Clifton Reynes St Mary

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Clifton Reynes St Mary

The Parish

The parish of Clifton Reynes lies in the extreme north of Buckinghamshire forming a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Bedfordshire and also being close to Northamptonshire. Clifton Reynes is located just a mile east of the market town of Olney and sits a mile east of the A509 road which connects Olney through to Milton Keynes. A small and compact village sitting on the edge of the floodplain of the Great Ouse, Clifton Reynes sits at the end of a dead-end lane with access only to the small village. Taking advantage of the rich pastures within the Great Ouse floodplain Clifton Reynes would have had a varied farming regime, arable was normal on the drier portions of the parish. The Great Ouse drains the parish eastwards, passing through Bedford and eventually reaching the North Sea through The Wash. Clifton Reynes is sited at around 60 metres above the sea in fairly gentle terrain, land rises steadily to the southeast to local heights of close to 100 metres. Clifton Reynes parish was fairly typically sized for this area, covering close to 1,500 acres it would have supported a population of around 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Clifton Reynes was shared three ways, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, Robert de Tosny & Countess Judith all holding shares. Collectively their holdings could muster 8 ploughs, the usual meadows & pastures and there was a mill.

The Church

St Mary's church sits at the northwestern end of the village close to the banks of the Great Ouse. The church has ancient origins having Norman Romanesque styles in the 12th century western tower. The remainder of the church is testament to a substantial rebuild during the late 13thn and 14th centuries. The intersected tracery characteristic of the Decorated style can be found in the northern aisle whilst the tower top and the embattlements found throughout were added in the 14th century and are Perpendicular in style. For once Pevsner does not mention a Victorian restoration so if one occurred it was light and sensitive. The church sits at the end of Church Lane where there is room for a car to squeeze in outside the wooden gates that grant entry. The churchyard whilst compact has few obstacles to photography.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	28th November 1754 - 23rd September 1811	Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR54/1/3	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
2	23rd September 1813 - 20th December 1836	Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR54/1/4	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

Olney St Peter & St Paul	Olney St Peter & St Paul	Lavendon St Michael
Olney St Peter & St Paul Emberton All Saints		Newton Blossomville St Nicholas Turvey All Saints, Bedfordshire
Emberton All Saints	Emberton All Saints	Emberton All Saints

