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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Dewlish All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of Dewlish sits almost centrally within the county of Dorset. Dewlish is a small village located in chalk country about 7 miles northeast of the market town of Dorchester. Dewlish sits in lanes about a mile north of the A354 road which runs from Puddletown to Blandford Forum. The village sits on the western banks of the rather strangely named Devil's Brook, a small bubbling chalk stream seemingly too small for its deep valley. The area is dominated by chalk downland and would have largely been the domain of sheep at the time of this transcript. Nowadays with improved machinery and fertilisers much has transferred to arable farming. The parish is dominated by the grounds of the Stuart-era Dewlish House which have been landscaped into attractive parkland. The Devil's Brook drains southwards to join the River Piddle before making its way southeastwards to Poole Harbour through Wareham. Dewlish is sited at around 80 metres above the sea, the valley is enclosed by chalk hills standing a further 40 metres higher and local heights reach over 200 metres to the north on Henning Hill & Coombe Hill. Dewlish parish was slightly small for the region covering around 2,100 acres and supporting a population of just under 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Dewlish was held by one Count Alan of Brittany and could offer 9 ploughs as well as meadows, pasture & woodland.


The Church

All Saints' church sits in the south of the village, appropriately enough alongside Church Street. Much of the building is Perpendicular in style and dates from the end of that era namely early 16th century. However there are features showing earlier dates the tower shows features consistent with an early 14th century date whilst the northern doorway is dated as Norman. As with many churches there was extensive restoration in the 19th century and the southern aisle was added at that date as well. The church sits behind a low brick wall and at the western end of the site a metal gateway grants access through a magnificent pathway bordered by mature trees. Whilst these do take out some photographic angles the churchyard is open enough for adequate photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 27th June 1754 - 11th February 1777 Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-DEW/RE/3/1
 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 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 register suffers from both soiling and bleedthrough making for a possibility of a few misreads
2 11th February 1779 - 14th December 1812 Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-DEW/RE/3/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 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 Poor handwriting makes for a challenging read at times and raises the possibility of a few misreads
3 18th May 1813 - 17th April 1837 Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-DEW/RE/3/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Cheselbourne St Martin
Cheselbourne St Martin
Milton Abbas St James
Puddletown St Mary
Milborne St Andrew
