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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
East Buckland St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of East Buckland is located in northern Devon about 5 miles northwest of the market town of South Molton. East Buckland is a small and reasonably compact village lying in lanes just over a mile north of the A361 road which connects South Molton with Barnstaple. East Buckland would have largely earned its income from pastoral farming and today little has changed with the deeply incised landscape dominated by small fields of pasture. East Buckland is drained by a small tributary of the River Bray which is soon joined and heads onwards south, the Bray meets the Mole then the Taw, reversing direction to reach the Irish Sea through the port of Barnstaple. East Buckland is sited at around 170 metres above the sea, in a shallow side valley of the Bray which lies some 50 metres lower; local heights in this deeply rolling countryside rise to almost 250 metres within a mile or two. East Buckland parish is rather small by Devon standards, covering just under 1,400 acres it would have supported a population of around 150 parishioners. In Domesday times East Buckland was held by Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances and could offer just 4 ploughs as well as small meadows, pastures & woodland.


The Church

St Michael's church sits at the heart of the village on the southern side of Mill Lane as it winds through. Of the mediaeval only the western tower remains, it being 15th century. The remainder of the church was demolished and a new nave built to the north of the original line in the 1860s. This is described rather scathingly by Pevsner as "austere" and it certainly lacks many features of interest. Pevsner's account, a mere 4 lines of text, indicates his lack of interest in the building. St Michael sits behind rather formidable banked hedges with entrance through an almost hidden metal gateway. Once within the churchyard there are no impediments to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 27th May 1755 - 8th October 1782 and 8th July 1800 - 24th January 1801 North Devon Record Office - Reference - 3334A/PR/1/5 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 24th March 1788 - 25th November 1799 and 5th April 1803 - 30th August 1812 North Devon Record Office - Reference - 3334A/PR/1/3 Plain, unruled book, utilising the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 26th March 1813 - 29th December 1836 North Devon Record Office - Reference - 3334A/PR/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


Stoke Rivers St Bartholomew
Stoke Rivers St Bartholomew
Charles St John the Baptist
Charles St John the Baptist
West Buckland St Peter
Charles St John the Baptist
West Buckland St Peter
Filleigh St Paul
North Molton All Saints
South Molton St Mary Magdalene

