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

 

The Parish

The parish of Wembworthy lies in central Devon about 3 miles northeast of the large village of Winkleigh. Wembworthy is a small and compact village sitting on a ridge of land, in lanes about 2 miles west of the A377 which connects Barnstaple with Crediton. The A road follows the Taw Valley as does the railway. Much of Wembworthy would have been engaged in farming at the time of this transcript, the predominant landuse being pastoral in small hedged fields. Wembworthy is drained by a number of small brooks which make their way northeast to join the Taw, thence to the Bristol Channel through the port of Barnstaple. Wembworthy is sited at around 150 metres above the sea on a ridge of land which rises to local heights of 195 metres about 2 miles southwest on the Eggesford to Winkleigh road. Parishes in this area of Devon are quite large in extent and Wembworthy was a little smaller than most, it covered just over 1,900 acres and would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Wembworthy, held by one Baldwin the Sheriff, was a tiny place, it could offer just 3 ploughs and a small meadow.


The Church

St Michael's church sits at the heart of Wembworthy, on the northern side of its main lane, a narrow property lined lane leading westwards from the Eggesford to Winkleigh road. The church was extensively rebuilt in 1840 and little remains from prior to that period. The curiously sited tower, which sits at the western end of the southern aisle, is notable in being over 200 years earlier. A few other Perpendicular period features survive and the wagon roofs of the nave and aisle are late mediaeval. Further changes were made during the late 1860s from whence the chancel dates and all was again restored in 1902 so fundamentally this is a modern church on a mediaeval site. The churchyard is surrounded by a mid-height local stone wall and entrance is at the western end where an arched pair of metal gates grants access. The church is rather hemmed in to north and west which restricts adequate views of that tower


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 29th July 1754 - 19th November 1812 Devon Record Office - Reference - 1069A/PR/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads This register has suffered badly from fading making reading a real challenge and leading to a likelihood of some misreads
2 11th March 1813 - 20th June 1837 Devon Record Office - Reference - 1069A/PR/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads This register has suffered badly from fading making reading a real challenge and leading to a likelihood of some misreads


Ashreigney St James
Ashreigney St James
Chulmleigh St Mary Magdalene
Chawleigh St James
Winkleigh All Saints
Chawleigh St James
Eggesford All Saints
Winkleigh All Saints
Winkleigh All Saints
Brushford St Mary
Eggesford All Saints
Brushford St Mary

