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

 

The Parish

The parish of Swettenham lies in the eastern part of Cheshire about 5 miles northwest of the market town of Congleton. Swettenham is sited in a series of small lanes which lie to the north of the A54 road which connects Congleton to Middlewich. The village is built on a ridge of higher land between the courses of the River Dane, to the south, and Swettenham Brook, to the north. These valleys are deeply cut into the land such that Swettenham, on its ridge, is 30 metres higher and has a dominating view not only over the rivers but also their confluence to the west. To the north of Swettenham the view is dominated by the installations of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope facility. The village is set at almost 80 metres above sea-level in a sandy soiled area which lends itself mostly to pastoral agriculture. The parish is small for a northern parish, and unusually for Cheshire does not have chapelries within it. It has an acreage of almost 900 acres and supported a population of just over 400 parishioners. There is no mention of Swettenham in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Peter's church sits at the heart of the village, sited in a curious village-green-like setting that functions as a giant roundabout; traffic in a one-way system travels around the graveyard. The church is a relatively modern one, most of the fabric dating from the early 18th century. There were, however, two major restorations and additions which give most of the present character. In 1846 an attempt was made to as Pevsner puts it "Normanize" the church; the arcade piers and capitals are additions from these changes. Twenty years later another restoration sought to "gothicize" the church adding Victorian Gothic windows to the south aisle. The site, already described, is an oval one with a brick retaining wall to chest height separating the graveyard from the narrow surrounding lanes. Access is through a series of wooden gates spaced around the perimeter. The graveyard has a few scattered trees particularly towards its northern end but is otherwise rather open giving good views of the church from all angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 9th August 1754 - 10th November 1812 Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference P139/3/1 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number The register suffers in places with poor handwriting making a likelihood of a small number of misreads
2 21st February 1813 - 24th September 1835 Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference P139/3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number This register suffers noticeably from fading making a few entries rather tricky to read and a likelihood of a few misreads


Sandbach St Mary
Prestbury St Peter
Siddington All Saints
Prestbury St Peter
Siddington All Saints
Sandbach St Mary
Marton St James & St Paul
Astbury St Mary
Astbury St Mary
Astbury St Mary
Astbury 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
16/01/1754 John HENSHAW     Mary CHERRY    
1 09/08/1754 William FURNIVAL     Mary CROWDER Single  
2 30/08/1754 Edward HANDFORD     Sarah LOCKETT Widow Prestbury
3 14/01/1755 James BAYLEY     Mary HACKNEY Widow  
4 06/02/1755 Ephraim LEE   Brereton Cum Smethwick Hannah DAVIES Single  
5 18/05/1755 William TOMKINSON     Hannah WADE    
6 03/06/1755 Joseph THORLEY     Ann LOWNDES Single  
7 03/06/1755 Peter LOWNDES     Bethiah SMALLWOOD Single  
8 17/11/1756 Edward HACKNEY     Mary TOMLINSON Single  
9 16/01/1757 James CHERRY     Sarah NASON Single  
10 19/06/1757 Thomas WRIGHT   Knutsford Martha LOCKETT    
11 24/06/1757 Samuel NEWTON     Amy BILLINGE Single  
12 29/03/1758 John NORBURY     Sarah BUTTON Single  