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	28/11/1754	Richard	WRIGHT	Single	Emberton	Mary	SWAIN	Single
2	16/08/1756	William	SWINSTEAD			Mary	HAWKINS
3	24/10/1756	Thomas	COOPER		Emberton	Elizabeth	PRATT		Brafield On The Green, Northamptonshire
4	14/05/1757	Paul	GARDENER	Single		Grace	CORT	Single
5	03/09/1758	Hawkins	TOMKINS	Single		Hannah	LINGER	Single
6	11/10/1758	William	KILPIN	Single		Mary	PAGE	Single
7	10/11/1758	John	SMITH	Single		Ann	BUTLER	Single
8	19/08/1759	Samuel	MINNY			Martha	HARRISON
9	18/11/1759	Simon	SWAIN	Widower		Ann	HULL	Single
10	13/01/1761	Thomas	BLASON	Widower	Moulton, Northamptonshire	Judith	TOMKINS	Single
11	21/06/1761	Charles	DENTON	Single		Mary	JACKSON	Single
12	11/11/1761	Thomas	SMITH	Single	Daventry, Northamptonshire	Elizabeth	PITTS	Single
13	11/10/1762	Robert	GARLICK	Single		Alice	ABRAHAM	Single
14	20/01/1763	William	SHEPHERD	Single		Sarah	PEARSON	Single
15	30/06/1763	Beaumont	DIXIE	Single	Newton Blossomville	Margaret	SHEWEN	Single
16	26/07/1763	Thomas	BINGLEY	Single		Ann	COLESTONE	Single	Olney
17	14/10/1763	Thomas	CLARE	Single		Ann	VELLUM	Single
18	31/10/1763	John	MINNY	Widower	Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire	Elizabeth	ATTAVIL	Single
19	28/12/1763	Elias	TURNER	Single	Long Buckby, Northamptonshire	Alice	GUTTRIDGE	Widow
20	01/01/1764	John	HAIT	Single	Newton Blossomville	Mary	SMITH	Single
21	23/04/1764	Joseph	SWAN	Single		Hannah	GARNER	Single
22	24/04/1764	James	RICKARD	Single	Newton Blossomville	Elizabeth	MARTIN
23	15/10/1764	Andrew	WIGSTON	Single		Jane	HIPWELL	Single
24	30/05/1765	Timothy	JONES			Mary	HORSEMAN
25	26/12/1765	John	REDGROVE	Single		Sarah	LINGOR	Single
26	01/04/1766	Edward	HARRISON	Single		Hannah	JONES	Single
27	04/05/1766	John	ROBERTSON	Single		Elizabeth	TYRREL	Single
28	22/09/1766	Thomas	LINGOR	Single		Hannah	ABRAHAM	Single
29	28/10/1766	William	GILPIN	Widower		Ann	SWAIN	Widow
30	16/11/1766	Paul	WARREN	Single	Hartwell, Northamptonshire	Martha	JOHNSON	Single
31	01/02/1767	Thomas	ELMES			Mary	NICHOLS
32	02/03/1767	Samuel	FREEMAN			Ann	CHERRY		Newton Blossomville
33	21/04/1767	William	ABRAHAM		Olney	Catherine	LINGOR	Single
34	09/02/1768	Thomas	HAWKINS	Single		Mary	BOYSON	Single
35	13/10/1768	Robert	JOHNSON	Single		Sarah	SMITH	Single
36	14/09/1769	George	SMITH	Widower		Mary	CAREY	Single	Olney
37	07/10/1769	Benjamin	BROOKES	Single		Ann	SCULTHORP	Single	Sherington
38	12/11/1769	William	GREEN	Single		Mary	NIGHTINGALE	Single
39	01/04/1770	William	ORSBORN	Single		Franklin	ROBERTS	Single
40	30/04/1771	William	GOODRIDGE			Margarett	BOLTON
41	25/02/1772	Alexander	SMALL			Ann	SHEWEN
42	31/08/1772	Charles	JOHNSON			Ann	WALKER
43	16/09/1772	Robert	BAVINGTON			Susanna	YEARL		Cold Brayfield
44	08/11/1772	Richard	BRINE	Single		Mary	WALKER	Single
45	01/01/1773	Thomas	BATTAMS	Single		Mary	BATTAMS	Single
46	25/01/1774	Thomas	SWANNEL	Single	Olney	Elizabeth	WALKER	Single
47	23/05/1774	Edward	FREEMAN			Catharine	LAWRENCE
48	14/08/1774	Joseph	ROBINS	Single	Northampton, Northamptonshire	Sarah	LYON
49	09/01/1775	Joseph	COOPER		Olney	Jane	WALDON
50	04/06/1775	Richard	GIBES			Mary	HALL
51	17/02/1776	Charles	WRIGHT			Sarah	IRONS
52	12/06/1776	William	WELLS			Eady	SMITH
53	24/06/1776	Thomas	HORTON		Astwood	Alice	WEST
54	30/06/1776	William	TRESLER			Sarah	BREARLEY
55	08/09/1776	Charles	RAINBOW			Ruth	COCKS
56	11/10/1776	John	BORRILL		Lavendon	Mary	PADROW
