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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Wimborne St Giles

 

The Parish

The parish of Wimborne St Giles lies in the far east of Dorset not too far from its border with neighbouring Hampshire. Wimborne St Giles is located roughly 8 miles west of the small Hampshire town of Fordingbridge and sits just over a mile west of the B3078 road which connects Fordingbridge with Wimborne Minster. Wimborne St Giles is a small and slightly linear village lying on the eastern banks of the infant River Allen with most properties stretching northwards along both sides of the valley from the church and the estate of St Giles House. Like many Dorset parishes Wimborne St Giles was a farming parish, arable in the main but with a healthy percentage of pastoral making for a mixed regime. The lower reaches of the parish, away from the chalk substrate are often left to common & heathland reminiscent of nearby New Forest lands. The River Allen drains the parish southwards passing through Wimborne Minster to join the Dorset Stour and reach the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour. Wimborne St Giles is sited at around 50 metres above the sea in its valley setting, land rises away from the Allen in gentle chalk downs reaching to just over 100 metres. Wimborne St Giles parish had an elongated shape with the east to west width being narrow but extending for some distance from north to south, the whole being fairly typically sized for eastern Dorset covering just over 1,700 acres which would have supported a population of around 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Wimborne St Giles was an altogether more important place and one of the 20% largest settlements recorded in that book, shared by no fewer than 6 landholders with the major portion retained by King William the parish had a phenomenal level of recorded assets, collectively the parish held 38 ploughs, extensive meadows, pasture & woodland and a hugely profitable 10 mills, a wealthy series of holdings and one of the largest recorded in that book, a complete contrast to today's small village.


The Church

St Giles' church sits on the boundary between village and estate to the south of most properties and reached along the valley by the access road to St Giles House estate, it would be neglectful not to mention the splendid series of almshouses which line this lane, a picture postcard approach if ever there was. The church, however, is not a medieval one having been rebuilt at the behest of the estate in 1732 just prior to these events recorded here. The Early Georgian building shows a neat pattern of chequered work in a mixture of flint & greensand. Despite the relatively modern construction date wotk was necessitated in 1908 after a fire broke out and caused significant damage, Pevsner bemoans the quality of work done to repair that damage including the insertion of aisles into the 18th century nave and leaving the latter "preposterously narrow". The lane is broad enough for parking opposite the almshouses and has a neat turning circle outside the estate gates. The church sits rather disturbingly close to the road, almost seeming to be outside the walls of the churchyard with only a knee-high wall to the south separating it. sadly the eastern end is closely hugged by trees removing the favoured southeastern aspect and severely limiting the angles available for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
23rd June 1754 - 22nd October 1812
Dorset Record Office - Reference - PE-WSG/RE/5/1
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None

NB a scatter of entries are recorded into a plain unruled book rather than the main register, this fragment is assigned reference PE-WSG/RE/5/2
2 5th July 1813 - 9th May 1837 Dorset Record Office - Reference - PE-WSG/RE/5/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Sixpenny Handley St Mary
Pentridge St Rumbold
Cranborne St Mary & St Bartholomew
Gussage All Saints
Cranborne St Mary & St Bartholomew
Edmondsham St Nicholas
Gussage All Saints
Horton St Wolfreda
Horton St Wolfreda