Puddletown St Mary
Puddletown St Mary
Athelhampton St John
Tolpuddle St John the Evangelist
Milborne St Andrew

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 27/06/1754 James HARDING   Milborne St Andrew Mary SNOW    
2 01/07/1754 John DICKER     Esther HUTKIN    
3 25/06/1755 William BARKER     Jane HURD    
4 02/11/1755 Bartholomew WILLIAMS   Tolpuddle Susannah HUTCHINS    
5 05/07/1756 John SMITH     Ann ANSWORTH    
6 04/10/1756 Edward VINCENT     Elizabeth BEST    
7 25/10/1756 Joseph STONE     Sarah HUTCHINS    
8 25/10/1756 James GALTON   Winterborne Kingston Ann DIMENT    
9 08/10/1759 Zechariah CLARKE   Shapwick Elizabeth MATTOCK    
10 25/03/1760 Thomas PENNEY Single   Mary KINGSBURY Single  
11 08/04/1760 George WHITE   Cheselbourne Ann VINCENT    
12 26/05/1760 William MARKFIELD   Broadmayne Mary PEARCE    
13 31/08/1760 Noah DEVARD     Elizabeth PAIN    
14 29/10/1760 James SALISBURY   Dorchester Susannah DRAKE    
15 13/04/1762 John VINCENT     Betty GIFFORD    
16 24/08/1762 John HOWARD Widower Blandford Forum Mary COATE Single  
17 04/04/1763 William TUCKER Single   Betty DAY Single  
18 19/01/1764 John FOOT Single   Elizabeth DEVARD Widow  
19 26/02/1764 William BROWN Single   Jenny CURTIS Single  
20 05/06/1764 James VINCENT     Betty HEWES    
21 06/08/1764 Richard SNELLEN     Mary WINZAR Single  
22 26/08/1764 William COLLINS Widower   Mary COLLIER    
23 17/09/1764 Joshua DRAKE Single Cheselbourne Sarah ADAMS Single  
24 10/10/1764 Robert FOOT     Mary TUCKER Single  
25 13/01/1765 William WHITE   Bere Regis Judith ADAMS Single  
26 12/02/1765 David WINDSOR     Nym BALSOME    
27 10/03/1765 William MOSES Single   Martha FERKESON Single  
28 03/06/1765 John NEWMAN Single Puddletown Mary CUTLER Single  
29 03/05/1766 Thomas GALTON Single   Mary TYRREL Single  
30 19/05/1766 William VINCENT     Mary HALL Single  
31 21/04/1767 Thomas GALTON Single   Sarah VIVIAN Single  
32 20/07/1767 William FOOT     Mary DOWN    
33 12/04/1768 William SCOTT Single Pimperne Ann KINGSBURY Single  
34 27/03/1769 John VINCENT Single   Jenny VINCENT Single  
35 31/12/1770 Thomas DAVIS Single Milborne St Andrew Esther MADDER    
36 16/07/1771 Charles PEARCE   Puddletown Betty VINCENT Single  
37 12/10/1771 William ADAMS Single   Mary SNELLING Single  
38 02/03/1772 Richard LEGG Single   Mary DRAKE Single  
39 07/10/1772 David WINZER Widower   Jenny OLD Widow  
40 24/10/1772 William HOOKEY   Kington Magna Mary PAIN    
41 06/12/1772 Ambrose ADAMS Single   Elizabeth GALTON Single  
42 18/07/1773 William DAVIS Single Milborne St Andrew Katherine ANSTEY Single  
43 10/05/1774 Joshua FREEMAN Single   Susanna CUTLAR Single  
44 24/11/1774 Thomas WALKER   Bathford, Somerset Susanna FRY    
45 08/07/1775 William BUSSELL Single Cheselbourne Sarah LEGG Single  
46 27/05/1776 George VINCENT     Susanna VINCENT    
47 11/02/1777 James GALTON Single   Mary BRITT Single  
5 11/02/1779 Benjamin VINCENT Widower   Mary VINCENT Single  
6 06/08/1780 George VINCENT Single   Jane SNOOK Single  
7 13/02/1781 Henry VINE Single   Sarah VINCENT Single  
8 26/04/1781 John BILES Single   Ann ROSE Single  
9 14/05/1781 George BAGG Widower   Betty SNELLEN Single  
10 21/11/1781 John RIGGS Single Cheselbourne Betty Oxford OLD Single  
