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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Kingston Lisle St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The chapelry of Kingston Lisle, its mother parish being Sparsholt, lies in western Berkshire not too far from its border with neighbouring Wiltshire. Kingston Lisle is one of a series of spring-line villages lying beneath the escarpment of the Berkshire Downs and sits roughly 5 miles west of the market town of Wantage a quarter mile north of the B4507 road which links Wantage westwards to the Berkshire border at Ashbury. Kingston Lisle, which included the hamlet of Fawler is built around a triangular intersection of lanes with the southeastern quarter consisting of church and Kingston Lisle Park. This house is a large and complex building from the late 17th century onwards standing in a neat landscape parkland. The needs of the estate would have dominated the economy of the chapelry, arable farming in the main on lower ground whilst the steep escarpment slopes and meagre soils of the chalk would have only been suitable for the grazing of sheep. Modern developments came and went from the chapelry, the Wilts & Berks Canal, having fallen into disuse but patiently being restored today, skirts the northernmost edge of the chapelry's acreage. Kingston Lisle is drained northwards by small tributaries of the River Ock which turns east to meet the Thames at Abingdon, thereafter through the capital to the North Sea. Kingston Lisle is sited at 120 metres above the sea but the noble escarpment of the chalk to its immediate rises to 261 metres on nearby Whitehorse Hill, it name a nod to the carved White Horse set into its northern face, which is summitted by the Ridgeway National Trail. Roughly 2,000 acres of Sparsholt parish are set aside for Kingston Lisle chapelry within that acreage would have been supported close to 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Kingston Lisle was retained by King William, himself, it was a profitable small holding offering 13ploughs and a 200 acre meadow.


The Church

St John's church sits just east of the meeting point of the three limbs of the village, and is tucked away behind high hedging to its south at the entrance gates of Kingston Lisle Park. Like many small rural churches the earliest origins remain despite the attentions of later restorers and St John has a Norman Romanesque style window of the 12th century and the plain northern doorway, enhanced by splendid iron-hinge work is given a c1200 date by Pevsner. The main body of the church, perhaps originally early 14th century as evidenced by a Decorated style window on the eastern face of the chancel, was largely rebuilt in the early 17th century, given new windows and roof. The attractive timber adornments of the porch and bell-turret complete with its spirelet are additions of the major restoration, in this case it was of 1883. Whilst the lane, which curves northward at the church to head for Stanford in the Vale, is rather narrow the broad entrances to churchyard & park allow a car to safely get off-road without blocking access allowing an extended visit. The well-screened churchyard has a rather small metal gate for entry but the churchyard is open to the parkland from the south, whilst the church is rather hemmed-in from both eastern and western ends, a good view of the bell-turret is not available, all other aspects are there for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
23rd October 1755 - 24th December 1812
Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P115B/1/4
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None
2 28th April 1813 - 24th July 1836 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P115B/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Fading of this register may lead to one or two misreads


Uffington St Mary
Uffington St Mary
Uffington St Mary
Uffington St Mary
Sparsholt Holy Cross
Lanbourn St Michael
Lanbourn St Michael
Lanbourn St Michael

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 23/10/1755 John HAWKINS Single
Mary HOBBS Single
2 20/08/1756 William HAYNES Single
Mary CHIVERS Single
3 05/07/1757 James HAINES Single
Sarah ALDER Single
4 14/11/1761 John HUMPHREYS Single Childrey Jane SIMS Single
1 30/01/1762 George PIKE Single
Jenny GILBERT Single
2 23/05/1762 Edward PIKE Single
Elizabeth HARWOOD Single
3 17/09/1762 Richard HUMPHREYS Single
Sarah HARWOOD Single
4 27/06/1764 John MAY Single
Mary GOODENOUGH Single
1 19/08/1765 William FARMER Widower Uffington Lydia MABERLEY Single
2 17/11/1765 John HAMMOND Single
Ann HAINES Single
3 02/03/1766 Richard HIGGS Single
Ann ROWE Single
4 11/11/1766 William SIMONDS

Mary HAINES Single
1 25/03/1767 John STEVENS
Highworth, Wiltshire Catherine WALLDRON Single
2 24/08/1767 Richard RANDAL Single
Mary COMPTON Single
3 29/12/1767 John EDGINTON Single
Mary HARWOOD Single
1 02/02/1769 John FARMER Single Wantage Mary WYERS Single
2 02/02/1769 William GOSLING

Anne ROGERS

3 16/08/1770 Thomas HAINES

Anne BOWLES
Sparsholt
4 03/01/1771 Luke PAGE

Rosey BURBIDGE
Steventon
15/04/1771 Joseph BRETON
Sparsholt Mary WAITE

14/10/1771 John ILOTT

Sarah JENNINGS

26/11/1771 Henry STANLEY

Jane JORDAN

28/02/1773 Charles GIBBS
Chieveley Mary KING

12/04/1773 John ELLIOT
Sparsholt Mary WILLIAMS Single
14/11/1774 William DUFFIN
Tilehurst Mary ROWE

