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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Aston Sandford St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of Aston Sandford lies in western central Buckinghamshire, indeed it forms a tiny part of the border with neighbouring Oxfordshire. Aston Sandford is a small hamlet, little more than an offshoot of larger neighbor Haddenham and lies about 3 miles northeast of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame. Aston Sandford sits on a junction of a small lane which curves northwards from the A4129 road which links Thame with Princes Risborough. There is not much to the village, just a small gathering of farms and cottages around the church, there is indication that this may have been a "closed" parish which never developed into a normal village as a result. The land is dominated today by arable agriculture and stands on the low lying Oxfordshire Vale below the ridge of the Chilterns which lie a few miles away to the east. In the past the heavy clay soils would have lent themselves more to pastoral farming. The parish is drained by a number of small tributaries of the River Thame, these flow westwards to join the main river at Thame and thence eventually reach the Thames itself at Dorchester on Thames. Aston Sandford is sited at around 70 metres above the sea and much of the land is almost flat at that height for a few miles around. By Buckinghamshire standards Aston Sandford was a small parish, covering barely 670 acres it supported just under 90 parishioners. In Domesday times Aston Sandford was shared three ways, although the majority shares were held by one Mainou the Breton & Bishop Odo of Bayeux, the parish was more prosperous at that time supporting 10 ploughs as well as having some meadows.


The Church

St Michael's church sits at the centre of the collection of buildings that lie along a short spur-road from the main lane. The church is rather small, as befits the volume it was designed to meet, and consists of a simple chancel, nave and western bell-turret. Pevsner dates some of the fabric to the 13th century, notably the chancel arch, and much is in the style of the Early English period which is consistent with that date. Of course, like most churches there was a restoration during the 19th century and this may have masked much dating detail. The church sits ahead of you as you approach along the spur-road, a tarred path leading onwards into the churchyard grants access through the low, local, stone wall. There are a few trees to complicate angles but not to a great degree.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 4th October 1757 - 1st October 1811 Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR9/1/5 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 register - few issues noted and with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 28th October 1814 - 9th November 1832 Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR9/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Haddenham St Mary
Dinton St Peter & St Paul
Dinton St Peter & St Paul
Haddenham St Mary
Thames St Mary, Oxfordshire
Kingsey St Nicholas
Dinton St Peter & St Paul
Monks Risborough St Dunstan
Ilmer St Peter
Princes Risborough St Mary
Princes Risborough 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 04/10/1757 Thomas HANCE     Ann EDWARDS Single  
2 05/01/1761 John LOOSELEY     Ann EDWARDS   Ashendon
3 31/08/1761 William AYRIS   Haddenham Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
4 15/11/1762 Richard FINCHER   Monks Risborough Elizabeth LANKSTON    
5 25/09/1764 William WILLIAMS     Elizabeth KINGHAM Single Monks Risborough
6 10/10/1764 Thomas ASTON     Hanah BEDOL Single  
7 22/12/1766 William TURNER     Mary VARNEY Single  
8 04/08/1767 Samuel WILLIAMS     Elizabeth KINGHAM Single Ilmer
9 17/12/1767 Philip BRICKNEL   Bledlow Ann HUTCHINS Single Haddenham
10 15/05/1769 Richard WILLIAMS     Ann GIBSON Single Haddenham
11 27/09/1773 Henry COOKE   Dinton Mary MILLS Single Dinton
12 07/10/1775 William DRAKE     Susanna LUDLOW Widow  
13 31/03/1777 James WOOD     Sarah HUTCHINS Single  
16/04/1781 Richard BRION   Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire Elizabeth REYNOLDS   Kingsey
13/09/1781 George EUSTACE     Christian COALS Single Haddenham
14/10/1781 Thomas ASTON     Susanna DEACON   Monks Risborough
27/05/1782 Thomas FLETCHER     Martha EUSTACE Single  
06/10/1784 Richard SNELSON   Kingsey Rebecca BELCHER Single Kingsey
11/10/1787 John GREEN Single   Sarah HANCE Single  
25/03/1790 Philip PAYNE Single Aylesbury Ann ROLLS Single  
14/10/1793 Henry BUNNING   Whaddon Sarah JESSOT Single  
26/02/1794 John MORRIS   Stadhampton, Oxfordshire Mary WILLIAMS Single  
11/12/1794 John JARVIS   Haddenham Mary DOVER Single  
11/10/1798 William GOODGAME     Sarah WILLIAMS Single  
10/12/1800 Thomas WHEELER     Rebecka HUTCHINS    
04/02/1805 William LEE Single   Judith GOMME Single  
02/01/1806 Joseph CHRICH Single   Susanna WILLIAMS Single  
12/10/1807 William SAUNDERS Single Wendover Maria GOMME Single  
23/10/1810 William NEAL Single Upper Winchendon Ann HIGENS Single  
18/12/1810 Jonathan Solomon KLEIN Single Haddenham Susanna SCOTT Single  
01/10/1811 Samuel KING Single Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth SCOTT Single  
1 28/10/1814 Thomas HITCHCOCK Single Dinton Mary FRANKLIN    
2 13/04/1815 John HUNT Single   Mary HIGGENS Single  
3 04/06/1817 Thomas HOWLET Single   Martha MATTHEWS Single  
4 09/09/1818 David BRISTOW Widower Thame, Oxfordshire Elizabeth CLARK Single  
5 12/09/1819 James WHITE Single   Elizabeth AUSTIN    
6 11/12/1820 William Robert DAVIS Single High Wycombe Mary JARVIS Single  
7 07/10/1821 Thomas WYNFIELD     Ann HIGGINS    
8 13/12/1821 William HORTON   Stone Lydia HIGGINS    
9 02/12/1829 James TROFFORD Single Horspath, Oxfordshire Ruth HIGGINS Single  
10 09/09/1832 William COX Single Haddenham Eliza MATTHEWS Single  
11 11/10/1832 Richard HERRIDGE Single Dinton Maria SMITH Single  
12 08/11/1832 Thomas GREEN Single Princes Risborough Rachael HIGGINS Single  

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