57	10/05/1778	Mathew	OSBORN		Tyringham Cum Filgrave	Elizabeth	SMITH
58	15/05/1778	Thomas	JONES			Martha	GREEN
59	06/06/1778	Joseph	SWAIN			Elizabeth	HARDWICK
60	29/12/1778	John	KINGSTON		Newton Blossomville	Elizabeth	BUTLER
61	12/09/1779	John	ELLET			Elizabeth	SWINSTEAD
62	12/10/1779	Thomas	WARD			Martha	BELLAM
63	12/10/1779	John	BRANSTON			Sarah	QUELCH
64	08/11/1779	Thomas	THOMPSON		Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire	Alice	WHEATLEY
65	22/02/1780	Thomas	TYRRILL			Elizabeth	STONEBANKS
66	22/07/1780	Thomas	CHAMBERS		Steventon, Berkshire	Rachel	JOYCE
67	11/10/1780	John	COCKINS			Mary	MENNEY
68	28/01/1781	Richard	COLEMAN			Martha	WILSON
69	23/07/1781	John	REDGROVE			Ann	BIRD
70	02/08/1782	Joseph	SWAIN			Mary	SAPWEL
71	25/12/1783	William	MINNEY			Elizabeth	KENT
72	02/02/1784	Richard	OSBORN			Charlotte	SMITH
73	16/02/1784	William	KENT			Patience	TOMPKINS
74	28/03/1785	James	BONES			Mary	COCKINS
75	05/10/1785	John	CHAMBERS		Moulton, Northamptonshire	Sarah	FREEMAN
76	17/04/1786	John	MINNEY			Mary	SWAIN
77	22/05/1787	Thomas	WAIT		Great Houghton, Northamptonshire	Mary	MILIARD
78	29/05/1787	John	REDGROVE			Barbara	WEBSTER		Lavendon
79	31/07/1787	Edward	FREEMAN			Susanna	COX		Olney
80	21/09/1789	John	RICHARDSON			Elizabeth	BROOKS
81	22/11/1789	John	MEADOWS		Castlethorpe	Mary	CLARK
82	07/12/1790	Richard	OSBORN			Joanna	CLAY
83	08/03/1791	Richard	KILSBY			Ann	BARRAT
84	25/04/1791	Abraham	BURR			Mary	BINGLEY
85	04/03/1793	William	FENNEL			Elizabeth	HESKET
86	07/06/1793	John	BARRAT		Turvey, Bedfordshire	Sarah	BROOKS
87	02/01/1794	Jonathan	JOHNSON			Elizabeth	BROTHERSTON
88	04/03/1794	William	SPENCER		Olney	Elizabeth	BRANSOM
89	10/06/1794	Richard	LEBUT			Martha	SWAINE
90	22/09/1794	Charles	PANTER			Ann	ELMS
91	21/01/1795	James	OSBORNE			Elizabeth	WOODAMS
92	01/05/1795	William	CARTER	Single	Ashtead, Surrey	Rosetta Harriett	SMALL	Single
93	12/10/1795	Charles	GREENWOOD		Moulsoe	Elizabeth	BAGNALL
94	16/02/1796	John	WOODHAMS			Susanna	SHINFIELD
95	23/02/1796	Walter	LLOYD			Anne	PARTRIDGE
96	28/03/1796	Abraham	BURR			Elizabeth	TOMKINS
97	29/06/1796	John	NEWMAN	Single		Sarah	ELMS	Single
98	24/09/1797	Thomas	WICKSON	Single		Elizabeth	COX	Single
99	12/10/1797	Richard	GREEN	Single	Ravenstone	Lucy	BINLY	Single
100	27/10/1797	William	BROOKS		Sherington	Elizabeth	BROOKS
101	05/07/1798	Thomas	WORLEY		Olney	Elizabeth	SMALL
102	09/07/1798	Thomas	WEST			Elizabeth	ALLEN
103	30/08/1798	Michael	REYNOLDS		Newton Blossomville	Susannah	TURNER
104	08/07/1799	Thomas	FRANCE			Rebecca	BROWN
105	04/12/1799	Richard	DOLTON			Elizabeth	KENT
106	06/01/1800	Richard	KILSBY			Elizabeth	GOODGER
107	30/06/1800	Richard	KNIGHT		Turvey, Bedfordshire	Lucy	REYNOLDS
108	21/09/1801	William	CLARK			Sarah	ELLIS
109	29/08/1802	George	EATON		Wootton, Northamptonshire	Dianah	CLAPHAM
110	25/06/1803	Charles	FISHER		Weston Underwood	Sophia	ELMS
111	18/07/1803	Mark	WOODING	Widower	Turvey, Bedfordshire	Mary	BABINGTON	Single
112	06/09/1803	John	CONQUEST			Esther	JOYCE
113	09/09/1803	William	COLES			Jane	GOING
114	08/07/1804	Joseph	SKEET			Mary	HUNT
115	16/07/1804	Richard	BRANSOM			Sarah	HAMMONDS
116	14/11/1804	George	DENT		Weston Underwood	Elizabeth	WELLS
117	02/05/1805	Peter	COLES			Catharine	FORSTER
118	06/11/1806	William	KEY		Hanslope	Sarah	COOKLEY
119	30/03/1807	James	LEE	Single		Susanna	THORPE	Single