23/01/1775 John BLACKALL

Rachel JENNINGS

27/04/1775 Thomas STROUD
Baydon, Wiltshire Mary RAYER

25/07/1775 Luke PAGE

Susannah VINCH
Aldbourne, Wiltshire
25/07/1776 Stephen WIRDNAM

Mary FOX

03/02/1777 Robert CHURCH

Hannah BUNCE

10/02/1777 John JENNINGS

Elizabeth PIKE

17/11/1777 George GILES
Kintbury Mary PARSONS

01/04/1778 John GALE
Sparsholt Mary WALCRAFT

09/06/1778 Aaron CHAMBERLAIN

Elizabeth BANETT

02/11/1778 Lave PARSONS

Jane WARNAM

30/05/1779 Benjamin STONE
Shrivenham Elizabeth CLIFFORD

13/11/1780 William BAAL

Sarah PARSONS

07/10/1781 Hervey STANLEY

Maria NORMAN

10/12/1781 James GOSLING

Sarah ANGEL
Stratton St Margaret, Wiltshire
13/09/1782 William DAY
Woolwich, Kent Elizabeth WAIT

14/10/1782 John WARREN

Kezia TITCOMBE

17/03/1783 William WEEKS

Martha BOND

05/10/1784 William JOHNSON

Mary CHAMBERLAIN

21/10/1784 Richard PICKET

Ann WEST

08/01/1787 John WAITE

Martha HAMMOND

04/12/1787 Jonathan BECKINGHAM
Sparsholt Sarah SUTTON

23/01/1788 John BROWN

Ann HULCUP

14/04/1788 Barack WEST

Betty BASTARD
Inkpen
20/01/1791 Richard HULCUP Single
Harriott WIRDNAM

14/12/1791 William DAY Single Ardington Anne WARMAN

13/02/1792 John GREEN Single
Hannah ELDERIDGE Single
25/02/1792 William RANDAL

Sarah HULCUP

27/05/1792 William SMITH

Sarah PIKE

21/04/1794 William TOVEY

Alice BRISTER

17/10/1796 William COLLINS
Peasemore Sarah BUTLER

19/05/1797 Richard RICKENS

Mary ILOTT

09/08/1797 Edward PIKE Widower
Ann CROMTON Single
17/10/1797 William BUTLER

Susannah KING

04/01/1798 John WYERS

Ann KEATS

11/02/1799 Thomas SELLARD Single
Martha EDGINTON Single
12/10/1801 James VICKERS
Uffington Elizabeth BRISTOW

25/01/1802 John CHIVERS Single
Sarah COOKE Single
31/05/1802 William JOHNSTON

Martha GORTON

14/06/1802 Benjamin MORLAND
Abingdon Elizabeth Rose THORNHILL

30/06/1803 William Ward JACKSON
Normanby, Yorkshire Susanna Louisa Martin ATKINS

04/09/1803 Thomas ACKRELL

Catherine BEDWELL

20/12/1803 John BRITTAIN

Elizabeth STANLEY

01/06/1805 George PIKE

Ann COLLINS

14/06/1805 George BOWES Single St Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire Mary THORNHILL

06/01/1806 William COX
Stanford In The Vale Mary HAINES

23/07/1807 James PEARSON
Stepney, Middlesex Alicia Ellen Martin ATKINS

07/10/1807 John WELLS
West Shefford Ann WIRDNAM

23/05/1808 John TITCHENER Widower
Elizabeth WIRDNAM Widow
28/09/1808 Richard HAINES

