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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Woolhampton St Peter

 

The Parish

The parish of Woolhampton lies in central southern Berkshire, not too far from its border with neighbouring Hampshire. Woolhampton is located, in the valley of the River Kennet, about 7 miles east of the market town of Newbury. Woolhampton sits on the A4, the London to Bath road here connecting Newbury with Reading. Woolhampton is a rather dispersed settlement, a newer village has grown up around the A4 and rail line which follows the valley whilst Upper Woolhampton sits some 40 metres higher in lanes and contains the parish church, its centre being almost a mile from the lower one. At the time of this transcript the area would have largely been dominated by farming, arable on the hills and pastoral in the valley bottom. Today whilst agriculture still happens the area is a popular commuter area with rail links into the employment centres of Reading and onward to London. The River Kennet drains the parish eastwards and, indeed, reaches the Thames at Reading whence it makes its way to the North Sea through the capital and the Thames Estuary. Woolhampton is sited between 70 and 110 metres above the sea in gently undulating countryside, local heights are little higher than that of Upper Woolhampton. Woolhampton parish was a small one, even by southern standards, it covered under 700 acres and would have supported a population of just under 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Woolhampton was held by one Henry of Ferrers and could offer 5 ploughs, a small meadow and a mill.


The Church

St Peter's church sits in Upper Woolhampton on the eastern side of the lane which rises from the junction with the A4. Sadly this church is not a mediaeval original, it was built in 1861. The church uses motifs from the early English Gothic period albeit they are criticised by Pevsner as being "gross". The building clearly did not impress him and his description is short merely describing the main features of the church. To my eye the bellcote topped by a small spire is attractive but the building lacks historical gravitas. The church sits behind a low brick wall with access points to south & north, the churchyard is uncrowded and open to photography from all angles except the north where the grounds of the school are rather close.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 29th May 1754 - 15th October 1800 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P/154/1/2 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number The clerk makes little use of segregation and "white space" to make each entry clearly stand out, it is, therefore, possible that accidental omission might have occurred.
2 10th November 1801 - 2nd November 1812 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P/154/1/7 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
3 30th October 1813 - 27th March 1837 Berkshire Record Office - Reference - D/P/154/1/8 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Bucklebury St Mary
Bucklebury St Mary
Aldermaston St Mary (detached)
Midgham St Matthew
Thatcham St Mary
Aldermaston St Mary (detached)
Beenham St Mary
Brimpton St Peter
Brimpton St Peter
Wasing St Nicholas
Aldermaston 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
1 29/05/1754 Henry STRONG     Anne GAINES Single  
3 15/05/1755 John BUDD     Sophia HOLDEN Single  
5 28/07/1755 John GILES     Elizabeth POOR    
