Beaford All Saints & St George

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Beaford All Saints & St George

The Parish

The parish of Beaford lies in the western part of central Devon, the parish lies close to the valley of the River Torridge about 5 miles southeast of the market town of Great Torrington. Beaford lies on the A3124 road which heads southeastwards from Great Torrington to Winkleigh and ultimately joins the A30 to the east of Okehampton. The village of Beaford is compact and built on a ridge which the road clearly follows avoiding the steep climbs and descents of the incised river valleys. Beaford sits at about 130 metres above sea-level whilst the Torridge to the west cuts down to 40 metres above the sea, land also drops away to the east into a tributary (Beaford Brook). This is largely an area of pastoral farming with small fields tightly enclosed by thick stock-proof hedges. The parish appears a slightly strange shape until you map it and see that the boundary follows the meanders of the Torridge, the parish is medium sized, at just over 2,500 acres, and supported a substantial population with over 700 parishioners. In Domesday times this whole area was owned directly by the King, Beaford supported no fewer than 29 ploughs,a remarkable number.

The Church

All Saints & St George's church lies in a hidden position to the west of the A3124. The main fabric of the church is late 15th century but the tower is later having been rebuilt twice in 19th and 20th centuries. The arrangement is unusual in the tower being to the north (in the position of a transept) rather than one of the normal positions. Pevsner doesn't indicate any great architectural merit to the building, dismissing the church in a dozen or so lines, he was, however, impressed by its barrel roof. The church is accessed by a narrow lane off the A3124 which becomes a footpath before entering the churchyard. The graveyard is well-wooded with many mature trees, the turf being left to rough pasture for the benefit of local wildlife.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	30th May 1754 - 12th August 1812	North Devon Record Office - Reference - 2215A/PR/1/5	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	30th March 1813 - 24th May 1836	North Devon Record Office - Reference 2215A/PR/1/6	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

St Giles in the Wood St Giles	St Giles in the Wood St Giles Roborough St Peter	Roborough St Peter
Little Torrington St Giles Merton All Saints		Ashreigney St James
Merton All Saints	Merton All Saints Dolton St Edmund	Dolton St Edmund

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	30/05/1754	George	TOMSON			Anne	LINSCOTT		Sampford Courtenay
