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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Mariansleigh St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Mariansleigh lies in north central Devon, the village sits on high ground about 4 miles southeast of the market town of South Molton in a network of lanes to the east of the B3137 which links South Molton with Witheridge and thence to Tiverton. As stated this is an upland village perched on a down at about 190 metres above sea level. Deeply cut valleys of the rivers Mole and Cooked Oak hem in the land to north and south making for a steeply chiseled landscape. The area is dominated by small fields of pasture with the famous Devon cattle, largely bred for meat, the prime stock. The parish was physically quite large, around 1,700 acres although a third were not put to agricultural use, and supported just over 300 parishioners. Mariansleigh has a long history receiving a mention in Domesday book where the land was held by King William himself and administered through the King's Sergeants, the village was large enough to support 9 ploughs.


The Church

Unfortunately St Mary's church was largely destroyed by fire in 1932 so the present building is a modern replacement and of little architectural value. The church is set at the western end of the village alongside the major east/west lane which forms the main street. Pevsner mentions the original church which was, from remaining pieces incorporated into the replacement, largely a building from the Perpendicular period.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 7th February 1757 - 6th September 1812 North Devon Record Office - Reference - B564A/PR/1/4a Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 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 entries prior to 1769 are subject to water damage leading to a likelihood of a few misreads.

NB this register is catalogued as a single deposit with its successor
2 23rd June 1816 - 25th May 1837 North Devon Record Office - Reference - B564A/PR/1/4b Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads NB this register is catalogued as a single deposit with its predecessor


South Molton St Mary Magdalene
Bishops Nympton St Mary
Bishops Nympton St Mary
Bishops Nympton St Mary
Kings Nympton St James
Rose Ash St Peter
Romansleigh St Rumon
Romansleigh St Rumon
Meshaw St John the Baptist

