martha NORRIS
1 12/10/1794 John SMITH Hannah HOPGOOD
3 03/11/1794 Joseph PEATY Ann POCOCK
4 08/05/1795 John BROOKS Compton Elizabeth BROWN
1 18/10/1795 Leonard QUARTERMANE Elizabeth PALMER
2 06/09/1796 John Francis SPENLOVE St Helen, Abingdon Susannah MORLAND
3 20/02/1797 Henry NORRIS Mary NICKOLS
4 30/03/1797 William HAZEL Compton Mary NEWTON
2 08/05/1797 Thomas HUNT Harwell Mary LAURENCE
3 04/09/1798 John PAINTER Sarah SLADE
4 13/10/1798 Richard WELLS Sarah FRANKLIN Single
1 07/11/1798 Thomas BARNES Deborah BLACKMAN
17/06/1799 Thomas ARCHER Martha THOMAS
06/07/1799 Thomas BUTLER Brightwalton Martha SMITH
21/11/1799 Mathew WELLS Single Martha PAINTING Single
02/03/1801 John NICHOLS Sarah DOWNHAM
18/10/1801 William FIDLER Diana RALPH
05/03/1802 William MORTIMORE East Ilsley Ann BROWN
13/06/1802 John WELCH Single Martha POPE Single
26/07/1802 John GOODENOUGH Single Elizabeth TALMAGE Single
26/11/1803 John COLLINS Single East Ilsley Rachael RALPH Single
26/12/1803 John PEATY Single Hannah STANFORD Single
01/01/1804 Benjamin BARNARD Single Newbury Harriet HUTCHINS Single
2 15/10/1804 Charles THOMAS Widower Mary FISHER Widow
1 02/02/1805 William POWEL Single Chilton Mary LOCKE Single
2 31/03/1805 John CHURCH Single Hampstead Norreys Mary MORLAND Single
1 01/05/1806 William FIDLER Widower Anne FIDLER Single
2 15/05/1806 Thomas BURGESS Widower Hampstead Norreys Lucy NEWTON Single
1 29/03/1807 John ADNAM Single Anne Allester POUND Single
2 06/04/1807 James BARNES Widower Anne HEARMAN Single
3 20/07/1807 Edward TAYLOR Single Jane SMITH Single
4 09/09/1807 John FRANKLIN Single Chaddleworth Anne HUMPHREY Single
26/09/1808 William MILLS Single East Ilsley Mary SMITH Single
14/11/1808 William BROAD Single Long Wittenham Eleanor SHAW Single
19/08/1809 James DOWNHAM Single Mary MORSS Single
25/11/1809 William DARTER Single Elizabeth POVEY Single
02/04/1810 William LANGFORD Mary CLARKE
31/12/1810 James ADNAMS Widower Chilton Mary CHURCH Widow
22/04/1811 William WELLS Single Jane ROSE Single
18/11/1811 John CUSSEL Single Harriet ANDERSON Single
09/03/1812 James LYFORD Farnborough Sarah MORLEY
07/09/1812 William HUGHES Single Sarah FIDLER Single
14/09/1812 John TAYLOR Single Lydia MASHAL Single
07/11/1812 George MAWSON Single East Ilsley Mary Ann HORNER
1 13/10/1813 William GREGORY Single Lucy MORLAND Single
2 11/04/1814 Robert BELCHER Single Martha BALLARD Single
3 13/06/1814 Thomas BELCHER Single Beedon Sarah NICKLES Single
4 24/10/1814 John ELLIS Single Winterbourne Elizabeth MORLEY Single
5 02/11/1814 Thomas HILL Single Leckhampstead Mary JORDAN Single
6 06/03/1815 John MASKALL Single Martha HAZELL Single
7 06/04/1815 William GREENAWAY Single Culham, Oxfordshire Alice MOSS Single
8 17/06/1815 William EATON Single Mary BUTLER Single
9 30/07/1815 Charles POOLEY Single Elizabeth FIDLER Single
10 20/01/1816 John BARLOW Single Ruth PRATER Single
11 10/02/1816 William CRUTCH Single St Michael, Winchester, Hampshire Lydia HARFIELD Single