2	25/06/1754	William	BENNET		Merton	Elizabeth	YEO
3	21/10/1754	Thomas	ISAACK			Mary	VANSTONE
4	03/03/1755	William	HEARD			Wilmot	CORNISH		Iddesleigh
5	23/04/1755	Samuel	MARTYN			Margery	BOLT
6	25/04/1755	John	STAPLETON		Roborough	Rebecca	NOTT
7	19/05/1755	Thomas	HANDFORD			Jane	SQUANCE
8	17/09/1755	Christopher	HARVEY			Elizabeth	GOODANEW		Buckland Brewer
9	08/12/1755	John	MOOR			Joan	SQUANCE
	16/05/1756	George	BATT			Frances	TURNER
	16/11/1757	Robert	MULES			Priscilla	WEBBER
	14/04/1758	John	BROCK			Hester	SHOWER
	01/05/1758	Henry	MITCHELL			Martha	NEWCOMB
	29/10/1758	Walter	LOCKE			Rebecca	SHOWER
	12/11/1758	Robert	LIVERTON		Meeth	Elizabeth	MARSHALL
	08/01/1759	John	MITCHELL		Ashreigney	Mary	HARVEY
	26/02/1759	John	WRIGHT			Mary	JEWEL
	28/02/1759	Roger	STEVENS			Mary	CARPENTER
	09/06/1759	Robert	LAXTON		Burrington	Margaret	STANDFORD
	26/11/1759	Thomas	FORD		Burrington	Joan	MOLLAND
	28/11/1759	Thomas	BRIGHT			Grace	BROWNE
	08/04/1761	Richard	BUDD			Frances	BRINSMEAD		St Giles In The Wood
	11/05/1761	Abel	HEAL			Margaret	NOTT
	03/06/1761	Aaron	COLE			Mary	MUGFORD
	02/09/1761	Henry	COCK			Joan	PASSMORE
	20/09/1761	Abraham	BOARD			Margaret	DIMANT
	29/08/1762	Abraham	BRIGHT			Jane	WAR
	06/06/1763	Richard	TASKER			Jane	SHUTE
	11/10/1763	Edward	CLARKE			Elizabeth	STAPLETON
	23/10/1763	Robert	COLE			Elizabeth	MARSHALL	Widow	Chulmleigh
	23/01/1764	John	PARTRIDGE			Margery	PASSMORE
	19/04/1764	Richard	SYMONDS		Great Torrington	Mary	BATE	Single
	25/03/1765	Richard	BRIGHT			Elizabeth	BASSET
	10/04/1765	Francis	SNELL		High Bickington	Mary	BRAYLY
	29/04/1766	John	MITCHELL			Margaret	COUCH
	29/09/1766	Richard	BUDD			Mary	ALFORD	Single	St Giles In The Wood
	29/11/1766	Richard	GARNSEY			Mary	COUCH
	24/02/1767	John	PASSMORE			Mary	FORD
	14/09/1767	Thomas	PETHERICK			Margaret	PHILLIPS
	02/03/1768	Christopher	BLAKE			Ann	NARRAWAY
	15/08/1769	John	MILLS			Grace	MULES
	18/01/1770	John	HONEYCHURCH		St Giles In The Wood	Joan	SANDERS
	21/02/1770	Thomas	HODGE		Chawleigh	Jane	COUCH
	26/02/1770	James	BADCOCK			Grace	PETERS
	04/02/1771	John	VICARY		North Tawton	Elizabeth	BLACKMORE
	07/02/1771	William	VODDEN			Dorothy	HEARD	Single
	06/06/1771	William	HONEYCHURCH			Ann	SAUNDERS
	13/02/1772	William	SHEERE			Betsy	MOLLAND
	01/03/1772	Joshua	COLE		St Giles In The Wood	Grace	DIMOND
	21/04/1772	George	MARSHAL			Rebecca	MOLLAND
	25/08/1772	Richard	HAMMOND			Grace	BLACKMORE
	15/12/1772	John	SQUIRE			Margaret	GILL
	13/02/1774	William	NICHOLLS			Grace	ASHTON
	12/02/1776	Thomas	HEARD			Elizabeth	HAMMOND
	20/10/1776	Robert	HEARD			Jane	SNELL
	27/04/1777	William	MITCHELL			Jane	DUNN
	23/11/1777	James	BRIGHT			Joan	BLAKE
	01/03/1778	William	ASHTON			Joan	BEER
	01/03/1778	Hugh	JOHNS			Mary	LOCK
