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

 

The Parish

The parish of Loxhore lies in northern Devon about 6 miles northeast of the port of Barnstaple. Loxhore sits just over a mile east of the A39 road which connects Barnstaple with Lynton. Loxhore has 3 distinctive clusters of properties scattered at various heights across a deeply incised landscape. Loxhore Cott, the lowest settlement, sits beside the River Yeo, Lower Loxhore sits higher in a side valley whilst around St Michael's church can also be found a small grouping of farms and cottages. Also within the parish and of some debated antiquity is Roborough Castle, a small motte with extensive views. The principal economy of the parish would have been pastoral farming, the damp climate and poor soils not lending themselves to arable production. The river Yeo drains the parish southwestwards eventually passing through Barnstaple to join the Taw Estuary and the Irish Sea. The three settlements vary wildly in height, Loxhore Cott at 80 metres, Lower Loxhore at 110 and the church at 190 and land continues upwards to top out at 261 metres within a mile or so, the landscape being deeply incised by the river valleys with land rising to the moors of Exmoor in close proximity. By Northern Devon standards Loxhore was a relatively small parish by acreage, covering close to 1,250 acres it would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Loxhore was a relatively small place held by Baldwin the Sheriff it could muster just 6 ploughs but had extensive meadows and woodland.


The Church

St Michael's church, as already mentioned, sits high on a hill above the Yeo valley at 190 metres above the sea with extensive views, a dead-end lane leads up to the church from that leading to Blackmoor Gate. The church's age is a little uncertain, Pevsner being reticent as to the earliest features but Historic England tentatively give the earliest fabric of nave and chancel a provisional 13th century date. The reasons for this uncertainty come because of the long history of restoration and rebuild. Pre-Victorian work saw much change upon the main body whilst successive restorations of 1844 (described as being an almost complete rebuild), 1882 (targeting the chancel) and 1900 (for the nave) wrought the changes bringing about today's building. The narrow lane leading to the church ends outside the lychgate with a small turning and parking area, a few trees mask the broad churchyard which, once within, has few obstacles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
5th August 1754 - 30th March 1812
North Devon Record Office - Barnstaple - Reference - 1328A/PR/1/4
Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None
2 3rd April 1813 - 16th April 1837 North Devon Record Office - Barnstaple - Reference - 1328A/PR/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Arlington St James
Arlington St James
Arlington St James
Shirwell St Peter
Bratton Fleming St Peter
Shirwell St Peter
Bratton Fleming St Peter
Bratton Fleming St Peter

