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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Taplow St Nicholas

 

The Parish

The parish of Taplow lies in the extreme south of Buckinghamshire, forming a substantial portion of the border with neighbouring Berkshire; that border is here formed by the course of the River Thames. Taplow is situated just a mile east of the Berkshire town of Maidenhead and it is located just over a half mile north of the course of the A4 road which heads from Reading into the capital, the Great West Road of earlier times. A favoured area of the nobility Taplow parish is also home to Cliveden, the residence of George II with its fine views across the Thames into Berkshire. Modern developments abound along this ancient routeway, the main London rail line, Brunel's Great Western, passes along the course of the A4 whilst the modern M4 performing a similar function lies a couple of miles further south. At the time of this transcript this would have been a rural farming area, pastures by the Thames and arable on the chalky soils of higher ground. The Thames drains the parish eastwards through the capital to the North Sea. Taplow is sited at around 60 metres above the sea and sits on something of a shelf some 35 metres above the course of the Thames, land is at or around this height for some distance. Taplow parish is something of a curiosity, a narrow strip of lane following the Thames for well over 2 miles yet less than 400 yards thick, it covered just under 1,800 acres and would have supported a population of close to 700 parishioners. In Domesday times Taplow was one of the many holdings of Bishop Odo of Bayeux and a wealthy place offering 17 ploughs, a woodland stuffed with pigs and a fishery.


The Church

St Nicholas' church is sadly not the original church of Taplow, the present church was built in 1828 to replace the mediaeval building which stood close to the Thames at the eastern end of the bridge from Maidenhead. The present church sits at the eastern end of modern Taplow on the junction of High Street with Rectory Road. Whilst the church was established in 1828 it has not been left to mature, just under 30 years later it was substantially extended in 1865 and in 1911 was almost totally rebuilt. The church clearly did not impress Pevsner who states that it uses "unattractive rock-face limestone" and in parts appearing "uncomfortably lopsided". From Rectory Road the site is screened by rather tall hedging but a lychgate set just into High Street grants entry through, a few trees are gathered around the tower restricting some angles for photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 9th September 1754 - 18th October 1786 Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR203/1/2
Nonstandard but preprinted register containing 4 Banns entries on the left-hand folio and 3 marriage entries to the right Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 21st December 1786 - 13th January 1812 Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR203/1/4 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
3 12th October 1813 - 14th November 1836 Buckinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR203/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Hedsor St Nicholas
Hedsor St Nicholas
Hitcham St Mary
Cookham Holy Trinity, Berkshire
Hitcham St Mary
Bray St Michael, Berkshire