13 09/04/1758 John SNELSON     Sarah DALE Single  
14 18/05/1758 Joseph GOFFE     Hannah FALCONER Single  
15 30/05/1758 Thomas LEES     Ann GLOVER Single  
16 01/05/1760 Samuell JACKSON     Ann WOODWORTH    
17 06/09/1760 James TITLER   Great Budworth Hannah SHEPLEY Single  
19 12/05/1761 Thomas BUCKLEY     Mary TAYLOR Single  
18 14/05/1761 Francis MIDFORD     Margaret YARDLEY Widow  
20 22/11/1762 William DAVY     Ann MELLOR Single Brereton Cum Smethwick
21 25/12/1762 Thomas BOON     Mary TAYLOR Single  
22 26/01/1763 Thomas READ     Ann VAUDREY Widow  
23 02/11/1763 John FARRINGTON Single Knutsford Ann DAVY Single  
24 03/07/1764 William BOON     Sarah HARDING Widow  
25 21/01/1765 John LEIGH     Margaret MOSS Single  
26 04/07/1765 William WHITLINGHAM   Middlewich Mary MOSS Single  
27 27/01/1766 Nicholas HOWORTH   Manchester, Lancashire Sarah KINSEY    
28 29/11/1766 John BOSTOCK     Mary YARWOOD Single  
29 30/07/1767 John GRANGE   Astbury Lydia YARWOOD Single  
30 14/11/1767 Thomas BARBER     Mary SWINDELL Single  
31 06/01/1768 Thomas MOSTYN     Martha SHAW Single  
32 24/01/1769 Thomas HEWETT   Great Budworth Martha THORLEY Single  
33 28/09/1769 Robert THORLEY     Jane ROBINSON Single Gawsworth
34 20/11/1769 George WARBURTON   Prestbury Sarah MOSS Single  
35 30/01/1770 John LOWNDES   Prestbury Elizabeth SMITH    
36 26/02/1770 Samuel FISHER     Mary NORBURY Single  
37 07/01/1771 James NORBURY Widower   Sarah BOSTOCK Widow Middlewich
38 22/01/1771 John THORLEY     Margaret VAUDREY    
39 03/02/1771 John DAVY     Sarah WORRALL    
40 05/11/1771 John LEAVENS     Hannah CASEY    
41 07/07/1772 John THORLEY     Ann DALE    
42 16/01/1773 William MOSS     Hannah JOHNSON    
43 18/02/1773 Jonathan YARWOOD     Jane BRADFORD   Sandbach
44 19/02/1773 John SNELSON     Mary BOON    
45 13/05/1773 Thomas JONES     Frances PARRY    
46 04/07/1774 Thomas FURNIVAL   Sandbach Ann SHIPLEY Single  
47 11/09/1775 Thomas STONES     Frances GLEAVE    
48 04/08/1776 William VAUDREY     Sarah HARDING Single  
49 17/09/1776 Peter VAWDREY     Elizabeth BAILEY    
50 29/09/1776 John YEARSLEY     Mary OAKES    
51 26/11/1776 John WEDGEWOOD   Burslem, Staffordshire Mary WILKINSON Widow  
52 28/12/1776 Joseph BROADHURST   Sandbach Ellen NORTON Single  
53 21/05/1777 Charles CREWE   Brereton Cum Smethwick Sarah GLYNNE Widow  
54 07/07/1777 William BALLS   Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire Catherine SMITH Single  
55 07/12/1777 John WILSON     Mary CARTER   Brereton Cum Smethwick
56 16/12/1777 Ralph BAKER   Astbury Martha BLEASE Single  
57 23/04/1778 James BARBER   Manchester, Lancashire Ellen YARWOOD Single  
58 15/11/1778 Jonathan BOOTH     Sarah PERREN Single  
59 22/11/1778 Thomas HEATH   Wybunbury Ann NORTON Single  
60 16/02/1779 Randle NEWTON   Prestbury Margaret DAVENPORT Single  
61 05/10/1779 William NEWTON     Catherine NORTON    
62 25/03/1780 Peter ROBINSON     Margaret DALE Single  
63 25/12/1780 John BURGESS     Mary DALE Single  
64 22/01/1781 Thomas SMITH     Martha MOSS    
65 04/02/1781 Samuel HARDING     Lucy READ    
66 04/06/1782 George PIMLOTT     Sarah DAVIS    
67 05/08/1782 Ralph HOLLAND     Jane BROUGH Single  
68 07/01/1783 Samuel NEWTON     Ann WALKER    
69 11/05/1783 Joseph BENNEFORD     Jane TOMKINSON Single Astbury
70 21/09/1783 Isaac GALLIMORE     Elizabeth SLATER    
71 25/12/1783 Peter VAWDREY     Sarah NORBURY Single  
72 29/01/1786 William LOWE   Warmingham Elizabeth BOSTOCK Single  
73 01/03/1786 Daniel DAVENPORT     Mary MELLOR    
74 18/04/1786 James LOWNDS     Ann STATHAM Single Astbury
75 27/12/1786 Thomas BARBER     Ellen LEWIS Single  
76 10/06/1787 John GOODWIN Single   Ann WILEMAN Single  
77 28/07/1787 Thomas HUDSON     Catherine TARBUCK Widow Runcorn
78 14/10/1787 John PARKER     Ellen HANCOCK Single  
79 07/07/1788 Thomas BECKETT     Martha OAKES Widow  