11 31/07/1782 James GREGORY Single Milton Abbas Jane BARTTER Single  
12 25/08/1782 William FOOT     Margaret WELLSPRING    
13 17/10/1782 Samuel HOPKINS Widower Milton Abbas Ann SKINNER    
14 23/02/1783 James SNOOK     Susannah HUTCHINS   Winterborne Whitechurch
15 20/08/1783 John LOCK Single   Sarah KERSLY Single  
16 16/09/1783 George BRITT Single   Sarah STICKLY Single  
17 01/11/1784 Thomas FOOT Single Mappowder Susanna COLLINS Single  
18 25/06/1785 Henry ALNER Single   Mary LAWRENCE Single  
19 23/08/1786 Thomas POUNCY Single   Frances FRIPP Single  
20 06/11/1786 Thomas VINCENT Single   Ann RIPP Single  
21 09/11/1786 Robert ANTONY Single   Ann BROWN Single  
22 20/02/1787 John ALNER Single   Elizabeth DRAKE Single  
23 22/02/1787 Joseph LEGG Widower   Elizabeth DUMBER Single  
24 31/03/1788 George VINCENT Widower   Catherine Rose DAW Single  
25 21/05/1789 John POLLEY Single   Elizabeth WHITE Single  
26 14/10/1789 Walter HODGES Single Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire Mary MICHEL Single  
27 05/04/1790 John HOUSE Single Hilton Susanna CUTLER Single  
28 13/09/1790 James UPWARD Single Hilton Mary ALNER Single  
29 26/04/1791 James HARRIS Single Fordington Frances FRAMPTON Single  
30 17/04/1792 Thomas BROWN Single   Laetitia VINCENT Single  
31 27/05/1792 John MITCHEL Single   Thomasin VINCENT Single  
32 01/10/1792 Thomas GALTON Single   Jane GALTON Single  
33 29/11/1792 Thomas DAVIS Widower Fordington Elizabeth FRAMPTON Single  
34 02/04/1793 William DAVIE Widower   Honour SHEPPARD    
35 07/10/1793 James VINCENT Single   Ann COLLINS Single  
36 23/06/1794 John CUTLER Single   Maria VINCENT Single  
37 12/02/1795 George GALTON Single   Sarah VINCENT Single  
38 06/04/1795 John PAIN Single Tincleton Ann CUTLER Single  
39 09/08/1795 George OLD   Holy Trinity, Dorchester Edith HOOPER    
40 08/11/1795 James BARTLETT Single All Saints, Dorchester Ann HOOPER Single  
41 03/01/1796 Samuel BROWN Single   Elizabeth AYRES Single  
42 29/03/1796 John PHILLIPS Single Affpuddle Sarah FOOT Single  
43 10/10/1796 Francis ROLLS Single   Mary VINCENT Widow  
44 09/05/1797 John DURNFORD Single   Elizabeth MILLER Single  
45 21/07/1797 Thomas ALNER Single   Diana OLD Single  
46 16/10/1797 John ADAMS Single   Mary BAGG Single  
47 03/12/1797 Joseph RIGGS Single   Ann BAGG Single  
48 14/02/1798 Thomas HATCH Widower Langton Long Blandford Susanna OLD Single  
49 12/08/1798 James BARTER Single   Mary ADAMS Single  
50 25/09/1798 George VINCENT Single   Sarah BAGG Single  
51 12/11/1798 Charles HARDIMAN Single   Margaret KINGSBURY Single  
52 14/05/1799 Joseph ALNER Single   Mary SYMS Single  
53 27/02/1800 Henry ALNER Widower   Elizabeth SKINNER Single  
54 23/03/1800 James SNELLING Single   Elizabeth ALNER Single  
55 14/08/1800 William HAMMET Single Tolpuddle Caroline RIGGS Single  
56 13/11/1800 George COLLIER Single   Catherine RIGGS Single  
57 31/12/1801 Robert Slade VINCENT Single   Elizabeth HOARE Single  
58 22/02/1802 William RICHARDSON Single East Knoyle, Wiltshire Ann FRIZELL Single  
59 03/05/1802 Thomas BEST Single   Ann Morgan OBORN Single  
60 10/05/1802 Thomas HALL Single   Elizabeth SCOTT Single  
61 10/05/1802 George HARRIS Single   Sarah OLD Single  