Lucy BALL

20/12/1808 Richard WELLS
West Shefford Hester WIRDNAM

26/08/1809 Thomas HEATS
Sparsholt Lydia STANLEY

05/02/1810 Thomas MUNDY
South Marston, Wiltshire Martha MATTINGLY

01/03/1810 Stephen HART

Maria PAIN

29/05/1810 William PARKER

Amelia WAIGHT

11/07/1810 William SIMMONDS Single
Margaret EDGINTON

19/09/1810 William BALL

Elizabeth COX

15/04/1811 James GOODING

Ann PAGE

31/07/1811 Ferdinando BULLOCK
Sparsholt Maria DAVENPORT

14/10/1811 Charles ALLEN

Mary WOOLFORD Single
29/10/1811 Mark FOWLER

Maria JEFFERIES

09/12/1812 James FORD

Margaret BOND

24/12/1812 John READING Single Priors Hardwick, Warwickshire Susanna DAVENPORT

1 28/04/1813 Richard AKRILL
Shrivenham Sarah DURHAM

2 12/07/1813 William MATTHEWS

Mary JOHNSON

3 12/07/1814 William STRAINGE Single Bensington, Oxfordshire Charlotte WEST

4 31/10/1814 George HAMON

Sarah FISHER

5 21/12/1814 Jonathan DENNIS

Rosanna HAMON

6 14/02/1815 Thomas ATTWOOD

Joyse PIKE

7 03/04/1815 James THATCHER

Alice WILLOUGHBY

8 08/05/1815 Samuel DAVENPORT Single East Challow Elizabeth MATTINGLY

9 21/08/1815 Robert STANLEY

Winefred WAIGHT

10 31/08/1815 Joseph TAYLOR
Uffington Ann WYERS

11 12/10/1815 William PEARCE

Ann WILLIMOT

12 29/11/1815 William HEDGES
Ashbury Ann WHITFIELD

13 14/12/1815 John BUTTELL Single Shoreditch, Middlesex Hannah HAYNES

14 09/09/1816 Edward LAMBOURN
Uffington Lydia WYERS

15 03/11/1816 Jeremiah JOHNSON

Sarah ILOTT

16 05/02/1818 Charles KIMBER Single Fulbrook, Oxfordshire Abiah WILLIAMS

17 19/02/1818 William GARDENER

Jane CURTIS

18 24/08/1818 George PIGOT

Anne RYSON
Uffington
19 08/10/1818 William MATTINGLY

Mary Ann KEATS

20 21/06/1819 Thomas PALMER Single Ruscombe Rosanna PEARCE Single
21 27/09/1819 William PLUMMER

Elizabeth DAY

22 20/04/1820 Charles BOOKER

Mary BINT

23 13/07/1820 Thomas PIGGOT

Mary KEATS

24 29/03/1821 Robert FORD
Uffington Ann HUMPHRIES

25 26/04/1821 Richard FERRES

Hannah FLECK

26 14/05/1821 William BUTLER

Rosanna RANDAL

27 11/10/1821 John GREEN

Mary MITCHEL

28 17/10/1821 William WOOLFORD

Miriam ROW

29 12/10/1822 Thomas BRADSHAW

Mary BURDOE

30 28/11/1822 John RIXON
Lechlade, Gloucestershire Elizabeth WILLIAMS

31 30/06/1823 John MATTINGLY
Uffington Keziah SHRIMPTON

32 01/09/1823 Amos Hayton PULBROOK Single Christ Church, Southwark, Surrey Elizabeth WHITFIELD

33 22/11/1823 Charles CHAMBERLAIN

Mary PONKING

34 30/12/1824 Charles COLLINS Single
Ann JOHNSON Single Longcot
35 28/05/1825 Richard HUNT

Elizabeth MARBLEY

36 03/07/1825 John WILLIS
Uffington Hannah PIKE

37 11/07/1825 John HAMON

Susanna HAINES

38 15/10/1825 James BOND

Elizabeth DAY

39 15/05/1826 Henry FLECK

Ann EDMONDS

40 19/06/1826 James NEWMAN Single
Alice THATCHER Widow
41 28/08/1826 John ISLES

Mary LOVEGROVE

42 01/02/1827 William PARKER

Ann BROWN Widow
43 21/05/1827 James WATTS

Miriam GRUBB

44 09/07/1827 John COX

Ann BUTLER

45 16/04/1828 Jeremmiah WHITFIELD
Stanford In The Vale Rebecca MATTINGLY

46 21/05/1828 James MATTINGLY

Anna Maria THATCHER

47 13/10/1828 Francis SPENDLOE

Elizabeth GOODENOUGH

48 18/05/1829 Thomas PUDDLE

Susanna BREAKSPEARE

49 11/10/1830 James JORDAN
Kempsford, Gloucestershire Jane JEFFERIES

50 13/10/1830 William EBSWORTH

Sarah HAMON

51 01/12/1830 Daniel WALLIS

Ann MATHEWS

52 05/12/1830 James COMELY
Clanfield, Oxfordshire Eliza WHEELER

53 04/04/1831 Thomas YATES
Uffington Mary FOWLER

54 13/10/1831 William PUDDLE

Ann HIGGLETON

55 17/10/1831 John WOOLFORD
Uffington Elizabeth JEFFERIES

56 11/06/1832 John HAINES

Caroline BEW
Mongewell, Oxfordshire
57 02/07/1832 Daniel GRANT
Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire Sarah BROWN

58 03/07/1832 William PAULING

Eliza TOWNSEND

59 06/11/1832 Edward SMITH
Pyrton, Oxfordshire Hannah WICKS

60 22/06/1833 Thomas TUCKWELL
Broadwell, Oxfordshire Ann HOBBS

61 06/07/1833 Joseph WHITE
West Shefford Mary PIGGOTT

62 01/09/1833 William WEAVINGS
Uffington Eliza RANDALL

63 01/09/1833 James FLECK

Martha RALPH

64 21/11/1833 Charles ROWLAND
Childrey Ann SMITH

65 26/04/1834 Henry WILLIS

Harriett FAWKES

66 14/05/1834 William HOBBS

Elizabeth DAVENPORT

67 13/10/1834 James EVANS

Amelia HAMMOND

68 17/11/1834 William WYERS

Charlotte FLECK

69 02/12/1834 James DEAR
Stanford In The Vale Lucy FOWLER

70 14/08/1835 Thomas Thornhill MORLAND
Marcham Louisa Martin ATKINS

71 06/01/1836 Thomas EDWARDS
St Clement, Oxford, Oxfordshire Charlotte WYERS

72 24/07/1836 Charles DARLING
West Shefford Elizabeth WOOLFORD

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