12 12/02/1816 Thomas HEARMAN Single Sarah GROVE Single
13 15/09/1816 Richard SEYMOUR Single Wantage Sarah MORLEY Single
14 29/09/1816 William BARLOW Single Mary OAKLEY Single
15 11/12/1817 John WALTERS Widower Wantage Sarah FRANCIS Single
16 06/08/1818 William PAYN Single Cookham Harriett MORLAND Single
17 26/10/1818 Thomas MOSS Single Mary HUGHES Single
18 23/11/1818 Thomas NEWMAN Single Ann MOSS Single
19 29/12/1818 Henry HITCHCOCK Single St Helen, Abingdon Ann MORLEY Single
20 22/11/1819 Isaac JEFFERIES Single Harwell Elizabeth QUARTERMAN Single
21 02/07/1820 John STIMPSON Single Mary FIDLER Single
22 11/10/1820 William QUARTERMAN Single Ann WHITING Single
23 30/01/1821 William CHAMBERLAYNE Single Letcombe Regis Mary PATEY Single
24 10/02/1821 Thomas DOWNHAM Widower Sarah BARLOW Single
25 02/04/1821 Francis LODER Single Harwell Mary BUTLER Single
26 07/04/1821 Richard HERRING Single Martha NEWMAN Single
27 25/06/1821 George SMITH Single Bucklebury Catharine MORLEY Single
28 27/10/1822 John WELLS Single Elizabeth BROOKS Single
29 03/03/1823 David WISE Single Sarah NICHOLS Single
30 12/12/1823 Jacob HIZZEY Single Mary DUCK Single Farnborough
31 03/10/1824 John ENDEL Single Esther HEALEY Single
32 18/10/1824 Thomas WOODLEY Single Sarah NEWMAN Single
33 30/10/1824 Joseph SEYMOUR Single Elizabeth STIMSON Single
34 22/11/1824 John NORRIS Single Mary BARNES Single
35 13/12/1824 Andrew Montagu Isaac DURNFORD Widower Mary HADLEY
36 12/11/1825 George MASKEL Single Martha BRIND Single Beedon
37 03/04/1826 William BRIND Single Beedon Maria MORLEY Single
38 29/04/1826 John OWEN Single Peasemore Sarah WISE Single
39 05/05/1826 Charles DICKS Single Martha POUND Single
40 11/10/1828 George GRAY Single East Ilsley Maria BARNES Single
41 14/05/1829 William GRAHAM Widower St Helen, Abingdon Harriet EVANS Single
42 14/10/1829 James HOLLIDGE Single Teddington, Middlesex Mary WALES Single
43 28/12/1829 William John ARZ Single Prestbury, Gloucestershire Mary MORLAND Single
44 31/12/1829 William CACOTT Single Welford Mary NICHOLS Single
45 31/05/1830 William COVE Single Mary BARNES Single
46 21/05/1831 Edward VAUGHAN Single Maria ABSALOM Single
47 06/07/1831 Charles WISE Single Martha PAINTER Single
48 01/08/1831 John FULLER Single Jane HUNTER Single Shaw Cum Donnington
49 29/12/1831 Robert MORLEY Single Maria FIDLER Single
50 14/11/1833 George HEARN Kingston On Thames, Surrey Rachel WISE Single
51 13/01/1834 John MORNAT Single Longparish, Hampshire Sarah FIDLER Single
52 27/05/1834 Thomas KENT Single Ruth WELCH
53 17/11/1834 Thomas COLLINS Compton Louisa TAYLOR
54 24/12/1834 Joseph VINER Single Martha DOWNHAMS Single
55 20/04/1835 John WELLS Single Lambourn Harriet RANKIN Single
56 14/11/1835 Thomas HARDING Single East Hagbourne Sarah TAYLOR Single
57 27/06/1836 Thomas DOWNHAMS Widower Hannah FIDLER Widow
58 08/12/1836 Joseph FULLER Single Sarah OWEN Widow

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