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
05/08/1754 John BARROW Bratton Fleming Christian GAMMON
02/02/1756 Henry CARDER Joan PINE
20/04/1756 John CARDER Kentisbury Mary CHAMPIN
27/03/1758 William MILLS Widower Bratton Fleming Mary HUXTABLE Widow
02/04/1758 Philip HUXTABLE Elizabeth GAMMON
15/04/1759 John HEARDING Grace HUXTABLE
05/05/1759 John GAMMON Catherine DADDS
28/02/1760 William WATERS Shirwell Ann KEDWILL
18/05/1760 Philip PILE Bratton Fleming Mary GEEN
16/12/1762 James TAYLOR Elizabeth WHITEFIELD
12/12/1764 Anthony PUGSLEY Mary GRIMSHEAR
26/12/1764 John HARRIS Elizabeth BEAVINS
15/04/1766 Edward WAY Bratton Fleming Elizabeth SOUTHWOOD
05/04/1768 William DOWDLE Ann GRIMSHEAR
02/04/1770 John DOWDLE Prudence CUNNIBEAR
03/12/1771 John SYMONS Alice HEALL
20/07/1773 John GIBBS Shirwell Sarah DANIL
17/04/1775 John RIDGE Susanna HEARDING Shirwell
15/05/1775 Robert COURTICE Mary MILLS
22/06/1775 Philip TAYLOR Shirwell Elizabeth CHUGG
22/07/1775 George DOWDWELL Susanna TAYLOR
02/01/1776 James PYLE Arlington Mary RIDGE
17/05/1779 Richard TOSSELL Mary GAMMON
05/03/1780 William DOWDLE Elizabeth KIDWELL
27/04/1780 James PARKER Mary GRIBBLE
23/12/1781 William TAYLOR Landkey Ann LARAMEY
14/04/1783 John MOGRIDGE Bratton Fleming Ann CARDER Single
27/04/1783 Robert PERRYN Janny GALLIFORD
21/08/1783 John DANIL Elizabeth RICHARDS Widow
04/10/1784 George RICHARDS Margaret KIDWELL
08/05/1785 William RICHARDS Mary HACKINGS
25/07/1785 Samuel HEARDING Mary MAY
17/04/1786 John SELDON Mary PICKARD
26/03/1787 Thomas TALLYN Charity PUGSLY
15/07/1787 Robert HEARD Alice SYMONS Widow
11/03/1788 Philip PARKIN Elizabeth DOWDLE Single
02/04/1790 John JOCE Elizabeth HEALE
31/03/1791 Benjamin LARAMAY Arlington Elizabeth CATER
02/04/1792 Richard DELL Jane RICHARDS
11/06/1792 William HALLETT Elizabeth WEBB
25/06/1793 William PARKIN Arlington Christian PICKARD
01/11/1794 John HARRIS Shirwell Elizabeth COCK
29/03/1795 Elias YEO Landkey Elizabeth SYMONS
20/04/1795 William IRWIN Elizabeth GAMMON
06/04/1796 Richard FRY Arlington Sarah GIBBS
24/09/1797 John COURTNEY West Down Mary RIDGE
23/05/1798 Richard TOUT Stoke Rivers Ann HARRIS
27/04/1802 Joseph MOGGERIDGE Bratton Fleming Elizabeth PICKARD
18/05/1802 John HOLLAND Elizabeth HOCKIN
09/02/1803 Joseph DRAPER Mary TUCKER
21/02/1804 Thomas MOGGERIDGE Bratton Fleming Jane PICKARD
27/03/1804 John LAVERCOMBE Bratton Fleming Susanna DENNIS
28/03/1805 John RIDD High Bray Elizabeth GOULD
24/03/1808 William GILL Bratton Fleming Betty PUGSLY
28/01/1809 John KINGDON Ann DANIL
21/02/1809 Thomas TALLYN Bratton Fleming Nancy HAMMOND
01/04/1809 John RICHARDS Mary GIBBS
01/01/1810 Edward HUXTABLE Bratton Fleming Elizabeth DANIEL
27/01/1810 William HUXTABLE Berrynarbor Sarah DANIL
17/01/1811 James KEYS Single Barnstaple Grace HAMMOND Single
18/02/1811 Henry MARTIN Single Barnstaple Mary Ann HAMMOND Single
25/03/1811 George GOULD Single Charles Phoebe GOULD Single
30/03/1812 Thomas DOWDLE Single Jane ACLAND Single
1 03/04/1813 John WOLLACOTT Elizabeth KINGDOM Bratton Fleming
2 14/08/1813 George RADFORD Shirwell Joanna DOWDLE
3 11/04/1814 Thomas PARKER Elizabeth CORNISH
4 23/06/1814 John CLARKE Single Elworthy, Somerset Elizabeth COMER Single
5 25/09/1815 James BEER Single Betty GIBBS Single
6 21/10/1815 James RADFORD Single Arlington Charlotte RADFORD Single
7 30/12/1815 Thomas PUGSLY Single Mary ACLAND Single
8 04/04/1816 Samuel TAMLYN Single Bratton Fleming Mary COMER Single
9 07/05/1816 John LAND Arlington Rebecca GAMMON Single
10 27/08/1816 George DOWDLE Sarah COMER
11 29/03/1817 James HARRIS East Down Ann ACKLAND
12 07/07/1817 William TEPPER South Molton Jane BROWNE Widow
13 10/09/1817 Richard TOUT Widower Ann HARRIS Single
14 06/01/1818 James DELVE Single Ann JOCE Single
15 28/09/1818 John RADFORD Single Shirwell Elizabeth KIDWELL Single
33 01/11/1818 Jonathan PICKARD Single Mary Anne THORNE Single
16 22/04/1819 George TOSSELL Rebecca IRWIN
17 27/12/1819 Thomas MITCHELL Shebbear Elizabeth PARKIN
18 27/06/1820 Francis TOMS Single Berrynarbor Mary PUGSLEY Single
19 20/01/1821 Philip LANCY Single Fanny TOUT Single
20 29/12/1821 William TOUT Single Shirwell Elizabeth CORNISH Single
21 22/04/1822 John WESTACOTT Single Sibella HAMMOND Single
22 04/05/1822 Henry WATTS Single Elizabeth IRWIN Single
23 30/03/1823 William HILL Single Elizabeth PILE Single
24 15/04/1823 Richard HUXTABLE Mary GOULD
25 14/07/1823 William DOWDLE Widower Grace PURSENS Single
26 04/11/1823 John TOUTT Single Joan BARWICK Single
27 30/06/1824 William Paramore HUNT Single Elizabeth PUGSLEY
28 01/08/1824 James PUGSLEY Single Mary PICKARD
29 02/04/1825 John SELDON Single Joan GOULD Single
30 02/08/1825 John PUGSLEY Single Elizabeth PICKARD
31 05/12/1825 George GOULD Widower Elizabeth MOGRIDGE Widow
32 07/06/1828 Edward LANCY Betty PUGSLEY
34 22/02/1829 Alexander LARAMY Mary MACEY
35 28/03/1829 John HARRIS Berrynarbor Elizabeth TRUMP
36 20/04/1829 John INCLEDON Jenny YEO
37 16/05/1829 William JOCELIN Ann HARRIS
38 29/08/1829 Thomas LOCK Mary RICHARDS
39 03/03/1830 Thomas SMITH Elizabeth SAUNDERS
40 24/05/1830 John RUSSELL Hannah PICKARD
41 26/07/1830 Philip HULSE Ann RICHARDS
42 22/11/1831 John MOGRIDGE Bratton Fleming Christian PICKARD
43 22/02/1832 John TUCKER Swimbridge Nancy PUGSLEY
44 26/05/1832 George GOULD Elizabeth LANCEY Bratton Fleming
45 13/04/1834 James HARRIS Elizabeth GIBBS
46 26/04/1834 James HARRIS Mary BARWICK
47 12/07/1834 Henry KINGDON Sarah THORN
48 27/09/1834 William MOGRIDGE Betsy DELVE Single
49 04/10/1834 Amos KIDD Elizabeth ACKLAND
50 26/03/1835 Thomas JOSSEL Mary LAVERCOMBE
51 04/04/1835 John KIDD Elizabeth PARKIN
52 25/07/1835 Thomas GRANT Susanna HOLLAND
53 08/08/1835 George BARROW Mary WORTH
54 25/06/1836 Joseph SNELL Mary LOCK
55 07/01/1837 Abraham MOGGRIDGE Eliza RUSSEL
56 30/01/1837 William PRISCOTT Elizabeth JOCE
57 18/02/1837 Robert PICKARD Elizabeth MOGRIDGE
58 16/04/1837 John PRISCOTT Sarah HUNT

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