Bray St Michael, Berkshire
Dorney St James

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
25/02/1754 William ALLEN Single   Eleanor STOCKWELL Single  
09/09/1754 John STRATTON     Jane SHIPSEY    
16/09/1754 William RANDELL     Mary COOPER    
02/10/1754 Richard TAYLOR Single   Jane FORD Single  
31/10/1754 Thomas LOUCH     Ann NEIBOUR    
12/11/1754 Edward SHEPPARD     Margaret NEIBOUR    
22/01/1755 George COPE     Susanna TILL    
03/02/1755 David CHESTERMAN     Jane ALLEN    
11/02/1755 Benjamin DOWDEN     Sarah JONES    
26/07/1755 William HICKS     Mary ALLOWAY Single  
04/12/1755 William SAYER     Elizabeth LEAVER    
26/02/1756 John ROWLES   Burnham Elizabeth LUCAS    
02/07/1757 Benjamin OLNEY     Elizabeth ALOM    
15/12/1757 Thomas BROWN     Ann GERFFERY   West Wycombe
15/06/1758 Henry GURNEY   Hedsor Mary LOCKIT    
15/08/1758 William CARELESS   St Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex Elizabeth MARCH    
07/09/1758 John WINDEN     Elizabeth AMMON    
14/09/1758 Francis JUSTICE   Bray, Berkshire Ann LUCAS    
02/10/1758 Edward TIMBERLICK     Mary CHITTY    
04/10/1758 William TAYLOR   Bray, Berkshire Anne GRAVES    
24/06/1759 George DIXON   New Windsor, Berkshire Elizabeth BEDBOROUGH    
18/10/1759 Joseph HEWITT     Sarah WELDEN    
22/11/1759 Joseph BROWN     Elizabeth BROWN   Willesden, Middlesex
17/12/1759 John MEADS     Hannah STEVENS    
08/04/1760 James BROWN     Sarah WATTS    
13/08/1760 William PORTSMOUTH Single   Mary HART Single  
08/10/1760 William MASON Single   Anne SIMMS Single  
02/02/1761 Robert ROW   Cookham, Berkshire Elizabeth STEVENS    
29/03/1761 Richard CHAPMAN   Stoke Poges Hannah TURNER    
04/06/1761 Robert STEVENS   Burnham Elizabeth CHITTY    
13/04/1762 David NEIGHBOUR     Lydia LONON Single  
21/04/1762 Thomas SPECK     Sarah CAWDREY    
21/09/1762 William WYATE     Mary LILEY   Cookham, Berkshire
25/01/1763 John SMITH     Mary ROW    
05/04/1763 John CHITCH     Ann WATTS    
22/11/1763 John READ     Eleanor DOWNEY    
10/01/1764 John NEIGHBOUR     Anne LONON    
02/05/1764 John BROWNE     Ursula MILES    
07/05/1765 William WARWICK   Wooburn Jane ALDRIDGE    
06/02/1766 William MEADS     Elizabeth TUCKER    
17/05/1766 George HUGHES     Sarah MEDWIN    
30/09/1766 John SMITH     Elizabeth HUNT    
28/02/1767 Samuel SAWYER     Mary SEARS    
21/04/1767 Thomas HIELD     Hannah FOULKSTONE    
16/04/1768 John POOL     Mary CHANDLER    
16/05/1768 Benjamin NEATE     Elizabeth SMITH    
31/05/1768 George BEAMOND     Mary FOWER    
23/06/1768 John FENNER   West Wycombe Dinah HURST   Hitcham
12/12/1768 Henry ADAMS     Mary JAGGER   Henley, Oxfordshire
06/04/1769 Richard WILKINS     Mary FULLER   Cookham, Berkshire
03/07/1769 John SMITH     Mary HURST    
27/09/1769 William COX     Mary BIGNAL    
02/10/1769 James SPENCER   Swindon, Wiltshire Ruth HORN    
14/02/1770 John VAUGHAN Single   Mary FLEMING Single Bray, Berkshire
04/11/1770 John BLISERD Single   Ann PINFOLD    
06/12/1770 Thomas MILLARD     Mary WHALL    
05/09/1771 John GROVE   Aldermaston, Berkshire Elizabeth GROUT    
10/02/1772 George SOMERS     Martha GOODY    
09/06/1772 Edward MIDDLECOT   St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex Margaret CAMPION    
27/07/1772 James BROWN     Ann SHARP   Hitcham
14/12/1772 George LEE   Sulhampstead Bannister, Berkshire Ann BURROWS    
08/02/1773 Thomas MOORE     Ann BROWNE    