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 29/07/1754 Stephen SHORT   Chulmleigh Mary STUCKEY Single  
3 05/11/1754 Benjamin ADAMS     Elizabeth GALSWORTHY Single  
4 09/12/1754 Robert WACKRELL   Winkleigh Grace STUCKEY Single  
5 30/06/1755 Samuel LYLE     Elisabeth HUNT Single  
6 30/01/1756 Robert LUXON     Mary SAUNDERS Single  
7 27/12/1757 James HATCH     Martha LONG Single  
8 15/05/1758 William BRADFORD     Elizabeth RIDGMAN Single  
9 12/10/1758 John GOSS     Mary BROCK Widow  
10 13/02/1760 Burnard SHORT     Joan PEARCE    
11 05/01/1761 John MAIN     Joan GALSWORTHY    
12 24/03/1761 John HELE   Eggesford Alice GOFF    
12 24/03/1761 John TUCKER   Eggesford Alice GOFF    
13 15/06/1761 Richard FRIEND     Mary PEARCE    
14 15/11/1761 John HOLLAND   Chulmleigh Ann WESTLAKE    
15 25/07/1763 Gustavus HEYWOOD   Chawleigh Anne HUXTABLE    
16 13/11/1763 Nathan LOCK   Winkleigh Frances LAKE    
17 04/09/1765 John DARKE     Christian VILE    
18 19/01/1766 William SAUNDERS     Mary DOWNE   Winkleigh
19 27/01/1766 Robert LUXON   Brushford Elizabeth STUCKEY    
20 26/01/1767 James PIPER   Iddesleigh Dorothy STUCKEY    
21 16/04/1769 William WEBBER     Elizabeth SNELL    
22 26/07/1769 Robert GOSS     Mary LEE    
23 26/12/1769 John SLOMAN     Mary WREYNE    
24 05/01/1770 Nathanael GREENSLADE     Elizabeth PEARCE    
25 19/06/1770 John STURE     Mary NICHOLS    
26 16/01/1771 George MAYNE     Elizabeth UNDERHILL    
27 12/12/1771 Daniel CLOKE     Abigail LAKE    
28 28/04/1772 John PECK     Mary REED    
29 19/05/1772 Richard DAVIE   Winkleigh Ann KNIGHT    
31 11/12/1772 Thomas LUXTON     Elizabeth DILLING    
30 04/01/1773 Thomas NORTHLEIGH   Bow Elizabeth PYKE    
32 29/01/1773 Andrew GOSS     Charity GOSS    
34 31/05/1773 William STUCKEY     Martha LAKE    
35 21/11/1773 William WILKEY     Prudence PIKE    
36 13/06/1774 James HARDING   Rose Ash Elizabeth HELLINGS    
37 29/06/1774 Samuel NORRISH   Colebrooke Joan SAUNDERS    
38 28/02/1775 John PASMORE   Chulmleigh Elizabeth GREENSLADE    
39 17/06/1776 Hugh PYKE     Anna LANGDON   Ashreigney
40 15/09/1776 Richard HILL     Elizabeth BRANSCOMBE    
43 25/06/1778 John WEBBER   Chawleigh Mary LAWRENCE    
45 21/01/1779 Abraham ROWE     Mary WESTCOTT    
46 30/06/1779 John LARWILL     Mary LANG    
48 07/10/1779 Thomas ROWE     Joan WESTCOTT    
49 28/10/1779 William WESTCOTT     Mary CLARK    
51 15/05/1780 Roger BRADFORD     Elizabeth HOWE    
52 18/03/1781 Isaac GALLIVER     Joan REED Single  
54 08/04/1781 John WHITE     Sydwel FARLEY Single  
55 16/04/1781 Thomas MAYNE     Mary COLE   Chulmleigh
57 24/07/1781 John NICKELS     Amy UNDERHILL Single  
56 26/08/1781 Andrew SAUNDERS     Elizabeth PARTRIDGE Single  
58 02/01/1782 John KEMP     Ann BRADFORD Single  
59 04/03/1783 Robert LANE     Mary DOWN Single Winkleigh
60 04/03/1783 William SAUNDERS     Elizabeth PASMORE Single  
61 10/06/1783 Richard VICARY   South Molton Margaret GOSS    
26/12/1785 Abraham GEIVE     Elizabeth SHORT    
06/06/1786 William GOSS     Mary PASMORE    
23/01/1787 Edward LANG     Joan STUCKEY    
07/10/1787 Robert BICKELL   North Tawton Elizabeth STUCKEY    
19/07/1788 Richard NICKELS     Thomazin BUCKINGHAM   Chulmleigh
26/11/1788 Robert MORRISH     Charity DARK    