120	29/06/1807	John	DRAGE	Single	Olney	Maria	ELMES	Single
121	26/09/1808	Thomas	FELTS	Single		Mary	TYRELL	Single
122	03/04/1809	John	PHILLIPS	Widower	Wymington, Bedfordshire	Phoebe	CLARE	Single
123	19/11/1809	James	NICHOLLS	Widower		Elizabeth	DOLTON	Widow
124	26/01/1810	William	OSBORNE	Single		Phoebe	ELMES	Single
125	10/04/1810	Thomas	PALMER	Single	Sherington	Elizabeth	SWINSTEAD	Single
126	03/01/1811	Francis	CLARE	Widower	Hougham, Kent	Mary	MINNEY	Single
127	23/09/1811	William	HINDE	Single	Gayhurst	Abigail	TYRELL	Single
1	23/09/1813	William	KEY	Single		Amelia Sophia	ORGER	Single
2	26/09/1814	James	SHARPE	Widower	Newton Blossomville	Mary	FARROW	Single
3	07/02/1815	George	ANDREWS	Single	Newton Blossomville	Susanna	SMITH	Single
4	07/06/1815	George	GARLICK	Single		Mary	AYERS	Single
5	03/08/1815	William	CLARKE	Single		Mary	KENT	Single
6	12/10/1815	Thomas	HAWKINS	Single		Sarah	TUCKEY	Single
7	30/11/1815	Dawson	CAWTHORN	Single		Elizabeth	SHEPHERD	Single
8	08/12/1815	Charles	NICHOLS	Single	Emberton	Hannah	WARD	Single
9	18/07/1816	John	KENT	Single		Sarah	PEARSON	Single
10	11/11/1816	Lawrence	WRIGHT	Single	Emberton	Kezia	LINEHAM	Single
11	28/02/1817	Thomas	SHEFFIELD	Widower	Sherington	Ann	STRATTON	Single
12	17/11/1817	John	NEWELL	Single		Mary	WOODHAMS	Single
13	03/02/1818	Thomas	EDMUNDS	Single	Emberton	Hephzibah	CONQUEST	Single
14	15/03/1819	Richard Hurd	LUCAS		Newport Pagnell	Martha Elizabeth Anne	SMITH
15	05/07/1819	James	CROMBECK	Widower	Lavendon	Mary	CLARE	Widow
16	24/02/1820	John	PHILLIPS	Single	Weston Underwood	Rachel	DAVISON	Single
17	29/02/1820	Thomas	LINEHAM	Single		Jane	PEARSON	Single
18	01/12/1823	William	PENNISS	Single		Eleanor	KENT	Single
19	02/12/1824	George	NICHOLS	Single	Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire	Ann	KENT	Single
20	13/05/1825	Henry	OSBORNE	Single		Elvina	BRANSOM	Single
21	18/09/1825	Thomas	STEVENS	Widower		Frances Mary	WELLS	Single
22	27/03/1826	William	SHARP	Single		Elizabeth	WOODHAMS	Single
23	28/03/1826	James	LOVELL	Single	Olney	Rebecca	DAVISON	Single
24	19/10/1826	Edward	WATTS	Single	Gayhurst	Ann	WADE	Single
25	17/04/1827	James	SPIRES	Single		Martha	KILSBY	Single
26	24/09/1827	Jacob	CLIFTON	Single	Olney	Fanny	STIMSON	Single
27	12/11/1827	John Newton	GOODHALL	Single	Stanwick, Northamptonshire	Maria	PENNISS	Single
28	22/09/1828	John	HENMAN	Single		Lucy	OSBORNE	Single
29	19/10/1828	John	ABRAHAM	Single		Ann	WARD	Single
30	23/10/1828	William	CLARKE	Widower		Elizabeth	BURR	Single
31	25/12/1828	Reuben	COTTON	Single		Mary	OSBORNE	Single
32	08/06/1829	John	NEWMAN	Single		Sarah	ROBINSON	Single
33	24/12/1829	Thomas	ODELL	Single	Stagsden, Bedfordshire	Hannah	BURR	Single
34	20/01/1830	Thomas	HAWKINS	Widower		Sarah	PEARS	Single
35	16/03/1830	William	GENT	Single	Brington, Northamptonshire	Louisa Ann	HILLYARD	Single
36	22/05/1831	Thomas	PALMER	Widower		Elizabeth	MINNEY	Single
38	08/07/1832	Richard	PITTAMS	Widower	Lavendon	Hannah	STIMPSON	Widow
39	07/10/1832	William	MINNEY	Single		Mary Ann	MINNEY	Single
40	18/10/1832	Jonathan	BRANSOM	Single		Charlotte	HARRIS	Single	Turvey, Bedfordshire
41	06/08/1833	Joseph	WHITLOCK	Single	Olney	Sarah	MASON	Single
42	25/12/1833	Joseph	JIMSON	Single		Mary	YATES	Single
43	03/04/1834	Joseph	LUCK	Single	Lavendon	Ann	STANLEY	Single
44	20/12/1836	Gersham Osborn	LONGLAND	Single	Olney	Ann	DAVISON

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