England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Chesham lies in southeastern Buckinghamshire, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Hertfordshire. Chesham is a substantial market town lying within the Chiltern Hills and sited about 3 miles north of its nearest neighbour Amersham. Chesham is situated on the A416 road which links Amersham with the Hertfordshire market town of Berkhamsted. Chesham's market was granted in the year 1257 and still runs today as an important centre for the surrounding Chilterns district. Chesham has grown over the years from a just 3 streets by the crossing of the River Chess into a significant commuter town for London, the growth speeded by the construction of the London Underground from the city out into leafy Buckinghamshire. The area around Chesham would have largely been arable but the extensive woodlands of the Chilterns also saw much business in the manufacture of wooden ware. Chesham was also an important centre for lace & straw plait as well as manufacture of paper from mills on the banks of the Chess. The Chess drains southeastwards through the town and eventually the Coln at Rickmansworth before reaching the North Sea through the Thames. The heart of Chesham is sited at around 100 metres above the sea but the more modern developments which have spread away from that centre can be 50 metres higher. The Chilterns which surround are boldly undulating with deeply cut, and often dry, valleys through the chalklands. Chesham parish is one of the largest in Buckinghamshire, it covered over 12,600 acres and supported a population of almost 5,600 parishioners only half of whom where resident within the town itself. In Domesday times Chesham was equally as prosperous, so much so that it was shared between 4 landholders (Hugh of Bolbec, Alsi of Bromham, Bishop Odo of Bayeux & Turstin Mantle). The parish could boast 28 ploughs as well as extensive meadows & woodland and 4 mills. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 4th June 1754 - 6th April 1780 | Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR44/1/16 | Nonstandard but preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page, it is nonstandard in having only the right hand folio preprinted with the register blocks | Grade 2 register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | Facsimile copy readable but film copy less so |
2 | 10th April 1780 - 14th December 1812 | Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR44/1/17 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 4 register - there are sufficient issues with the quality of this register warrant a likelihood of some misreads and potentially a significant number | The entries are faded in some cases almost to invisibility and some "guesswork" was required on occasion to make a transcript - there are likely to be some misreads and there could be quite a few |
3 | 28th January 1813 - 7th March 1831 | Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR44/1/18 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 register - there are sufficient issues with the quality of this register to make a likelihood of a few misreads | Fading continues through this register but the better quality handwriting makes for an easier read |
4 | 7th March 1831 - 29th June 1837 | Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference PR44/1/19 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 register - there are sufficient issues with the quality of this register a make a likelihood of a few misreads | The top entries of many pages are badly soiled making for tricky reading - it is likely that a some misreads will result but hopefully few in number |
Aston
Clinton St Michael
Buckland All Saints Cholesbury St Lawrence |
Hawridge
St Mary
Northchurch St Mary, Hertfordshire Berkhamsted St Peter, Hertfordshire |
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Wendover
St Mary
Great Missenden St Peter & St Paul |
Bovingdon
St Lawrence, Hertfordshire
Latimer St Mary Magdalene |
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Little
Missenden St John the Baptist
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Amersham
St Mary
Chesham Bois St Leonard |
Chenies
St Michael
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