	26/04/1778	William	ISAAK			Agnes	DUNN
	29/11/1778	Henry	NICKOLS			Elizabeth	ASHTON
	26/05/1779	Richard	HANFORD			Sarah	BACKS
	11/11/1779	William	DYMONT			Elizabeth	PASSMORE
	20/02/1780	Francis	DYMONT			Martha	FOLLAND
	16/10/1780	Samuel	NORRISH		North Tawton	Joan	HONEYCHURCH	Widow
	26/11/1780	Isaak	BRIGHT			Elizabeth	MITCHELL
	03/09/1781	Samuel	SAMSON		Broadwoodkelly	Mary	SNELL
	11/02/1782	John	SHUTE		Dolton	Elizabeth	MITCHELL
	04/07/1782	Joseph	GOSS		Bondleigh	Mary	SNELL
	04/07/1782	John	STACEY			Elizabeth	SHADDOCK
	22/09/1782	William	JURY			Mary	SQUANCE
	03/11/1782	John	MARLES		Ashreigney	Joanna	EVANS		Winkleigh
	28/09/1783	Hugh	JOHNS			Jane	SNELL
	24/03/1784	Philip	SHADDICK			Jane Beare	NORMAN
	08/04/1784	Philip	MOLLAND			Elizabeth	RATTENBURY
	05/05/1784	John	PINCOMBE			Rebecca	STABLETON
	31/01/1785	Joseph	TRICK			Alice	HEARD
	04/02/1785	William	PINBETTY			Joanna	BRIGHT
	26/04/1785	Edward	SNELL			Mary	OLVER
	02/02/1786	William	SLEE		Great Torrington	Joan	DYMOND
	19/03/1786	Richard	BIRD			Hester	MARSHALL
	27/12/1786	George	HEYCROFT			Mary	SHADDICK	Single
	29/04/1787	James	DYMENT			Mary	MARLES	Single
	21/08/1787	Anthony	MARLES			Mary	DYMENT	Widow
	18/03/1788	Henry	GAMMON			Susanna	ISAAC	Single
	23/04/1788	Robert	LUXTON			Margaret	DYMENT
	23/04/1788	Richard	MARLES			Eleanor	MARLES
	24/04/1788	John	CLARKE			Mary	TAMMELING
	29/07/1788	William	PINCOMBE		Roborough	Sarah	ALFORD	Single
	26/09/1788	John	TANTON			Catherine	WILLIAMS
	01/11/1788	John	WRIGHT			Mary	BROCK
	10/12/1788	William	MITCHEL			Mary	BATH
	21/01/1789	William	SHORT			Mary	HOOD
	12/02/1789	William	SQUANCE			Dorothy	HANDFORD
	21/07/1789	William	ASHPLANT			Hester	TOLLAND	Single
	15/09/1789	Robert	DYMENT			Sarah	SQUANCE
	25/01/1790	Robert	LUXTON		Wembworthy	Elizabeth	BLAKE	Single
	31/01/1790	William	JOHNS			Hornor	SIMMONS
	14/02/1790	John	BURD			Ann	SAUNDERS
	15/08/1790	William	STAPLETON			Jane	CHAMPION
	01/06/1791	William	HEARD			Judith	DUNN
	12/07/1791	Arthur	STAPLETON			Rebecca	HEARD
	10/08/1791	Robert	SNELL			Margaret Bright	COPP		Roborough
	18/09/1791	Gregory	SNELL			Grace Tucker	ADAMS
	19/09/1791	Richard	SHORT			Ann	GILL
	08/12/1791	John	MOORE			Julia	PICKARD
	23/04/1792	William	BURD			Sarah	LEVERTON
	28/05/1792	Benjamin	FOLLAND			Grace	ROD
	23/09/1792	George	CAWSEY		Chawleigh	Elizabeth	MOLLAND
	04/02/1793	John	HUTCHINGS		Great Torrington	Martha	STAPLEDON
	10/02/1793	Richard	SWEET			Ann	SAUNDERS
	12/02/1793	William	WEBBER			Ann	SHEERE
	26/02/1793	William	STEVENS		Winkleigh	Mary	SANDERS
	27/03/1793	Henry	PETHABRIDGE		Yarnscombe	Mary	ISAAC
	03/04/1793	John	MITCHELL			Mary	THOMAS		Roborough
	06/05/1793	Thomas	DICKER			Dorothy	MOORE
	31/08/1793	Jacob	WRIGHT			Ann	WEBBER	Single	Winkleigh
