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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Gunwalloe St Gunwalloe

 

The Parish

The parish of Gunwalloe is located in the extreme south of Cornwall, indeed it forms a part of Cornwall's English Channel coast. Gunwalloe is located at the base of the Lizard Peninsula about 3 miles south of the market town of Helston. Gunwalloe is a rather scattered coastal community, the village centre being located at the end of a lane leading southwards from the A3083 road which links Helston with Lizard Point. The landscape hereabouts is rather windswept and stark with tiny stonewalled fields which supported only a few hardy sheep, what little agriculture there was was restricted to valley bottoms' sheltered from the salty westerlies. The coastline here resumes its cliffed profile with heights of up to 60 metres being recorded at Halzephron Cliff, the village centre is sited at 40 metres above sea level yet is only a few hundred metres from the cliff. The main drainage, small streams heads southwards to exit about 2 miles south of the village centre in the gap in which the church is located. Gunwalloe was a relatively small parish by Cornish standards it covered just over 1,300 acres and supported almost 300 parishioners, many of whom would have been employed in the fishing industry active from the aptly named Fishing Cove. There is no specific mention of Gunwalloe in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Gunwalloe's church (also rendered as St Wynwallow in many sources) lies almost two miles south of the notional centre of the parish. Strangely it consists of two detached pieces, the tower of an early church which is built into the rock and the main church body which was built in the 14th or 15th centuries. There is much use of local granite and slate in this building and it fits the tough landscape totally. The church sits almost on the beach of a sheltered cove reached by a meandering lane from the village. This road stops a few hundred metres short of the building whence access is on foot. The South West Way National Trail passes the door on its long journey around the western portion of England.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 4th December 1755 - 10th March 1812 Cornwall Record Office - Reference P78/1/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 12th January 1813 - 28th March 1837 Cornwall Record Office - Reference P78/1/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Sithney St Sidinius
Wendron St Wendron
Mawgan in Meneage St Mawgen
Cury St Gunwalloe
Mullion St Melanus
Mullion St Melanus