22/09/1789 John MAYNE     Ann UNDERHILL    
01/06/1790 William FORD     Mary MAYNE    
08/05/1791 Robert ALFORD     Priscilla MOLLAND    
30/05/1792 Edward WARMINGTON     Elizabeth BORN    
10/11/1793 Philip LANE     Elizabeth ALFORD    
20/07/1794 William HIELS     Ann HIELS    
18/09/1794 Robert UNDERHILL     Ann MAYNE    
04/11/1794 Jonas GIBBINGS   Coldridge Elizabeth LUXTON    
02/12/1795 Michael WARREN     Mary PECK    
04/02/1796 James PIPER     Elizabeth MOORE    
07/02/1796 John SAUNDERS     Eunice BROCK    
14/11/1797 John STURR     Agnes DART    
29/07/1798 Robert BORN     Mary TUCKER    
30/01/1799 Jacob LINE     Elizabeth STUCKEY    
11/06/1799 Richard PASSMORE     Elizabeth BAKER    
16/07/1799 John LANE   Ashreigney Martha STUCKEY    
09/02/1801 George MARTIN   Coldridge Frances LUXTON    
16/11/1802 William EASTERBROOK     Ann BRADFORD    
24/12/1802 Richard MAYNE     Elizabeth BRADFORD    
30/05/1803 William BRAYLEY   Filleigh Mary BAKER    
17/07/1804 John COCK   Morchard Bishop Ann LUXTON    
04/06/1805 William COOK     Elizabeth BIRD    
22/08/1805 William GIBBINGS   Morchard Bishop Lovedy LUXTON    
29/09/1805 John NICKELS     Mary HARRIS    
16/12/1805 John SMITH   Iddesleigh Elizabeth MAYNE    
23/04/1806 William TUCKER     Sarah FRANCIS    
01/01/1808 William LITHIBY   Cheldon Jenny SAUNDERS    
27/01/1808 John LUXTON     Elizabeth PIPER    
27/09/1808 John STEVENS   Winkleigh Ann GOSS    
26/01/1809 William TURNER     Elizabeth UNDERHILL    
13/02/1809 John LUXTON   Brushford Mary STUCKEY    
17/06/1810 Richard UNDERHILL     Mary BIRD Single  
17/02/1811 Thomas HANCOCK     Elizabeth GREY    
05/11/1811 Richard DUNN Single Chulmleigh Grace BIRD Single  
05/11/1811 William WOOLWAY Single Chawleigh Mary PETERS Single  
11/11/1811 John WESTCOTT Single   Mary BORN Widow  
24/04/1812 William JEFFERY   Yeovil, Somerset Susanna LUXTON Single  
30/08/1812 William TRIGGER Single   Mary BATES Single  
27/09/1812 John HARRIS Single   Elizabeth HEYWOOD Single  
19/11/1812 John STUCKEY Single   Mary ARSCOTT Single  
1 11/03/1813 Edward WARMAN Single   Elizabeth LUXTON Widow  
2 10/03/1814 William UNDERHILL Single   Mary GIEVE Single  
3 13/04/1814 William SYMONS Single   Mary HARRIS Single  
4 25/08/1814 John BIRD Single   Ann MAYNE Single  
5 05/12/1814 John HANCOCK Single   Ann MAYNE Single  
6 26/12/1815 Thomas WESTERN Single   Ann FORD Single  
7 26/04/1816 John WEBBER Single Chawleigh Agnes WEBBER Single  
8 26/05/1816 John MARTYN Single   Elizabeth UNDERHILL Single  
9 07/08/1816 Richard WEBBER Single   Mary LANE Single  
10 18/01/1817 Robert ASHFORD Single   Mary LARWILL Single  
11 29/04/1817 John HEALE Single   Elizabeth LANE Single  
12 15/05/1817 George BIRD Single   Elizabeth SAUNDERS Single  
13 29/04/1818 Joseph MAYNE Single   Hannah BIRD Single  
14 04/05/1818 William LUXTON Single   Elizabeth SAUNDERS Single  
15 30/05/1818 Thomas WARREN Single   Mary STUCKEY Single  
16 29/06/1818 Christopher BROOK Single   Mary Ann SHOPLAND Single  
17 14/09/1818 Richard COWLES Single   Mary STARE Single  
18 18/01/1819 Richard DUNN Widower Chulmleigh Ann SKINNER Widow  
19 09/02/1820 William PARRISH Single   Jane MAYNE Single  
20 22/05/1820 John WARMAN Single   Sarah GEATER Single  
21 09/06/1820 Thomas PARTRIDGE Widower Lapford Ann LANE Single  