	14/10/1793	Thomas	DYMENT			Mary	DYMENT
	26/12/1793	George	BULL			Mary	CROSS
	01/12/1794	William	HANDFORD			Mary	HOOPER
	04/12/1794	John	BROAD		Merton	Grace	SAUNDERS
	05/04/1795	Richard	SCOTT			Mary	BORN
	15/04/1795	Daniel	CHAMMONS			Priscilla	WEBBER
	26/05/1795	Thomas	COCKWELL		Winkleigh	Elizabeth	SHORT
	19/07/1795	Robert	JOHNS			Elizabeth	BRIGHT
	03/08/1795	Thomas	PEDRICK			Elizabeth	LUXTON
	02/11/1795	William	MITCHEL			Judith	FOLLAND
	28/12/1795	Richard	KELLY			Elizabeth	VODDEN
	16/05/1796	Joseph	SOUTHCOMBE			Hester	LOCK
	17/04/1797	John	ASHPLANT			Sarah	FOLLAND
	26/06/1797	William	BRIGHT			Margery	MOOR
	05/12/1797	Lawrence	VODDEN			Mary	WEBBER
	10/12/1797	Thomas	HEARD			Jane	ASHPLANT
	26/12/1797	Samuel	GOGREM			Ann	ASHPLANT
	11/01/1798	William	SNELL			Mary	WEBBER
	18/04/1798	Daniel	BRIGHT			Mary	BRIGHT
	27/12/1798	John	COCK			Elizabeth	HEARD
	24/04/1799	William	PEARCE			Grace	FOLLAND
	29/09/1799	Thomas	BULL		Bideford	Joan	SNELL	Single
	13/10/1799	Francis Beer	BOWEN			Jane	GARNSEY
	06/02/1800	Henry	ISAAC			Agness	MILL
	26/03/1800	James	TRIGGER			Margaret	CREWS
	30/03/1800	John	SQUIRE			Agness	LAKE
	29/06/1800	John	VODDEN	Single		Grace	WESTERN	Single
	13/07/1800	John	ASHON	Single		Amey	GAINS
	11/08/1800	William	LANGAMAN		Bow	Ann	RUD	Single
	10/12/1800	William	LOCK	Single		Catherine	BURD	Single
	11/02/1801	William	ADAMS	Single	Tawstock	Mary	GARNSEY	Single
	04/01/1802	Thomas	ASHPLANT			Elizabeth	FOLLAND
	25/03/1802	Elisha	STANBURY		Dolton	Elizabeth	SNELL
	23/05/1802	Robert	HURD			Mary	LEMON
	22/08/1802	William	BAKER			Sarah	TRIGGER
	01/02/1803	Thomas	SPICER			Joanna	BRIGHT
	30/02/1803	William	ASHON		Dolton	Rebecca	DYMENT
	14/07/1803	John	COLES	Single	Ashreigney	Jane	GARDNER
	16/10/1803	George	STRIBLING			Elizabeth	MOOR	Single
	09/04/1804	Henry	MARTIN			Mary	PARKIN	Single
	09/10/1804	William Paddon	BISSETT		Dowland	Betsy	SHEER
	15/10/1804	William	JURY			Dorothy	HEARD
	06/11/1804	Richard	WILLIAMS			Jane	MITCHELL
	27/07/1806	Samuel	HANCOCK			Elizabeth	NICHOLLS
	20/08/1806	Francis	DYMENT	Widower		Elizabeth	MITCHEL
	29/12/1806	John	TURNER			Elizabeth	ASHPLANT
	29/04/1807	William	COCK			Jane	SHEER
	20/05/1807	John	BADCOCK			Hannah	HEARD
	21/07/1807	John	HEARD			Catherine	FOLLAND
	31/08/1807	William	DYMENT			Mary	HEARD
	13/12/1807	Thomas	BURD			Grace	CLEVERDON
	27/12/1808	John	BAKER			Johannah	SMALE	Single
	16/05/1809	John	MITCHEL			Mary	JURY
	26/12/1809	Lawrence	VODDEN			Joanna	SPICER
	20/04/1810	William	ASHTON			Mary	MITCHEL
	16/07/1810	John	PINCOMBE			Frances	DIMENT
	04/09/1810	Robert	TURNER		St Giles In The Wood	Mary	RUDD
	25/09/1810	William	DYMENT			Ann	FOLLAND
	27/01/1811	John	BURD			Mary	SHORT
	20/03/1811	William	ASHTON			Mary	HEARD
	26/03/1811	James	COUCH			Johanna	BRIGHT