80 23/04/1789 John READ     Lidia LINDOP    
81 05/03/1790 John SHAKERLY   Astbury Dorothy MORLAND Single  
82 19/04/1790 Joseph GALLIMORE     Jane GOLDING    
83 09/05/1790 Samuel PERKIN     Ann WIMPANY Single  
84 27/12/1790 George MOSS     Elizabeth STATHAM Single  
85 13/02/1791 Thomas STONES     Ann GOFF    
86 31/05/1791 John BAYLEY     Lydia BOSTOCK Single  
87 18/07/1792 Peter MEE   Sandbach Sarah KENNERLEY Single  
88 16/02/1794 Joseph BOOTH     Mary LOWNDS    
89 06/05/1794 George YARWOOD     Sarah BROWNSETT    
90 20/10/1794 James WHITNEY     Hannah LOWE Single  
91 20/01/1795 John PASS     Sarah NEWTON Single  
92 29/09/1795 Thomas BOSTOCK     Ann VAWDREY Single  
93 20/10/1795 John BOOTH     Ann SLACK Single  
94 01/11/1795 Peter DAVIES   Prestbury Esther LOWNDS    
95 08/11/1795 Thomas DAVENPORT     Esther BUCKLEY    
96 13/12/1795 James BARNES     Jane BAW    
97 04/09/1796 James CLARK     Sarah KIRKMAN    
98 30/09/1796 John WARRINGTON     Mary LEA    
99 20/11/1796 Thomas BECKETT     Ellen BAGALEY    
100 15/12/1796 Philip ARDEN   Sandbach Elizabeth VAWDREY Widow  
101 29/08/1797 Joshua BAYLEY   Prestbury Mary MOSS    
102 10/04/1798 Thomas BASON     Ellen NEWTON Single  
103 17/06/1798 Philip HALL   Prestbury Frances WILKINSON Widow  
104 09/12/1798 Thomas ARDEN   Sandbach Sophia HOCKENHULL    
105 04/08/1799 James SKIRRETT     Ann SKIRRETT    
106 25/08/1799 John LEA     Sarah MOSS    
107 12/09/1799 Samuel EDGE   Manchester, Lancashire Sarah EATON    
108 17/09/1799 John GOODWIN     Elizabeth GALLIMORE Single  
109 25/05/1800 James COPE     Ann BOYLE Single  
110 19/06/1800 Thomas BOSTOCK     Martha ALCOCK Single Prestbury
111 31/08/1800 John HILL     Mary KELSA Single  
112 01/12/1800 Benjamin BAYLEY   Brereton Cum Smethwick Ann READ Widow  
113 10/02/1801 Samuel THORLEY     Mary TOMKINSON    
114 06/12/1802 Charles SLACK Single   Ellen HARDING Single  
115 10/01/1803 Joshua MOSS     Ann WARBURTON Single  
116 03/10/1803 Peter SHIBBS     Jane DAVIS Single Sandbach
117 22/01/1804 Daniel BAYLEY Single   Sarah HARDING Single  
118 13/02/1804 Joseph HARDING Single   Martha BAKER Single  
119 23/02/1804 Joseph WEATHERBY Single   Mary HODKINSON Single  
121 15/05/1804 Joseph BRAZEGIRDLE     Esther HUDSON    
122 11/08/1804 John STOCKENHALL Single   Ellen NEWTON Single  
123 12/08/1804 Josiah ARROWSMITH Single   Ann BOLSHAM Single  
120 04/11/1804 John WHITEHURST     Elizabeth BARLOW    
124 20/11/1804 Thomas NEWTON Single   Sarah GALLIMORE Single Goostrey
125 17/12/1804 James WINSTANLEY Single St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire Mary BOWN Single  
126 31/07/1805 William BUCKWITH     Sarah ROBINSON    
127 10/12/1805 James BRADLEY Single Over Peover Mary LEA    
128 29/04/1806 Thomas MOSS     Martha NEWTON    
129 16/06/1806 Joseph FURNIVAL   Astbury Ann HOWELL    
130 28/07/1806 William WHITE     Hannah OAKS    
131 07/01/1807 John HARDING     Ann SHAW   Prestbury
132 24/02/1807 John SIDDELEY     Martha CLARKE    
133 13/04/1807 James HUNT     Martha ROBINSON    
134 11/05/1807 John DAVENPORT     Elizabeth MOSS    
135 26/08/1807 Henry WOODWARD   Astbury Hannah HOLT    
136 31/08/1807 James HARDING     Rachel RUMSBALL   St Marylebone, Middlesex
137 25/01/1808 Henry COOK     Martha BARBER    
138 18/12/1808 Joseph SHAW     Mary HARDING    
139 25/09/1809 William ROBINSON     Ann BURGESS    
140 11/01/1811 Thomas BUCKLEY Single   Esther SHEPLEY Single  
141 13/03/1811 Thomas JOHNSON     Lydia VAWDREY    
142 29/10/1811 James TOMKINSON     Hannah MCCRADY    
143 31/12/1811 John HOBSON     Maria BURGESS    
144 04/02/1812 John DAVENPORT Single   Ellen SLACK Widow Prestbury
146 17/02/1812 Hugh HARDING Single   Elizabeth DAVENPORT Single  
147 26/07/1812 Thomas SLACK Single   Mary HARDING Single  