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 07/02/1757 Peter ROCK     Mary HILL    
2 30/04/1759 James HELLING     Mary MARE    
3 03/12/1759 George DOWNEY     Mary BOWNEY    
22/03/1761 John SLADE     Elizabeth DOWNING    
5 29/03/1761 Thomas RUSSEL   Bishops Nympton Margaret MOLDSWIN    
02/04/1761 John HOOPER     Sarah TORRINGTON    
23/02/1762 James THOMAS   Witheridge Anne ADAMS Single  
14/02/1763 William BEER     Mary CRISPIN    
22/05/1763 John STONE     Richord HANCOCK    
27/02/1764 John ADAMS     Margery RUSSEL    
30/04/1764 Humphrey JONES     Mary UPHAM    
24/02/1765 Robert EASTMOND     Mary COLE    
02/06/1766 William COUCH     Anne COTTREL    
30/10/1767 Thomas HOSKINS     Elizabeth BOWDON   Bishops Nympton
22/12/1767 William ADAMS     Grace ELWORTHY   Witheridge
10/04/1768 William HUNT     Mary POLLARD    
08/01/1769 William MILDOWER     Alice DOCKINGS    
26/03/1769 Edward SHOPCOT     Elizabeth WILMOT    
15/05/1769 John WILMOT     Anne PALFREYMAN    
28/01/1771 John HOOPER     Anne RUSSEL    
20/04/1772 John CROCKER     Grace VICKARY    
14/07/1777 Richard TREBLE     Elizabeth MILDON    
26/05/1778 Humphrey TOMMS   Bishops Nympton Joan ADAMS    
08/09/1778 John WEBBER   Kings Nympton Mary EASTMOND    
30/10/1778 John TURNER   Chittlehampton Ann COLLE    
04/11/1778 John GRATTON   Chittlehampton Mary ADAMS    
04/11/1778 John GREENSLADE     Ann VICKARY    
27/08/1779 William HULLAND   Kings Nympton Mary MAY    
03/08/1781 James STRAWBRIDGE     Ann MOGRIDGE    
15/09/1781 John FORD   Burrington Ann EASTMOND    
13/03/1782 John TUCKER Widower High Bickington Mary TURNER Single  
20/06/1782 John KINGDOM     Mary LOCK    
22/09/1782 James FORD   Burrington Jane EASTMOND    
25/03/1783 Peter SLADER   North Molton Joan TORRINGTON    
11/11/1783 John PALFREMAN     Joan GIBBS    
08/03/1784 Roger REED     Joan WILMOTS    
28/03/1784 Robert HAWKES     Joan VICARY    
14/11/1784 John LEGG   Sampford Courtenay Catherine ADAMS    
03/01/1785 John WHITE     Frances CRISPIN    
15/01/1786 John WARREN   Nymet Rowland Elizabeth POOLE    
28/02/1786 John PASSMORE     Jane CONYBEARE    
01/04/1787 Thomas AYRE     Mary COOK    
20/05/1787 John MAY     Anne FRITHEY    
30/03/1788 James FEWINGS     Joan THORNE    
19/11/1788 Robert EASTMOND     Martha TOSSELL   South Molton
16/06/1789 Robert LEGG   Sampford Courtenay Grace ADAMS    
15/07/1789 William CRISPIN     Elizabeth WESTCOTT Single Chittlehampton
08/11/1789 Thomas HEPPER   Washford Pyne Susannah EASTMOND    
06/04/1790 Hugh BOWDON   George Nympton Mary JELLY    
13/06/1790 William KEMP Single Kings Nympton Grace HELLAR Single  
11/04/1791 William MAY     Jane HEDGE    
12/02/1793 George BULLWORTHY   Bishops Nympton Elizabeth EASTMOND    
31/08/1794 John COOKE     Betty JELLEY Single  
21/09/1794 William MAY     Michal HODGE Single  
22/03/1795 Thomas FARRIS   Chittlehampton Ann ADAMS Single  
27/04/1795 Henry HOILE   Wellington, Somerset Elizabeth WILMOT Single  
09/04/1796 John MILDON   Bishops Nympton Elizabeth HELLAR Single  
10/04/1796 Francis JOSLING     Ann HODGE Single  
02/10/1796 John HOLMES   Chulmleigh Mary SEARLES Single  
04/12/1796 Thomas KEMP   George Nympton Elizabeth HUNT Widow  
22/03/1799 John RUDD     Grace WILLMETS Single  
06/01/1800 William SELLY     Ann SARDLES Single  
30/03/1803 John COOK     Catherine THORN Single  
02/05/1803 Philip ROWCLIFF   Bishops Nympton Joan ROCK Single  
03/08/1803 George CRUWYS     Ann EASTMOND Single  
05/05/1805 William MORRIS   Chittlehampton Agnes EASTMOND Single  
02/06/1805 Finny BUCKINGHAM   East Buckland Mary EASTMOND Single  
02/04/1806 James CROCKER     Mary MILLER Single  
27/03/1807 William TORRINGTON     Mary LOCK Single  
07/02/1808 Philip LEVYET   Thorverton Mary GREENSLADE Single  
30/03/1812 William GREENSLADE Single   Jane BLAKE Single South Molton
21/06/1812 William PEARSE   Knowstone Mary PARSONS Single  
06/09/1812 William KINGDON     Elizabeth TIDBALD Single Thelbridge
1 23/06/1816 George CROCKER     Mary CRISPIN    
2 01/12/1816 George HOOPER     Joan LEY Single  
3 24/08/1817 William KINGDON Single Bishops Nympton Elizabeth BENNETT Single  
4 05/12/1817 Lewis TOMS   Bishops Nympton Mary TOMS    
5 13/04/1818 John BLAKE Single   Sarah SMITH Single  
6 06/09/1818 James ROGERS Single Molland Jane HAMMETT    
7 03/11/1818 George TREBLE Single   Elizabeth HALCOMB Single  
8 08/03/1819 William TOLLEY     Mary CORNELL Single  
9 27/06/1819 John SMALE     Louisa WOOLWAY Single  
10 04/07/1819 John DAVEY     Hannah WOOD Single  
11 04/08/1819 William VEYSEY Single Bampton Elizabeth EASTMOND Single  
12 13/05/1820 Matthew KNEEL Single Kings Nympton Elizabeth SYMS Single  
13 02/07/1821 Edward Melton SANGER Single Bishops Nympton Ann TOMS Single  
14 31/03/1822 Samuel FORD Single   Jane EASTMOND    
15 22/04/1822 Henry SKINNER Single Bishops Nympton Mary SCOTT Single  
16 31/08/1822 James PARKER Single   Betty CORNWALL Single  
17 09/02/1823 John WEBBER Single Bishops Nympton Jane RICHARDS Single  
18 23/11/1823 William PROUT Single   Elizabeth RADENBERRY Single  
19 09/02/1824 Robert HARRIS     Susanna COOK    
20 07/11/1824 John STADDON     Phillix FORD    
21 06/02/1825 Anthony MOLLAND     Mary ROGERS    
22 24/04/1825 George BULLWORTHY     Rosamond EASTMOND    
23 04/04/1826 James MOOR   Kings Nympton Mary JOSLIN    
24 24/05/1826 James EASTMOND   Witheridge Betsey FARRIS    
25 13/06/1827 William PACKER   Bishops Nympton Grace EASTMOND    
26 01/08/1827 Henry HARRIS     Emmaline PEARCE    
27 18/11/1827 John BENNETT     Mary BOWIE    
28 21/11/1827 John CORNALL     Anne HOBBS    
29 31/05/1828 James WHITE   Skilgate, Somerset Charlotte TOMS    
30 30/08/1829 John BENNETT   Kings Nympton Lovedy ROBERTS    
31 15/11/1829 George WRIGHT     Mary Anne Burnel HOW    
32 13/03/1830 William DEE   West Buckland Anne KEMP    
33 07/04/1830 Simon HARRIS     Anne SOUTHWOOD    
34 07/04/1830 Robert FEWINS     Anne BATER    
35 02/05/1830 William EASTMOND     Sarah CLATWORTHY    
36 25/03/1831 William CHAPPLE   South Molton Sarah GRENNEY    
37 03/04/1831 John ADAMS     Elizabeth TOUT    
38 04/04/1831 Joseph Fairchild BUCKINGHAM Single Rose Ash Betsy ROWCLIFFE Single  
39 05/05/1831 John PEARCE     Jane HUTCHINS   Bishops Nympton
40 11/07/1831 William CRUWYS     Mary MEECHAM    
41 06/03/1832 Robert HILL     Jane AYRE    
42 17/06/1832 George Vicary FORD     Ann CHAPPLE    
43 07/08/1833 William WESTACOTT Single   Ann GRINHAY Single  
44 26/12/1833 William BABBAGE     Mary TUCKER    
45 28/01/1834 Thomas BUCKINGHAM Single South Molton Elizabeth TOMS Single  
46 11/03/1834 James HOLCOMBE     Ann JOCELIN    
47 08/05/1834 Francis John COCKRAM Single South Molton Charlotte KEMP Single  
48 13/10/1834 Richard MELTON Single Bampton Grace TOMS    
49 21/03/1835 George DALLEN   George Nympton Mary GREENSLADE    
50 14/04/1835 John LANE     Ann COCKRAM    
51 24/12/1835 George MILLS     Mary Anne TOUT    
52 25/05/1837 John CHRING   Bishops Nympton Mary CHAPPLE    

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