	03/06/1811	William	HEARD			Rebeccah	NICHOLLS
	04/06/1811	William	HEARD			Hannah	SIMMONS
	11/02/1812	George	BERRY		Petrockstowe	Hannah	HEARD	Single
	30/03/1812	Philip	LAKE			Elizabeth	BRIGHT	Single
	19/05/1812	Henry Bunniford	HANCOCK		Crediton	Elizabeth	TRICK	Single
	02/08/1812	Richard	BURD			Mary	FOLLAND	Single
	12/08/1812	Thomas	WESTCOTT		St Giles In The Wood	Lucy	SNELL	Single
1	30/03/1813	Edward	JURY			Grace	SUMMERS	Single
2	28/04/1813	Thomas	JOSLING		Roborough	Ann	SLEE	Single
3	10/11/1813	William	HEDDEN			Sarah	PINCOMBE	Single
4	11/11/1813	Richard	COLLIHOLE		Winkleigh	Betsey	SAUNDERS	Single
5	28/02/1814	William	LOCK			Sarah	LIAL	Single
6	06/03/1814	Francis	DYMONT			Elizabeth	SAMPSON	Single
7	07/03/1814	John	PICKARD			Elizabeth	TASKER	Single
8	07/07/1814	John	HEARD			Rebeccah	FOLLAND	Single
9	27/12/1814	Richard	BURD			Elizabeth	HEARD	Single
10	08/02/1815	William	WESTCOTT		Eggesford	Rebecca	HEARD
11	28/03/1815	Arthur	STAPLETON			Dorothy	HEARD	Single
12	10/04/1815	John	ROCKEY		Roborough	Grace	DYMANT	Single
13	22/01/1816	Samuel	JOHNS			Mary	ADAMS	Single
14	03/04/1816	George	HEARD			Margaret	TRICK	Single
15	03/06/1816	John	MOOR			Mary	DYMONT	Single
16	29/07/1816	Samuel	HELLINGS			Elizabeth	GRATTON	Single
17	11/08/1817	Thomas	HEARD			Elizabeth	FOLLAND	Single
18	29/09/1817	William	SNELL			Mary	TASKER	Single
19	26/03/1818	Robert	DIMOND			Elizabeth	HEAMAN	Single
20	29/09/1818	Daniel	CHARNINGS	Single		Mary	SNELL	Single
21	29/09/1818	Richard	BURD			Margaret	COLE	Single
22	09/12/1818	Philip	WESTCOTT		Roborough	Mary	HARDING	Single
23	30/03/1819	Robert	PEDRICK			Elizabeth	KELLY	Single
24	23/10/1819	John	HOOPER			Jane	CORNALL	Single
25	22/05/1820	William	PINCOMBE			Mary	PEARCE	Single
26	30/11/1820	William	VODDEN			Elizabeth	JOHNS	Single
27	28/02/1821	John Bant	SNELL			Grace Ann	SNELL	Single
28	01/11/1821	Richard	BURD			Grace	PEARSE	Widow
29	29/08/1822	Thomas	SNELL			Elizabeth	SNELL	Single
30	26/09/1822	John	JOHNS			Anne	WEBBER	Single
31	14/10/1822	Robert	FOLLAND			Mary	DIGGER	Single
32	31/12/1822	John	DIMENT			Margaret	DIMENT	Single
33	20/04/1823	James	DIMENT			Mary	PARKER	Single
34	05/05/1823	William	SNELL			Elizabeth	WESTCOTT	Single
35	11/06/1823	John	COPP			Susanna	JUDD
36	30/06/1823	William	LOCK			Margaret	LUXTON	Single
37	04/11/1823	John	RIPPIN		St Giles In The Wood	Mary	ASHPLANT	Single
38	09/12/1823	Edward	GUARD			Elizabeth	MOORE	Single
39	18/12/1823	Joshua	SILLIFANT		Petrockstowe	Betty	DUNN	Single
40	30/03/1824	John	KELLY			Elizabeth	FOLLAND	Single
41	08/04/1824	John	BURD			Elizabeth	BEER
42	26/12/1824	Thomas	ISAAC			Hannah	TAYLOR	Single
43	06/04/1825	Henry	SQUIRE	Single	St Giles In The Wood	Rebeccah	ASHPLANT	Single
44	16/05/1825	George	HEARD	Single		Mary	SNELL	Single