6 14/11/1755 John FRUIN Single   Jane WEST Single  
7 03/05/1756 John BROWN Widower   Martha KING Widow  
8 31/03/1757 John APPLEBEE     Sarah OWEN Single  
9 05/09/1757 King BEECHAM   Padworth Mary BOLTON Single  
10 01/04/1758 Philip DELANY   St James, Westminster, Middlesex Margaret Salter HOOPER Single Covent Garden, Middlesex
11 12/10/1758 Richard TULL     Mary DODD Single  
13 22/11/1759 Edward LEWIS   Bucklebury Mary WICKS Single  
14 26/12/1759 John PENNINGTON   Canford Magna, Dorset Sarah SANGWIN Single  
15 23/10/1760 John SMITH   Bradfield Elizabeth BUDD Single  
17 29/01/1761 William RUSSELL     Mary LOVEGROVE Single  
18 02/02/1761 John BARRET     Mary DUCKET Single  
20 18/01/1762 John SHAILE   Brimpton Mary FAULKNER Single  
21 28/12/1762 Richard COOK   Hampstead, Middlesex Sarah BURNELL Single  
22 22/08/1763 James APPLEBEE     Anne CROCKFORD    
23 23/09/1763 Edward MORTIMER     Elizabeth ABERY Single  
24 17/11/1763 Giles HOBBS   Speen Ann GAMESTER Single  
25 05/11/1764 John CHALK   Thatcham Anne HADLAND Single  
26 26/11/1765 James QUINCE     Mary CORFE Single  
27 16/10/1766 William GOLDFINCH   Brimpton Catherine BOLTON Single  
28 04/05/1767 Thomas NAILOR   Bucklebury Mary MATTHEWS Single  
29 23/11/1767 Robert HAMBLIN     Rebecca MINNS Single  
30 07/01/1768 James WESTON   St Giles, Reading Mary MARSHALL Single  
31 02/05/1768 Thomas MONEY     Sarah BALL Single  
33 26/11/1768 Benjamin ALDRIDGE     Charity GOODEY Widow  
34 27/01/1769 Thomas PAICE   St Lawrence, Reading Hannah BROWN    
35 02/02/1769 William POUND     Elizabeth CORBER   Wasing
36 28/10/1769 Peter MASKELL Single Thatcham Hannah WALLIN Single  
37 05/11/1770 John WEBB   Brimpton Jane BRADLEY Single  
38 20/11/1770 James OWEN   Kingsclere, Hampshire Mary CROCKFORD Single  
39 24/02/1771 John SANGWELL     Elizabeth GAFFORDIO Single St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex
40 10/06/1771 Joseph HAWKINS Widower   Mary JARVIS Widow  
41 19/09/1771 William CROSWELL Single   Mary ALLEN Widow  
42 13/10/1771 Henry ROBBINS   Kingsclere, Hampshire Mary WOOLFORD Single  
45 03/08/1772 Joseph SANGWELL Single   Elizabeth TYLER Single  
46 29/11/1773 John QUINCE   St Peter & St Paul, Marlborough, Wiltshire Mary OWEN Single  
47 28/05/1774 James QUINCE     Ann MARSHALL Single  
48 31/05/1774 John PEARCE     Hannah BRADLEY Single  
49 28/09/1774 Charles CHILDROY     Ann SMITH Single Bucklebury
50 16/01/1775 Stephen PENNINGTON Widower Canford Magna, Dorset Elizabeth SANGWIN Single  
52 05/11/1775 Francis BARRETT     Sarah TYLER Single  
53 12/11/1775 John SHIPPERY   Baughurst, Hampshire Sarah TREACHER Single  
54 13/11/1775 Joseph WOOTTEN Single Bucklebury Ann HAWKINS Single  
58 22/09/1777 Frogley COX     Sarah POTTINGER Single  
59 09/07/1778 William BLACKALLER   Sulham Mary COWDEROY Single  
61 11/02/1779 Oliver BLACKALLER   St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex Elizabeth COWDEROY Single  
62 27/03/1779 Joseph WARTON   Tunworth, Hampshire Sarah COWDEROY Single  
64 10/08/1779 James CRESWELL Widower   Anne PETTIT Single  
65 16/08/1779 David FROUDE     Mary APPLEBEE Single  
66 01/09/1779 Henry NEWMAN     Mary DANIELS Widow  
68 23/11/1779 John WARWICK     Ann BROWN    
67 11/12/1779 Moses ALLOWAY   Aldermaston Mary MASKELL    
69 16/10/1780 Alexander WILKINS     Jane DICKER    
70 05/12/1780 Thomas SLATER   Ramsbury, Wiltshire Mary PYKE Single  
71 30/07/1781 Francis MILES     Joanna SANGWELL Single  
72 16/10/1781 James CHANDLER Single Theale Mary GARRARD Single  