62 10/08/1802 Robert ALNER Single   Elizabeth ANTHONY Single  
63 09/11/1802 Edward HYDE Widower   Elizabeth FLOWER Widow Gillingham
64 20/04/1803 George VINCENT Single   Maria ADAMS Single  
65 30/05/1803 Joseph SPRANKLAND Single Melcombe Regis Margaret SNOOK Single  
66 08/08/1803 Robert DAW     Sarah VINCENT    
67 15/04/1804 John JACOB Single Milton Abbas Mary VINCENT Single  
68 02/05/1804 Henry BROWNE Single Child Okeford Mary DAVIS Single  
69 13/05/1804 George ADNEY Single   Harriot DAVIS Single  
70 13/08/1804 John COAT Widower Milton Abbas Sarah RUSSEL Widow  
71 06/11/1804 John KERLEY Widower   Jane STICKLAND Single  
72 21/06/1806 James FIANDER Single   Margaret GALTON Single  
73 08/07/1806 Benjamin HALL Single Fordington Mary FORD Single  
74 26/11/1806 Henry FRIPP Single Longbredy Mary TAPLING Single  
75 27/07/1807 Joseph MOOREY Single   Grace GALTON Single  
76 31/10/1808 Robert FOOT Single   Jane VINCENT Single  
77 30/11/1808 William ANTHONY Single   Anne VINCENT Single  
78 15/02/1809 Henry ADAMS Single   Mary SYMS Single  
79 07/10/1809 Robert FOOT Single Manston Mary SNOOK Single  
80 06/05/1810 John Miller ANDREWS Single   Mary BROWN Single  
81 02/06/1811 Thomas HARVEY Single Moreton Maria LEGG Single  
82 08/05/1812 John SMALL     Mary VINCENT    
83 24/06/1812 Adam VINCENT Single   Susanna LEGG Single  
84 14/12/1812 Joseph PAINE Single   Jane LEGG Single  
1 18/05/1813 Samuel DRAKE Single   Jane BAKER Widow  
2 07/07/1813 John May SHEPARD Single Cheselbourne Mary RIGGS Single  
3 01/03/1814 Charles COATES Single   Phillis RIGGS Single  
4 27/04/1815 James SANSOM Single Affpuddle Mary CROSS Single  
5 09/08/1815 Thomas CUTLER Single   Jane RIGGS Single  
6 27/09/1815 Thomas FRAMPTON Single Bere Regis Susanna ALNER Single  
7 23/11/1815 Thomas EDMUNDS Single Cerne Abbas Anne GROVES Single  
8 04/01/1816 James BARTLETT Single Hilton Charlotte COATES Single  
9 02/04/1816 Henry VINCENT Widower   Sarah CUTLER    
10 16/04/1816 David CHRISTOPHER Single Cheselbourne Jane GALTON Single  
11 29/04/1816 John SWYER Single   Christian ADAMS Single  
12 12/05/1816 Isaac DAVIES Single Puddletown Christian ALNER Single  
13 17/10/1816 Edward FANE Single Fulbeck, Lincolnshire Maria HODGES Single St Peter, Dorchester
14 05/05/1817 Sansom COLE Single Odcombe, Somerset Mary Ann CUTLER Single  
15 16/03/1818 Thomas CAPEL   Puddletown Elizabeth SNELLING    
16 20/02/1819 John ALNER Widower   Rebecca TUCKER Single  
17 18/04/1819 John RIGGS Single Fordington Mary Anne VINCENT Single  
18 19/04/1819 James VINCENT Single Lillington Mary RIGGS Single  
19 10/08/1819 William ADAMS Widower   Elizabeth FRAMPTON Single  
20 05/04/1820 Robert DAW Widower   Marianne RUNNICK Single  
21 11/04/1820 John SCUTT Single Puddletown Emma VINCENT Single  
22 28/05/1820 Joseph GAULTON Single   Sarah BANKS Single  
23 20/09/1820 Thomas GAULTON Single   Jane DOVE Single  
24 03/03/1821 Charles RIGGS Single Cheselbourne Mary GAULTON Single  
25 30/04/1821 Robert FRAMPTON Single   Elizabeth CROSSE Single  
26 17/07/1821 Charles MARKS Single Odcombe, Somerset Catharine CUTLER Single  
27 24/11/1821 James DAY Single   Sarah ALNER Single  
28 24/11/1821 John LEGG Single   Amelia EVERETT Single Bere Regis