45	31/07/1825	William	WESTCOTT	Widower		Anne	WESTCOTT	Single
46	27/09/1825	Robert	VODDEN	Single		Elizabeth	ASHPLANT	Single
47	26/12/1825	Thomas	BRANTON		Huntshaw	Elizabeth	ASHTON
48	12/02/1826	Thomas	WARE			Susannah	DYMENT
49	16/03/1826	William	SWEET	Single		Mary	JONES
50	28/04/1826	James	PALMER			Rebeccah	HARRY
51	30/09/1826	Samuel	BURD	Single		Mary	HANCOCK	Single
52	27/03/1827	Joseph	PROUSE		Bideford	Jane	TANTON	Single
53	01/05/1827	George	VODDEN			Betsy	SQUIRE
54	06/05/1827	William	KELLY			Rebeccah	DYMENT
55	11/05/1827	Henry	DYMONT			Mary	JOHNS
56	07/10/1827	John	HANDFORD	Single		Elizabeth	BRIGHT
57	07/11/1827	James	TANTON			Anne	LEATHERN
58	04/12/1827	John	ASHPLANT	Single		Sarah	BULIFER	Single	Crediton
59	06/03/1828	James	MOLLAND	Single	Ashreigney	Margaret	WEBBER	Single
60	01/02/1830	Onesiphous	PEARSE		Meeth	Mary	KELLY
61	16/02/1830	Richard	ASHPLANT	Single		Grace	MOISE	Single
62	15/04/1830	John Blackmore	BEER	Single	Yarnscombe	Mary	ASHTON	Single
63	20/04/1830	William	VODDEN	Single		Mary	PEDCROFT	Single
64	03/05/1830	William	BRIGHT	Single		Fanny	BRIGHT
65	27/12/1830	Henry	JEWELL	Single		Elizabeth	PETHERICK	Single
66	27/12/1830	William	MITCHEL	Single		Anne	DYMENT	Single
67	28/12/1830	John	JUDD		St Giles In The Wood	Mary	TANTON
68	03/03/1831	William	BAKER	Single		Elizabeth	DIGGER	Single
69	26/03/1831	George	LIVERTON			Mary	PINCOMBE
70	05/06/1831	Philip	BAKER	Single		Mary	PARSONS	Single
71	01/01/1832	Thomas	PARDON	Single		Ann	KERNICK	Single
72	05/01/1832	George	MITCHELL			Elizabeth	BLAKE
73	29/03/1832	Henry	COPP			Jane	ASHTON
74	24/04/1832	Samuel	SMALE	Single		Sarah	BRIGHT
75	23/09/1832	Richard	PINKHAM	Single		Susanna	BENNETT
76	13/11/1832	John	ASHPLANT	Widower		Rebecca	ASHTON	Widow
77	25/11/1832	John	MOORE			Sally	ALFORD
78	30/03/1833	John	SHEERE	Single		Mary	ALFORD
79	28/04/1833	William	SCOTT			Jane	HEARD
80	15/08/1833	Samuel Thomas	GILBERT	Widower	St Olave, Exeter	Margaret	MOLLAND	Widow
81	25/09/1833	William	WEEKS			Sally	PASSMORE
82	23/03/1834	John	TURNER			Mary	BAKER
83	30/06/1834	Thomas	ASHTON			Jane	HEARD
84	01/07/1834	Henry Acheson	CROZIER	Single	Totnes	Elizabeth Richards	GILBERT	Single
85	23/09/1834	William	PARR			Hannah	BADCOCK
86	06/12/1834	Anthony	SNELL	Single		Elizabeth	HEARN	Single
87	21/01/1835	John	FREEMAN	Widower	Frithelstock	Catherine	TWIGGS	Widow
88	07/02/1835	John	SAUNDERS	Single		Elizabeth	SHEERE	Single
89	17/02/1835	William	EDDIFORD			Charlotte	NOCKEY
90	26/03/1835	Thomas	HEARD			Mary	HEARD
91	31/03/1835	Thomas	FARLEY			Sally	LAKE
92	05/04/1836	Richard	WARE		Petrockstowe	Elizabeth	WEEKS
93	25/04/1836	John	FOLLAND		Meeth	Betsy	ASHPLANT
94	24/05/1836	Thomas	MARTIN			Rebecca	VODDEN

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