73 05/11/1781 Joseph LAWRENCE     Elizabeth HILLIARD    
75 23/10/1782 Isaac MATTHEWS Widower   Elizabeth MATTHEWS Single  
76 19/12/1782 Thomas HAWKS Single Beenham Edith MOSDELL Single  
78 26/03/1785 Bernard CRIPPS Single Pamber, Hampshire Hannah HAWKINS Single  
79 26/05/1785 Charles ENGLEFIELD Single Wasing Sarah BOSKER Widow  
80 31/07/1786 Joseph SANGWELL Widower   Jane WILKINS Single  
82 23/01/1787 John PYKE     Harriet GARRARD Single  
83 11/04/1787 Thomas HILLIARD     Jane HAZLE    
87 22/05/1789 Henry BAILEY Single   Mary WRIGHT Single  
90 14/10/1790 James SANGWELL     Martha SMITH    
89 16/10/1790 James RICHARDSON     Mary MONEY    
91 08/03/1791 Benjamin STROUD   Newbury Esther DICKER    
97 07/01/1795 John RIMELL Single Cookham Sarah FRANKUM    
96 10/01/1795 William QUELCH     Hannah PEARCE    
98 18/05/1795 John HARLE   Brimpton Naomi MARTIN Single  
101 16/11/1797 William WOOLFORD   Aldermaston Mary SANGWELL    
102 16/01/1798 William SHEPPARD     Phebe CHANDLER Widow  
103 19/09/1799 James ALLEN     Rachel CHANDLER    
104 19/09/1799 John HAWKINS     Ann BUDD    
106 22/10/1799 John NASH     Elizabeth GREEN   Brimpton
107 27/11/1799 Lambert FOWLER   St Anne, Westminster, Middlesex Jane DEANE    
108 01/03/1800 Joseph LOVEGROVE Single Aldermaston Sarah BUTLER Single  
109 06/06/1800 Charles HARDING Single Thatcham Harriet BARRET Single  
110 15/10/1800 Joel PARRIN Single   Elizabeth MEAD Single Abingdon
1 10/11/1801 John BARRETT Single   Elizabeth WOOTTON Single  
2 16/11/1801 James SANGWELL Widower   Mary HALL Widow  
3 22/02/1803 John WALTER Single   Winifred BARNET Single  
4 25/10/1804 George NEWBERRY   Newbury Ann KEEP    
5 03/06/1805 Thomas WILKINS Single   Sarah TAPLIN Single  
6 22/10/1805 Charles CRIPPS Single   Sarah ARNOLD Single  
7 27/10/1806 William CHANDLER Single   Sybilla BIDMEAD Single  
8 09/11/1806 Richard GOODALL Single Brimpton Charlotte LAWRANCE Single  
9 11/11/1806 Matthew SLAUGHTER Single   Mary PEARCE Single  
10 27/10/1807 William SMITH Single   Lucy BIDMEAD Single  
11 21/01/1808 Benjamin TULL Single   Elizabeth PIKE Single  
12 11/02/1808 John POUND Single   Elizabeth ELLIOT Single Aldermaston
13 28/02/1808 James MOSDELL Single Aldermaston Martha WHITWICK Single  
14 29/09/1808 William BALDING Single Padworth Mary TURNER Single  
15 06/02/1809 John NASH Single   Charlotte SMITH Single  
16 19/06/1809 John GOODGER Single   Margaret HOLDEN Single  
17 26/06/1810 Richard MAJOR Single Newtown, Hampshire Susannah NEWMAN Single  
18 16/07/1810 Daniel SANGWELL Single   Jane LEWIS Single  
19 20/11/1810 Samuel PLATT Single Burbage, Wiltshire Mary PYKE Single  
20 04/06/1811 James JACOBS Single   Elizabeth MONEY Single  
21 01/07/1811 William LYNE Single Chieveley Sarah PENDRY Single  
22 15/07/1811 Michael BARROTT Single   Mary HISEY Single  
23 19/10/1812 John BIDMEAD Single   Mary MITCHELL Single  
24 02/11/1812 Thomas FISHER Single   Charlotte FULLEN Single  
1 30/10/1813 Joseph SLATER Widower West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Anne COOKE Widow  
2 08/11/1813 Henry LEACH Single   Elizabeth COVE Single  
3 20/12/1813 Richard GOULD Single   Eleanor BAUGHURST Single  
4 20/09/1814 John HOLMES Single Compton Jane NASH Single  
5 23/01/1815 Jacob MILES Single   Charlotte NICKSON Single  
5 23/01/1815 Jacob MYHILL Single   Charlotte NICKSON Single  
6 12/11/1815 John CHEESMAN Single   Mary Anne CHANDLER Single  
7 19/11/1815 Benjamin LAWRANCE Single   Mary CHANDLER Single  