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 27/05/1755 Roger LASSMORE     Elizabeth NICHOLS Single  
2 15/01/1757 William KINGDON     Frances BENDLE Single  
3 14/03/1758 John SOUTHCOMBE     Tabitha HAYWOOD   Winkleigh
4 08/04/1758 Thomas THORN   High Bray Emma BURKEN    
5 27/04/1760 John BARTLETT     Anne KEMP    
6 16/05/1760 Daniel EDGER     Joan ALLEN    
7 04/11/1760 William SOUTHCOMBE     Elizabeth SHAPLAND   Charles
9 22/04/1761 John HEAL     Elizabeth SHAPLAND   North Molton
8 29/09/1761 George SMALDON     Agnes COUCH   Filleigh
10 06/04/1762 William RASHLY   High Bray Joan BUCKINGHAM    
11 10/04/1764 William HUNT     Elizabeth BOWDEN    
12 01/01/1766 John HOLLOWAY     Elizabeth BUCKINGHAM    
13 10/03/1766 John YELLAND   North Molton Elizabeth PARKER    
13 10/03/1766 John COMBE   North Molton Elizabeth PARKER    
21/07/1766 John HOULE   High Bray Mary LOCK    
14 20/04/1767 James BUCKINGHAM     Charity HOLLOWAY    
15 29/05/1769 Isaac CHAPPLE     Margaret GAMMON    
16 16/04/1770 William BUCKINGHAM     Grace BARTLETT    
18 15/01/1777 Richard BUCKINGHAM     Grace BENNETT   Charles
19 31/03/1777 William BENNETT   Charles Winifred THORNE Single  
20 06/06/1779 William WATTS   High Bray Amelia RADFORD Single  
21 06/11/1779 John SOUTHCOMBE     Mary MILDON   Chittlehampton
22 15/05/1780 Daniel MUXWORTHY     Anne HOWARD Single  
23 08/02/1782 James ROW   Buckland Brewer Frances ALLEN Single  
24 14/06/1782 John MORRIS     Alice THORNE    
25 08/10/1782 Thomas JOCE   Landkey Anne GREENSLADE    
27 24/03/1788 Richard LEWIS     Margaret JEWEL    
28 06/04/1790 George BARROW     Mary PASHLEY    
29 19/07/1790 Charles MARSHALL   South Molton Susanna GILL Single  
30 05/09/1790 William SOUTHCOMBE Single   Ann FISHER Single West Buckland
31 02/08/1791 Henry KINGDON Single   Susanna LOCK Single  
32 15/07/1792 Edward BROWNSCOMBE Single   Catherine SOUTHCOMBE Single  
33 10/02/1793 James BUNNELL Widower   Frances ALLEN Single  
34 18/11/1793 William BENDLE Single   Agnes TAMLYN Single  
32 04/12/1798 George LEWORTHY Single   Grace BLACKMORE Single  
15/04/1799 John JOCE   Landkey Mary Ann BUCKINGHAM Single  
25/11/1799 John BEER   West Buckland Elizabeth BLACKMORE    
08/07/1800 Thomas DUNN   South Molton Elizabeth HOLLAWAY    
23/10/1800 Adam GARMAN     Mary BLACKMORE    
28/06/1801 James BURGESS   South Molton Honor BLACKMORE    
24/01/1802 Thomas TROUT     Margaret LEWIS Single  
33 05/04/1803 John MORRIS   Chittlehampton Grace BUCKINGHAM Single  
24/09/1804 Thomas CONIBEAR     Ann HUXTABLE    
20/05/1805 John MORRIS     Prudence BARWICK    
20/05/1805 John DOWN     Jane ALLEN    
28/09/1805 Thomas SQUIRE     Ann CURTIS    
10/10/1807 Roger VICKARY Single Filleigh Mary LIGHFOOTJOAP Single  
30/10/1808 Walter FRY Single   Elizabeth CARDER Single  
21/12/1809 Samuel BUCKINGHAM Single   Mary SMITH Single  
26/12/1810 William STEVENS Single   Elizabeth HUXTABLE Single  
18/03/1812 James CRANG Single Bratton Fleming Catharine BUCKINGHAM Single  
22/03/1812 Thomas ROOK Single Charles Ann BLACKMORE Single  
30/08/1812 James HANCOCK Single   Frances LEE Single  
1 26/03/1813 George BENNETT Single Stoke Rivers Ann SNOW Single  
2 10/04/1815 John WINZER Single Charles Richord QUICK Single  
3 20/04/1815 Richard GIBBS Single North Molton Sarah BROWNSCOMBE Single  
4 12/10/1815 Thomas BUCKINGHAM Single West Buckland Elizabeth BROWNSCOMBE Single  
5 14/07/1819 William TAMLYN Widower   Grace GILL Single  
6 19/07/1819 John MILLS Single Swimbridge Elizabeth Ann HEAL Single  
7 23/03/1820 Philip LARAMY Single South Molton Ann WARREN Single  
8 26/03/1820 John HUXTABLE Single   Elizabeth ADAMS Single  
9 13/02/1821 John GALLSWORTHY Single   Ann ADAMS Single  
10 04/04/1821 William BUCKINGHAM Single Charles Susannah NICHOLS Single  
11 29/04/1823 William PRICE Single   Mary SAUNDERS Single  
12 28/09/1823 Thomas THORNE Single   Mary GEEN Single  
13 28/07/1825 George LEEWORTHY   North Molton Elizabeth STANBURY    
14 20/09/1826 William RICE Single   Ann PALMER Single  
15 31/03/1827 John TAMLYN     Mary PASSMORE    
16 18/11/1828 George SAUNDERS Single   Elizabeth HAYWOOD Widow  
17 05/04/1829 Isaac DADDS Single   Mary KIMP Single  
18 07/06/1829 John MARSH Single   Phoebe PERRYN Single North Molton
19 25/08/1832 John SQUIRE Single Charles Mary TURNER Single  
20 30/03/1833 John MARLO Single   Hannah ASH Single  
21 10/04/1834 George Henry PIKE     Mary CARTER    
22 27/05/1834 William GOULD   Charles Elizabeth PASSMORE    
23 22/08/1835 Emmanuel Henry PRICE     Grace SMALDON    
24 17/03/1836 James CARTER     Catherine BUCKINGHAM    
25 29/12/1836 Nicholas GOULD     Elizabeth JONES    

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