20/02/1773 Alexander KNOX     Martha SAUNDERS    
06/09/1773 James DAYLEY     Elizabeth WARD    
12/10/1773 John HUMPHREYS   Datchet Mary LANGBILL    
18/01/1774 John GIBBONS   Cookham, Berkshire Mary WATTS    
07/04/1774 Joseph SPENCER   St Bartolomew The Less, City Of London Sarah HARDING    
09/07/1774 William CLARKSON   Egham, Surrey Ann MEDDING    
05/09/1774 William TAYLOR     Mary WHITING    
30/10/1774 James BENCH     Ann EDWARDS    
30/03/1775 Jean Baptiste NOEL     Mary HURST    
21/08/1775 Thomas CLARK     Rebekah RUSSEL    
26/11/1775 John BROWN     Christian LITTLETON    
20/02/1776 William SIMES     Mary STEVENS    
05/03/1776 Robert ROCKET   Upton Cum Chalvey Hester BURROWS    
22/04/1776 John BLIZARD     Mary PLATER    
13/05/1776 Joseph BROADHURST     Anne ALDRIDGE    
20/05/1776 William PHILLIPS     Jane HIETSON    
21/05/1776 Thomas BROWN     Elizabeth FORD    
20/07/1776 Thomas TAYLER     Jane FOUNTAIN    
02/10/1776 Joseph HAINES   Burnham Ann MATTES    
07/11/1776 James CLARK     Mary SIMONS    
24/06/1777 David HYATT     Mary CHURCH    
07/07/1777 Francis PIRCE   Cookham, Berkshire Ann PARMER    
18/12/1777 Thomas EDENE     Mary MERRICK    
21/12/1777 Thomas FITZMAURICE   City Of London Mary O'BRYEN    
15/11/1778 James ROBERTS     Ann ADAMS    
15/07/1779 Thomas GREEN     Hannah HOLDERNESS    
04/10/1779 Edward NEWNHAM   Twickenham, Middlesex Elizabeth SHARP    
19/10/1779 John AIRESS     Elizabeth HOWEL   Hedsor
26/10/1779 Stephen WILD     Martha BERRY    
29/11/1779 Robert ROSSITER     Sarah SYMMONDS    
02/06/1780 John PALMER Widower South Petherton, Somerset Eleanor CARLISLE Single  
15/08/1780 John ROSEWELL   Bray, Berkshire Mary CLARK    
02/09/1781 Thomas NICHOLAS     Sarah HOUSE    
02/04/1782 James WHEELER   Wooburn Elizabeth BROWN    
01/09/1783 Abraham SHAW     Mary SLY    
03/11/1783 John COLMAN   Burnham Elizabeth CHAMBERLIN    
11/11/1783 Benjamin CLIFF   Cookham, Berkshire Hannah JANES    
14/04/1784 John SPOOKE     Ann BROWNE    
07/06/1784 Thomas PESEY   Burnham Hester WINTER    
04/07/1784 William RANSOME     Catherine HONE    
02/10/1784 Richard WILLIAMS   Burnham Susanna GUNNINGHAM    
08/03/1785 John WILKINSON     Sarah Richardson WILLIAMS    
28/03/1785 David OTTOWAY     Sarah GIBBONS    
24/03/1786 John BRIGINSHAW     Eleanor NEIGHBOUR    
03/05/1786 William SIMMS     Sarah LAWRENCE    
19/06/1786 Thomas TAYLER     Mary CATTEL    
29/07/1786 John MEADS Single   Eleanor REEVES Single  
18/10/1786 William SIMMONDS Single   Ann BRYANT Single  
1 21/12/1786 William VINTER     Elizabeth HARDING    
2 20/01/1787 Charles TAYLOR   Burnham Elizabeth WINTER    
3 19/06/1787 Folliett Herbert Walker CORNEWALL Single New Windsor, Berkshire Anne HAMILTON Single  
4 14/10/1787 Edward ATKINS Single   Harriet BRYANT Single  
5 22/01/1788 Thomas HONKOR     Ann MEADS    
6 28/01/1788 William HEARN     Harriet BROWN    
7 18/02/1788 Thomas NEEDHAM     Ann MARTIN    
8 18/09/1788 James CLARK   New Windsor, Berkshire Fanny BULLOCK    
9 24/05/1789 Edward QUIN Single   Mary GRAY Single  
10 01/06/1789 William LINN     Mary MORRIS    
11 26/11/1789 John HOWARD     Louisa BROWN    
12 27/12/1790 William HINGE   Cookham, Berkshire Hannah SEARMAN    
13 23/05/1791 George PEARCE   Prestbury, Cheshire Sarah MASSIE    
14 06/10/1791 John EMSON     Mary WILKINSON    
15 21/02/1792 William JAQUES     Sarah BIRD   Bray, Berkshire