29 04/02/1822 George DRAKE Widower Milborne St Andrew Elizabeth GROVES Single  
30 18/07/1822 Thomas LOVELASS Single Piddletrenthide Dinah VINCENT Single  
31 01/10/1822 John Mitchell SANSOM Single Milton Abbas Anne CROSS Single  
32 09/08/1823 Charles Drake BRETT Single   Jane BAYLEY Single  
33 25/12/1823 George WHITE Single Puddletown Martha HOLLAND Single  
34 05/01/1824 John ADAMS Single   Jane Harriett SNELLING Single  
35 23/02/1824 William SATCHELL Single Charminster Mary BROWN Single  
36 20/05/1824 James RIGGS Single   Martha GRIFFITHS Single  
37 07/09/1824 Henry ALNER Widower   Martha MARCH Single  
38 11/11/1824 George VINCENT Single   Maria ADAMS Single  
39 30/12/1824 James BARTER     Susanna BRIFF    
40 24/03/1825 John ALNER Single   Jane AMEY Single  
41 14/08/1825 Samuel ADAMS Single   Rebecca CROSS Single  
42 31/10/1825 Richard SNELLING Single   Eliza COATES Single  
43 31/08/1826 George RIGGS Single Cheselbourne Diana ALNER Single  
44 17/05/1827 William VINCENT Single   Harriett Rebecca PITT Single  
45 13/09/1827 Joseph Samuel MULLETT     Mary Vincent CUTLER    
46 08/10/1827 James GAULTON     Theresa MOOREY    
47 25/10/1827 Edward HARRIS Single   Thomasin ALNER Single  
48 08/11/1827 Thomas BROWN Single   Deborah VINCENT Single  
49 12/05/1828 Robert VINCENT Single   Mary TRAVERS Single  
50 14/10/1828 William HART Widower Cheselbourne Charlotte HOLLAND Single  
51 29/10/1828 Charles Old ALNER     Sarah VINCENT    
52 11/11/1828 Richard HOLLAND     Sarah ADAMS    
53 24/12/1828 Isaac VINCENT Single   Elizabeth VINCENT Single  
54 22/02/1829 William BRYDLE Single   Elizabeth COOPER Single  
55 20/09/1829 Samuel PALMER Single St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol, Gloucestershire Sarah Ann DUNMAN Single  
56 13/12/1829 George BRETT Widower   Anne SNELLING Single  
57 29/12/1829 William JEFFERIES Single Milton Abbas Elizabeth SINGLETON Single  
58 04/03/1830 Jonathan VINCENT Single   Susanna HARROD Single  
59 12/04/1830 Charles HALL Single Affpuddle Deborah VINCENT Single  
60 20/04/1831 James PAYNE Widower Puddletown Susanna SNOOK Single  
61 22/04/1832 Thomas BROWN Widower   Elizabeth FRY Widow  
62 30/09/1832 Charles GAULTON Single   Jane WHITE Single  
63 16/12/1832 Charles VINCENT Single   Harriet WALBRIDGE Single  
64 17/02/1833 James HAMMETT Widower   Anne GREENING Single  
65 05/03/1833 John RIGGS Single Cheselbourne Sarah JACOB Single  
66 30/04/1833 William JACOBS   Bere Regis Frances ANTHONY    
67 06/05/1833 John PENNY   Frampton Jane BRETT    
68 03/09/1833 George Vincent BROWN     Jane ROGERS    
69 25/09/1833 William PARSONS     Anna VINCENT    
70 08/10/1833 Robert FOOT     Elizabeth ALNER    
71 29/10/1833 John Skinner ALNER     Thomasin Anne Mitchell JACOB    
72 21/04/1834 Samuel BROWN     Elizabeth VINCENT    
73 28/04/1834 John GAULTON     Mary FOOT    
75 27/09/1834 William Gibson BARFOOT   Fordington Leah BLY    
76 29/12/1834 Joseph RIGGS     Mary Anne PINNEY    
74 00/00/1835 George VINCENT     Elizabeth RIGGS    
77 27/06/1836 James HARDING Widower Blandford Forum Frances CUTLER Single  
78 21/07/1836 George FOOT Single   Delilah HODGES Single  
79 17/04/1837 Matthew BILLETT Widower   Mary ALNER Single  

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