22 26/02/1821 James TRIGER Single   Fanny PASSMORE Single  
23 10/06/1821 James NOSWORTHY Single Nymet Rowland Martha LANE Single  
24 18/07/1821 Samuel COLE Widower   Elizabeth MARTIN Widow  
25 16/11/1821 William BRADLEY Single   Genney GARDNER Single  
26 28/01/1822 Robert LUXTON Single Coldridge Frances SAUNDERS Single  
27 30/01/1822 William LOVELL Single   Elizabeth WARREN Single  
28 17/02/1822 Richard PARKER Single Eggesford Alice TUCKER Single  
29 23/04/1822 Thomas WEBBER Single   Elizabeth BORN Single  
30 19/08/1822 John DENFORD Single   Joanna FORD Single  
31 26/08/1822 John SKINNER Single   Fanny MAYNE Single  
32 27/08/1822 Edward COCKRAM Single   Mary HEYWOOD Single  
33 20/05/1823 John PETERS Single   Mary BOND Single  
34 22/05/1823 Joshua PASSMORE Single   Eleanor BIRD Single  
35 20/07/1823 Simon SAMPSON Single   Mary MAYNE Single  
36 01/01/1824 William LAKE Widower   Elizabeth LUXTON Single  
37 10/01/1824 William LUXTON Widower   Mary COLES Single  
38 23/05/1825 William WESTCOTT Single   Mary SNELL Single  
39 04/09/1825 John SANDERS Single   Mary Anne WARREN Single  
40 27/03/1826 Richard COCKS Single   Ann UNDERHILL Single  
41 31/07/1826 William BRADLEY Single   Elizabeth PETERS Single  
42 03/01/1827 William COLE Single   Mary LUXTON Single  
43 20/01/1828 William PYNE Single   Elizabeth WEBBER Widow  
44 08/04/1828 Robert HARRIS Single Ashreigney Jennie GARDENER Single  
45 22/08/1829 Joseph UNDERHILL     Betsy SHOPLAND    
46 02/09/1829 John PEAREN Single   Mary LYNE Single  
47 05/02/1830 John SHOPLAND     Elizabeth UNDERHILL    
48 20/03/1830 William ELLIS Single   Elizabeth MAYNE Single  
49 29/09/1830 William SHOPLAND Single Crediton Nancy SHOPLAND Single  
50 07/11/1830 John COOK     Elizabeth ALFORD    
51 27/12/1830 Simon STEVENS Single Ashreigney Anne JOCELYN Single  
52 01/01/1831 William JOHNS     Mary SLOMAN    
53 23/05/1831 William PIKE Widower   Mary COCKRAM Single Brushford
54 24/05/1831 Robert DAVEY Single   Faith WARREN Single  
55 20/02/1832 Robert PEARSE     Elizabeth WESTAWAY    
56 27/02/1832 John LUXTON Single   Grace MOORE    
57 05/03/1832 John Henry ZELLEY     Elizabeth RATTENBURY    
58 22/05/1832 Thomas STANLAKE Single   Elizabeth BATER Single  
59 01/11/1832 James TANCOCK   Broadwoodkelly Jane LANE    
60 15/11/1832 Thomas JONES Single   Mary Anne DARKE Single  
61 25/03/1833 John KEMP   Broadwoodkelly Elizabeth JOHNES    
62 08/04/1833 William SNELL   Chawleigh Mary SHORT    
63 21/05/1834 John DARK Single   Mary DOWN Single  
64 09/08/1835 Abraham COLE Single   Sarah WREFORD Single  
65 14/10/1835 John HOSEGOOD Single   Sarah COLE Single  
66 01/11/1835 Thomas WESTCOTT Widower   Sarah DOWN Single  
67 15/03/1836 John PILLMAN     Charity SHOPLAM Single  
68 20/04/1836 John Stevens HELLYER Single   Grace RATTENBURY Single  
69 28/07/1836 John COPP Single St Andrew, Plymouth Mary LEWIS Single  
70 10/10/1836 George MUIRE Single   Susanna PARKHOUSE Single  
71 18/10/1836 Richard PINN Single   Mary Anne COWLER Single  
72 04/01/1837 John RIDGE Single St Martin, Exeter Elizabeth ROBERTS    
73 27/02/1837 William MAY Single Chawleigh Ann ISAAC Single  
74 20/06/1837 Joseph POPE Single   Martha STUCKEY Single  

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