16 09/07/1792 John CLARK     Frances HOLIDAY    
17 30/07/1792 James JOHNSON   Burnham Martha BROWN    
18 18/10/1792 William HUNT Single   Mary CHILTON    
19 19/11/1792 William MASCAL Single Bray, Berkshire Sarah HUNT Single  
20 25/04/1793 Richard LOOKER Single   Martha CHAPMAN Single  
21 29/04/1793 William BROCKIS Single   Elizabeth HAWKINS Single  
22 28/03/1796 John BROWN Single   Ann ALLEN Single  
23 24/06/1796 Henry BROWN   Burnham Drusilla NEIGHBOUR    
24 12/08/1797 John QUELCH Widower   Mary BEAMOND Widow  
25 14/10/1797 William BROWN Single   Jane HARDING Single  
26 23/04/1798 John SUTTON   Burnham Jane MOULDER    
27 22/08/1799 James CRINDLE Single   Mary CHURCHMAN Widow  
28 06/12/1800 Thomas GURNEY Single Chalfont St Giles Elizabeth NEIGHBOUR Single  
29 05/04/1801 Edward KENT Single   Mary BURNHAM Single  
30 15/04/1801 Robert DOUGLAS Single   Mary PRESTON Single  
31 31/08/1802 Richard CROWDEN Single   Jane BUNKER Single  
32 10/01/1803 James ASHFIELD Single   Ann RUDD Single  
33 22/01/1803 James LANE   Cookham, Berkshire Sarah TUCKLE    
34 20/03/1803 Robert BROWN     Ann RAY    
35 22/05/1803 James DARLING   Hitcham Ann CLARKE    
36 29/11/1803 George WALL Widower Shoreditch, Middlesex Elizabeth MARCH Single  
37 26/02/1804 Joseph TAYLOR Single   Anne WELLS Single  
38 31/05/1804 William STEVENS Single   Anne ABBY Single  
39 17/06/1804 Joseph STEVENS Single   Elspit REANY Single  
40 21/07/1804 William BURNHAM Single   Jemima HAINES Single  
41 15/04/1805 William GURNEY Single Wooburn Elizabeth WEBB Single  
41 08/07/1805 William MARTIN Single   Frances WILSON Single  
42 28/09/1805 James SAWNEY Single   Mary SIMMS Single  
43 04/12/1805 Edward BEVENS   Shrivenham, Berkshire Catherine COURTENAY    
44 24/12/1806 William CARTER Single   Jane MERCER    
45 20/04/1807 John HUDSON     Mary DUBBER    
46 03/09/1808 John HAWES     Mary Maria MEADS    
47 04/09/1808 Joseph SYERS     Anne GARDINER Single  
48 22/10/1808 George PITT Single   Sarah BURNHAM    
49 27/10/1808 William NORRINGTON Single   Lydia NEIGHBOUR Single  
50 13/10/1809 William SELLWOOD     Anne PITHER Single Burnham
18/06/1810 Francis COLEMAN Single   Susanna ROBINSON Single  
51 06/04/1811 William Davis BRIGINSHAW Single   Sarah NEIGHBOUR Widow  
52 16/05/1811 Thomas George FRENCH Single Ireland Charlotte Granville GRANFELL Single  
53 22/10/1811 Thomas PAGET Single   Sarah HEYWOOD Single  
54 13/01/1812 Edward JONES     Sarah PAINE    
1 12/10/1813 Samuel LYWARD   Cookham, Berkshire Martha BAGGS    
2 18/01/1814 James Bird BROOKS   Great Marlow Mary BRIGINSHAW    
3 24/10/1814 Ely STOTT     Susanna TERRY    
4 12/07/1815 Robert COX Single   Sophia HUDSON Single  
5 06/01/1816 Isaac SEALY     Mary BAILY    
6 07/03/1817 William RAY     Sarah FORSTER    
7 19/04/1817 William MONK     Sarah MASCILL    
8 04/11/1817 Daniel WHATELY     Hannah APPLEFORD    
9 24/11/1817 Christopher BOVINGTON     Mary MEADS    
10 23/02/1818 James GREEN     Harriett BIRD    
11 23/02/1818 Charles HEYWOOD     Jane CLEMENTS   Burnham
12 30/05/1818 John BROOKS   Wooburn Eleanor BRIGENSHAW    
13 13/07/1818 Richard ABBY     Rachel JONES    
14 27/10/1818 Thomas BRIDGE     Harriett SMITH    
15 06/03/1819 John BOOTH     Ann TUCKER    
16 08/03/1819 Thomas CLAYTON     Jane RANSCOMB    
17 02/08/1819 Thomas DELL   Burnham Lucy MEDES    