148 27/09/1812 Joseph WALLSWORTH   Sandbach Elizabeth TINSLEY Single  
149 11/10/1812 Thomas BULLEN     Frances THORLEY Single  
150 10/11/1812 Edward BULLEN     Ann THORLEY Single  
1 21/02/1813 William LOWNDS     Hannah DAINTER Single  
2 19/07/1813 Daniel DAVENPORT     Sarah HEWITT Single  
4 13/01/1814 William HIBBERT     Mary DUTTON Single  
5 21/02/1814 John HEWITT     Sarah BROWN Single  
3 21/05/1814 William NEWTON     Ann TICKLE Widow  
6 01/01/1816 Peter DAVENPORT     Sarah BUCKLEY Single  
7 21/03/1816 Stanley Fletcher HAYS Single   Elizabeth WATSON Single  
8 11/03/1817 William LEA     Ann NEWTON Single  
9 31/08/1817 John HOST     Esther STUBBS Single  
10 14/09/1817 John THOMPSON     Sarah BOOTH Single  
11 17/10/1818 George CARNES   Northwich Frances ARROWSMITH Single  
12 13/02/1819 Joseph PAINTER     Hannah REYNOLDS Single  
13 30/06/1819 Thomas LEA     Ellen HACKNEY Single  
14 27/04/1820 John ARROWSMITH   Manchester, Lancashire Mary HOCKENHULL Single  
15 04/07/1820 William STUBBS     Martha HOUGH Single  
16 03/08/1820 John BAILEY Single   Elizabeth BAILEY Single  
17 03/09/1820 James WALTON Single   Frances COPE Single  
18 15/11/1820 William BAILEY Single   Sarah BAILEY Single  
19 01/10/1822 Thomas VAWDREY Single Middlewich Maria Anne HODGES Single  
20 26/02/1823 Abraham BUCKLEY Single   Ann DAVENPORT Single  
21 21/06/1823 Thomas HODGES Single   Mary HILDITCH Single Goostrey
22 22/01/1824 Peter VAWDREY Single   Elizabeth HARDING Widow  
23 16/12/1824 Daniel DAVENPORT Widower   Sarah HALL Widow  
24 30/12/1824 Charles TOMKINSON Single   Ann HARROP Single  
25 11/01/1825 Michael WARREN Single Ireland Sarah EATON Single  
26 31/01/1825 John KIRKMAN Single Goostrey Elizabeth COPE Single  
27 09/05/1825 James HAMMOND Widower Knutsford Rachael CLARK Single  
28 27/07/1825 Theophilus Norton NEWTON Single   Mary SHERRATT Single  
29 02/02/1826 John BAILEY Single Astbury Ellen BOSTOCK Single  
30 20/02/1826 John DRURY Single Goostrey Alice BOOTH Single  
31 20/04/1826 William TOMKINSON Single   Elizabeth WARBURTON Single  
32 27/09/1826 David HALL Single Astbury Maria NEWTON Single  
33 27/12/1826 John VAWDREY Single   Mary GALLIMORE Single Prestbury
34 02/01/1828 John HULME Single Astbury Hannah BAILEY Single  
35 18/02/1828 Nathan KELSAL Single Brereton Cum Smethwick Anne BOOTH Single  
36 17/03/1828 Samuel FARR Single   Mary BOOTH Single  
37 28/04/1828 John COPPACK Single   Sarah MORRIS Single  
38 22/02/1830 Samuel TAYLOR Single   Hannah BAYLEY Single  
39 26/05/1830 John WILSON Single Macclesfield Elizabeth BAILEY Single  
40 17/01/1831 Samuel BAYLEY Single   Elizabeth SKELLEN Single  
41 20/07/1831 William JACKSON Single   Ruth MORRIS Single  
42 14/11/1831 Samuel FISHER Single   Elizabeth KIRKMAN Widow  
43 07/02/1832 Hugh SKELLEN Single   Maria WARBURTON Single  
44 15/02/1832 William SNELSON Single   Elizabeth DAKIN Single  
45 15/07/1832 George WARBURTON Single   Hannah TOMKINSON Single  
46 28/11/1832 John Shaw HARDING Single Astbury Mary Anne POTTS Single  
47 01/01/1833 James MOSS Single   Ann JONES Single Astbury
48 08/05/1833 Theophilus NEWTON Widower   Hannah NEWTON Single  
49 24/06/1834 Richard HOCKENHULL Single   Elizabeth NEWTON Single  
50 23/12/1834 William WARBURTON Single   Hannah CLIFFE Single  
51 30/12/1834 Richard STREET Single   Sarah LOWNDES Single  
52 21/01/1835 James GEE Single Astbury Sarah BOSTOCK Single  
53 14/05/1835 Thomas MASSEY   Prestbury Sarah COOKE    
55 05/07/1835 Joseph MASSEY Single Prestbury Ann NEWTON Single  
56 16/07/1835 John DAKEN Single Astbury Mary DAKIN Single  
57 27/07/1835 John JACKSON Widower   Ann NICKSON Single  
58 27/07/1835 Richard LEAR Widower Sandbach Elizabeth JACKSON Single  
59 24/09/1835 Richard HOCKENHALL Single   Sarah COUPS Single  

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