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
04/12/1755 William FREEMAN     Mary DELVE    
23/01/1759 John CORYINE     Willmot RICHARDS    
07/08/1759 John DALE     Phoebe KNIGHT    
28/04/1761 John WILLIAMS   Cury Elizabeth JAMES    
03/11/1761 Sampson MORRISH   Cury Jane JAMES Single  
06/07/1762 Francis BASTION   Breage Thomasin JEWEL Single  
09/04/1763 James THOMAS   Cury Grace CADDY Single  
26/10/1763 Hanibal RICHARDS     Christian DALE Single  
05/01/1764 James THOMAS   Breage Phillippa RICHARDS Single  
01/03/1764 James KEMPTHORNE   Mullion Mary HENDY Single  
27/04/1765 Symon PASCOE   Mawgan In Meneage Wilmot CORYINE Single  
29/04/1765 Jeremiah MORRISS   Cury Eleanor BEAL Single  
17/10/1766 Sampson ROGERS   Mawgan In Meneage Jane ROAVIE Single  
10/12/1766 John MUNDAY     Julian HENDY Single  
23/02/1768 Thomas RICHARDS     Jane CORNISH Single  
13/09/1768 Thomas OATS     Jane RICHARDS Single  
05/09/1769 Edward FREEMAN     Elizabeth OPPEY Single  
22/12/1771 James OPPEY     Jane DALE Single  
23/02/1773 Robert CADDY     Elinor EAVINS Single  
06/07/1773 James HENDY     Jane OPEY Single  
05/12/1775 Joshua HENDY     Grace SHEPPARD Single  
26/12/1776 William DALE     Ann EVANS Single  
02/01/1777 Israel RICHARDS     Christian RICHARDS Widow  
17/03/1777 Thomas CORNISH     Mary ODGER Single  
26/08/1777 Henry SYMONS   Constantine Ann CADDY Single  
05/01/1778 John JEWEL     Julian EAVINS Single  
05/03/1782 Henry SIMONS     Catherine COAD Widow Cury
15/07/1783 John OLIVER     Charity JOSE Single  
14/12/1784 William FREEMAN     Grace CADDY Single  
30/11/1785 James JEWELL     Mary EAVENS Single  
01/01/1786 Thomas HOSKIN     Christian RICHARDS Widow  
17/01/1786 John HODGE     Mary THOMAS Single Mullion
24/01/1786 Peter RASHLEIGH     Margaret DALE Single  
14/02/1786 James WILLIAMS   Cury Mary LENTIL Widow  
16/05/1786 Richard JAMES     Christian RICHARDS Single  
09/07/1786 William SERVICE     Elizabeth FREEMAN    
10/09/1786 Humphrey CADDY     Mary TIPPET Single  
15/07/1787 Thomas WILMOTT   Mylor Eleanor CADDY Widow  
18/11/1787 Richard OATS     Elianor RICHARDS Single  
24/02/1789 Anthony RETALLACK   St Keverne Grace FREEMAN Single  
12/04/1789 Henry BEWDEN   Gwennap Mary DALE Single  
05/10/1790 Richard LOBB   Grade Jane EAVENS Single  
09/12/1790 Martin RICHARDS   Wendron Jane OATS Single  
10/07/1791 William SKINNER     Ann WILLIAMS Single  
21/09/1791 Hercules GILBERT   Mullion Ann CORNISH Single  
19/12/1791 James OLIVER     Jane MURRISH Single  
27/03/1792 John CHENOWETH     Mary BRAILEY Single  
03/04/1792 James TIPPET     Mary PHILIPS Single  
28/07/1792 William OATS   St Keverne Milicent SHEPPHARD Single  
04/03/1794 James THOMAS   Ruan Major Christian WILLIAMS Single  
12/03/1795 Henry John CADDY     Jane OATES Single  
05/11/1795 Michael CADDY     Elizabeth HENDY Single  
06/10/1796 Humphrey CADDY     Elizabeth BOWDON Single  
15/11/1796 James OPPY     Elizabeth BROWN Single  
13/11/1797 Anthony JANE   Ruan Minor Frances WILLIAMS Single  
20/02/1798 Samuel HITCHENS   Ruan Minor Ann WILLIAMS Single  
29/05/1798 Henry WILLIAMS     Ann PELERICK Single  
17/07/1798 John MARTINS   Zennor Jane OLIVER Widow  
06/11/1798 James OATS   Grade Rachel THOMAS Single  
13/12/1798 John PEARCE     Grace FREEMAN Widow  
05/11/1799 Christopher OATS     Susanna HARRY Single  
07/10/1800 Luke BRAY     Mary BOWDEN Single  
24/03/1801 James KING     Emma PEARCE Single  
12/04/1801 Joel WHITFORD   St Martin In Meneage Grace HENDY Single  
22/09/1801 Peter HENDY   Mawgan In Meneage Julian HENDY Single  
30/09/1801 Thomas HOSKIN     Margaret RALPH Single  
30/12/1801 Edward PEARCE     Elizabeth FREEMAN Single  
06/01/1802 Joseph TYZACK   Crowan Grace MARTIN Single  
01/06/1802 Joseph BOWDEN   Cury Jane DALE Single  
21/12/1802 Edward FREEMAN     Grace STADDEN Single  
17/06/1804 William MORGAN   St Anthony In Meneage Elizabeth HENDY Single  
26/12/1804 Thomas CORNISH Single   Ann FREEMAN Single  
30/01/1806 Thomas ROSKILLY Widower St Hilary Mary WILLIAMS Widow  
11/02/1806 Michael OLIVER Single   Sarah OLIVER Single  
12/03/1809 John CHENOWETH Widower   Elizabeth JEWELL Single  
16/07/1809 James HARRIS Single   Eleanor ROGERS Single Mawgan In Meneage
13/08/1809 James OPPY     Joan GOODMAN    
07/11/1809 Thomas ALLAN Single Mabe Mary DALE Single  
21/11/1809 Thomas BROWNE Single   Elizabeth OLIVER Single  
18/02/1810 John DALE Single   Elizabeth PEARCE    
23/12/1810 William HENDY     Mary FREEMAN Single  
11/07/1811 Thomas HOSKIN     Rachel CADDY Single  
23/07/1811 Thomas LUGG   St Keverne Sarah DALE    
03/03/1812 Benjamin CORNISH     Elizabeth OPPY Single  
10/03/1812 William WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth COMBER Single  
1 12/01/1813 William CORNISH     Mary SANDRY Single  
2 25/11/1813 James BOWDEN   Cury Grace FREEMAN Single  
3 24/01/1815 John BROWN     Jane JEWELL Single  
4 24/02/1818 William SEACOMB     Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
5 08/06/1819 Thomas WILLIAMS     Julian JEWELL    
6 21/07/1819 Edward LUGG     Julian HENDY    
7 19/10/1819 James CADDY   Sennen Annabella FREEMAN    
8 24/03/1820 Nicholas JULIAN     Ann HENDY    
9 16/07/1820 John OPPEY     Betsey MITCHELL    
10 10/01/1822 John SEACOME     Mary TEPPIT    
11 23/07/1822 Thomas PEARCE     Jane DALE    
12 07/03/1824 Thomas SMITH     Phillis EDWARDS    
13 05/04/1825 John TRAPLIN   Mullion Martha TIPPIT    
14 10/07/1825 William CHEGWIDDEN   Sithney Millicent HENDY    
15 09/08/1825 Thomas OPPY     Grace EVANS    
16 22/11/1825 James OPPY     Kitty FREEMAN    
17 03/08/1826 James FREEMAN Widower   Elizabeth HARRIS Widow Helston
18 17/04/1827 James SANDREY     Jane MITCHELL    
19 23/09/1827 Renatus TRIGGS     Mary TRENGROUSE    
20 01/01/1828 Thomas JEWELL     Elizabeth OATES    
21 31/08/1828 Thomas FREEMAN     Grace CADDY    
22 03/11/1828 Henry PEARCE     Jane CORNISH    
23 09/06/1829 Edward HODGE     Mary THOMAS    
24 06/09/1829 James OPPY     Elizabeth NICHOLAS    
25 18/01/1831 Henry TIPPET     Elizabeth TIPPET    
26 09/03/1831 Thomas WETHERIDGE Single Landewednack Jane THOMAS Single  
27 30/10/1832 Michael CADDY     Mary FREEMAN    
28 10/06/1833 William LUKEIS   Mawgan In Meneage Eliza OPPY    
29 16/09/1833 John MARTIN Widower   Elizabeth SIMONS Single Perranuthnoe
30 19/05/1834 Richard CARKEET   St Martin In Meneage Rachel CHENOWETH    
31 17/01/1836 William GILBERT     Mary ALLEN    
32 25/10/1836 John OATS     Mary Ann LANE    
33 28/03/1837 John LUKIES     Elizabeth EVANS    

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