8 23/05/1816 James CARTER Single   Elizabeth PENDRY Single  
9 16/06/1816 Robert SALT Single Speen Maria BARRETT Single  
10 11/11/1817 James ILSLEY Single   Martha BROOKES Single  
11 01/12/1817 John WARD Single Minster In Sheppey, Kent Nannetta Letitia BURNELL Single  
12 16/04/1818 William CHANDLER Single   Anne GODDARD Single  
13 25/05/1818 James CHILD Single Midgham Sarah DRINKWATER Single  
14 24/04/1820 William FULBROOK Single Midgham Elizabeth MICHIN Single  
15 22/05/1820 John BROOKS     Elizabeth LOVELOCK Single Beenham
16 18/08/1821 William HUTCHINGS Single   Mary GARRAT Single Beenham
17 26/08/1821 George HAYWARD Single   Hannah BEALE Single  
18 13/10/1821 William WIX Single Wargrave Dorothy CALVERT Single  
19 27/01/1822 Charles BIDDIS Single   Mary BARRETT Single  
20 28/03/1822 William BINFIELD Single   Elizabeth WILKINS Single  
21 27/05/1822 Isaac BROOKS Single   Mary Ann BARRETT Single  
22 17/08/1822 Daniel WISE Widower   Lucy PYKE Single  
23 28/08/1822 Thomas GREEN Single   Hannah GOODEY Single  
24 30/03/1824 William WICKENS Widower   Jane COOK Single  
25 08/07/1824 John Henry STAIR Single Brimpton Jane TURNER Single  
26 19/03/1825 Joseph WALTER Single Sulhampstead Abbots Matilda Ann BROWN Single  
27 28/03/1826 Richard MATTHEWS Single Overton, Hampshire Sarah PATEY Single  
28 15/04/1826 Thomas WOOLFORD Single   Hannah FAWSET Single  
29 22/10/1826 Benjamin COOPER Single Beenham Anne Maria BROOKS Single  
30 13/01/1827 James BURCHALL Single Beenham Susannah TURNER Single  
31 01/07/1827 James CRIPPS Single   Mary Ann CHANDLER Single  
32 21/07/1827 Stephen MILE Single   Hannah MAY Single  
33 22/07/1827 James DUCK Single Marlborough, Wiltshire Sarah LAMB Single  
34 30/07/1827 Thomas WAITE Single   Mary HOLMES Single  
35 28/07/1828 Charles NUTT Single   Harriett SHAIL Single  
36 18/09/1828 John Maximillon GAMBRELL Single   Sarah GOODCHILD Single Midgham
37 04/10/1828 James APPLETON Single   Kezia HOLMES Single  
38 27/07/1829 Stephen BROWN Single   Mary Ann BROWN Single  
39 01/06/1830 Richard Philip BUTT Single   Clara HALL Single  
40 06/07/1831 Charles John EVANS Single   Anne SAMPSON Single  
41 22/08/1831 William HOLMES Single   Mary WOOLFORD    
42 21/02/1832 William PEARCE Single St Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex Eliza Martha APPLETON Single  
43 01/04/1832 Joseph WICKENS Single   Mary Ann KEEP Single  
44 24/09/1832 William SANGWELL Single   Eliza MACKRELL Single  
45 05/11/1832 Thomas PENDRY Single   Elizabeth AULDER Single  
46 13/01/1833 Henry MARTIN Single   Maria GOODMAN Single  
47 25/02/1833 George TARRANT Single   Mary Anne CHANDLER Single Padworth
48 08/04/1833 Thomas BEENHAM Single Thatcham Mary BROOKS Single  
49 22/06/1833 John KEEP Single   Ellen ROBINS Single  
50 05/09/1833 George SANGWELL Single   Rebecca COTTRELL Single  
51 07/01/1834 William WOODHOUSE Single Bray Sarah PURTON Single  
52 15/01/1834 John MILLS Single   Charlotte WILLIS Single  
53 01/06/1834 William CRIPPS Single   Hannah CHANDLER Single  
54 17/05/1835 Abraham GUNTER Single   Matilda MACCUING Single  
55 05/09/1835 Thomas AUSTIN Single   Jane ANDREWS Single  
56 10/01/1836 George SMART Widower   Eleanor BROWN Single  
57 18/01/1836 Richard WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth GILES Single  
58 03/04/1836 Joseph PRIOR Single   Sarah HERMON Single  
59 24/12/1836 Charles WICKENS Single Brimpton Anne PENDRY Single  
60 27/03/1837 Edward GRAY Single   Charlotte HARRIS Single  

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