18 12/02/1820 Henry TILBURY   Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire Ann COX    
19 30/07/1820 John HOWARD     Mary FIELD    
20 30/04/1821 George HOLLY     Hannah ARMSTRONG    
21 01/10/1821 Thomas SIMONDS     Elizabeth STYLES    
22 10/11/1821 John BUCKLAND     Maria De Assencan COITO    
23 18/02/1822 Christopher BROWN     Harriet SPOKES    
24 23/04/1822 George Alexander WHARTON Single Bray, Berkshire Sarah BRIGENSHAW    
25 27/11/1822 James STYLES     Jane SUTTON    
26 06/02/1823 John PIGGOTT     Susannah LATTEN    
27 08/03/1823 David WOOLFORD     Anne SELWOOF    
28 18/10/1823 Samuel KING     Eliza BLAA    
29 01/06/1824 Richard BOWLS     Mary JONES    
30 22/11/1824 Charles PIKE     Sophia ELLIOT    
33 00/00/1825 Richard COOPER     Jane BUCKLAND    
31 17/02/1825 Henry KEEN Single   Edith LANGON Single  
32 22/03/1825 John ALDRIDGE Single   Sarah ASHFORD Single  
34 05/01/1826 James TRACY Single Stepney. Middlesex Mary BEARDWELL Single  
35 29/05/1826 Edward BARRETT     Lucy DOUGLES    
36 21/06/1827 Richard WRIGHT     Esther AYERS   Wooburn
37 17/09/1827 Thomas DIXON     Eliza COOK    
38 11/11/1827 John TAYLOR Single White Waltham, Berkshire Margaret BUCKLAND    
39 14/10/1828 Abraham BIRD Single   Mary MARCHAM    
40 02/12/1828 Marmaduke THOMPSON   Wooburn Lucy BIRD    
41 18/01/1829 George GOODHALL     Jane PHILBY   Upton Cum Chalvey
42 14/05/1829 William NORRINGTON Widower   Jane LLOYD Single  
43 22/11/1829 John GREEN     Lucy TUGWOOD    
44 23/03/1830 Charles BENBOW Single   Sarah Mussen CLARKE Single  
45 16/08/1830 George WHEELER Single Bray, Berkshire Elizabeth JAYCOCK Single  
46 13/09/1830 Henry POULTON Widower   Ann MARSHALL Widow Cookham, Berkshire
47 02/10/1830 Thomas SHELTENHAM Single   Frances FIELD Single  
48 12/10/1830 William SAUNDERS Single   Sarah CARTER Single  
49 26/06/1831 Robert MEADS Single   Maria PAGETT Single  
50 04/09/1832 William RANSCOMB Widower   Ann SPOKES Widow  
51 06/09/1832 William Henry JUDD Single   Mary Ann ROBINSON Single Cookham, Berkshire
52 11/10/1832 Charles TAGG Single   Ann GOULD Single  
53 24/01/1833 James Harrington EVANS Widower Hampstead, Middlesex Elizabeth BIRD Single  
54 29/07/1833 Christopher BROWN Widower   Charlotte JENNER Single  
55 13/08/1833 Henry GIBBONS Single   Charlotte SMITH Single  
56 25/12/1833 Edmund SMITH   Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire Catharine FIELD Single  
57 14/06/1834 Joseph SMITH Widower   Mary HOBSON Single  
58 01/07/1834 Harry TYRE Widower   Rose WYATT Single  
59 27/07/1834 William MASTERMAN Single   Maria STREAM Widow  
60 01/09/1834 John FOUNTAIN Single   Jane CURTIS Single  
61 08/11/1834 Thomas KENT Single   Maria SAWNEY Single Burnham
62 17/11/1834 William Davis BROWN Single   Sarah NEIGHBOUR Single  
63 18/11/1834 William BUCKLAND Single   Phebe CHEASTON Single  
64 02/04/1835 Robert HUGHES Single Teddington, Middlesex Elizabeth JONES    
65 13/08/1835 Harry Buckland LOTT Single Awliscombe, Devon Caroline Vansittert NEALE Single  
66 10/01/1836 Joseph WEST Single   Elizabeth NEWMAN Single  
67 24/01/1836 William FARMER Widower   Ann DOLLING Single  
68 25/06/1836 William John HAMATON   Wooburn Mary Ann DANCER    
69 26/07/1836 John SEERS Single   Sarah PURSER Single  
70 07/08/1836 Richard SIMMONDS Widower   Thirza PAGETT Single  
71 14/11/1836 Henry CLAYTON Single   Mary SIMMONDS Single  

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