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
21/01/1754 Andrew PERRY Catherine OSBOLDISTON
23/06/1754 William READ Horton Mary SHUTLER
14/11/1754 Thomas OSBOLDISTON Mary TEMPLEMAN
22/04/1755 Thomas GOLDEN Cranborne Joyce TOOMER Single
08/05/1755 John BALLARD Ringwood, Hampshire Mary WILLIAMS
07/09/1755 John RIDOUT Sarah BLANCHARD
11/01/1756 Joseph MARTIN Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire Mary WAGG Single
21/02/1757 John HISCOCK Horton Mary HISCOCK
23/07/1757 Benjamin TRIM Elizabeth HISCOCK
27/07/1757 John COLES Farnham Catherine SHEPHERD
05/02/1758 John CONEY Elizabeth LOCKYER
10/09/1759 Walter ERLE Single Blandford Forum Sarah TWYNIHOE Single
30/01/1760 Joseph SHATLER Widower Mary SWEATMAN Single
12/10/1760 Edward GRAY Cranborne Mary WHITLOCKE
25/12/1760 John FRAMPTON Susanna MARTIN
13/04/1761 John JOLIFFE Mellier SYMONDS
01/11/1761 Israel MUSTON Gussage All Saints Mary HARRIS Single
29/11/1761 John JONES St Nicholas, Worcester, Worcestershire Elizabeth SHEPHERD Single
13/01/1762 William COMPTON Single Cranborne Susanna COMPTON Single
21/02/1762 William JAY Gussage All Saints Betty COOMBS
12/04/1762 John WELLS Turnworth Mary HASKETT
16/05/1762 Philip BREWER Edmondsham Elizabeth HISCOCK
01/07/1762 William GEORGE Cranborne Grace TREWBRIDGE
06/11/1762 Benjamin CROW Moor Crichel Catherine GOLDING
02/04/1763 Edward GRIFFITHS Single Jane OSBOLDSTON Single
25/04/1763 William COMPTON Widower Elizabeth OXFORD Single
01/11/1763 John MODFORD West Chinnock, Somerset Mary MARDY
10/09/1764 John FORD Elizabeth WHEELER
05/11/1764 William MONK Berwick St John, Wiltshire Eleanor FORD Single
14/04/1765 David SWEATMAN Anna KNIGHT
11/07/1765 John WHEELER Hannah MERCER
18/12/1766 John ANTRIM Mary GREEN Single
10/06/1767 Thomas HORLOCK Widower Mary PROUT Sixpenny Handley
14/02/1768 William SHEERING Ringwood, Hampshire Susanna SWEATMAN
15/02/1768 William CROWTER Horton Elizabeth WELSH
11/10/1769 William HARDIMAN Mary JOLLIFF
26/10/1769 Thomas GEE Susanna HISCOCK
08/04/1770 John RAKE Elizabeth FOREMAN
25/04/1770 John VINCENT Ann OXFORD
16/06/1770 John CUFF Horton Elizabeth WELCH
30/12/1771 Thomas BUTT Gussage All Saints Frances CONEY
13/01/1772 John LODER Widower Martha FRAMPTON Widow
28/03/1772 John SCOFIELD Marden, Wiltshire Leah SCOFIELD
28/04/1772 William HISCOCK Temperance SELBY
12/10/1772 Elias BOYLING Horton Millicent SCOFIELD
05/08/1773 James SELF Whiteparish, Wiltshire Alicia GRAY
28/06/1774 James PANTON Wimborne Minster Elizabeth GIBBS
30/07/1774 Joseph WELSH Elizabeth SANSOM
22/05/1775 Stephen BUDDEN Sixpenny Handley Emilia WALSH Single
28/05/1775 Jonathan WHEELER Elizabeth BANGY
18/07/1775 Richard CULL Wareham Anne GIBBS Single
15/12/1775 John BUGDEN Chalbury Elizabeth HAWKINS
07/04/1776 Henry JAY Cranborne Ann COLBORN
29/07/1776 Thomas NEWMAN Widower Mary FORD Single
10/02/1777 Joseph HUMBY Cranborne Catherine MUSTON
15/04/1777 William ANDRESS Horton Mary DOVE Single
09/06/1777 John FRY Elizabeth SAMWAYS Single
11/10/1777 Thomas OSMAN Hinton Martell Elizabeth MEANNEN Single
27/10/1777 Thomas SCAMEL Horton Mary PLOWMAN
08/11/1777 Joseph BAILY Elizabeth COMPTON
05/04/1778 John FELTHAM Sixpenny Handley Jane MILES
08/12/1778 Thomas GRAY Fordingbridge, Hampshire Sarah BAKER
07/07/1779 James FIFORD Wimborne Minster Ann EASTON
11/07/1779 Richard COLE Martha RALPH
12/10/1779 John GOULD Martha SANSOME
31/10/1779 William BUTLER Mary BOWDEN
25/02/1780 George MORTIMY Horton Hannah CHAMPION
20/06/1780 Thomas AMEY Flower JACOB
15/12/1780 Elias BLAKE Horton Elizabeth PRINCE
07/01/1781 Thomas SAMWAYS Marden, Wiltshire Amelia OSBOLDSTON
01/04/1781 William BOUND Widower Elizabeth MOOR Single
08/07/1781 John BUTLER Mary VINCENT
06/12/1781 William BILES Gussage St Michael Mary NEAVE Widow
10/03/1782 William FRAMPTON Mary SCAMMEL
12/05/1782 William WATTS Cranborne Eleanor HAWKINS
17/09/1782 William WHEELER Pentridge Hannah HARRIS
19/11/1782 Lewis WEST Cranborne Elizabeth BENJAL
23/01/1783 Robert TOMS Elizabeth HOLLIER
28/12/1783 Henry DURRANT Sarah GOLDER
19/02/1784 Andrew PERRY Joanna STEVENS
17/05/1784 Samuel PRINCE Gussage All Saints Christian CHUBB
28/11/1784 John COOMBS Susanna BREWER
27/08/1785 Thomas STICKLAND Horton Diana MIEL
17/10/1785 John WOODLANDS Charlotte FRAMPTON
30/03/1786 Thomas SAMWAYS Elizabeth GRIFFITH
23/10/1786 George OXFORD Gussage All Saints Frances BUTT Widow
04/05/1787 Lazarus GRIFFIN Sixpenny Handley Mary COOMBS
16/01/1788 John JOLLIFF Mary BATCHELOR
15/04/1788 Henry THICK Pentridge Winifred POLDEN
24/05/1789 Thomas BOUND Marden, Wiltshire Elizabeth MARTIN
02/07/1789 Thomas MARTIN Elizabeth SHEPHERD
02/08/1789 James DOWN Cranborne Elizabeth ALLEN
05/10/1789 Henry DURRENT Hannah PRINCE
15/10/1789 John OXFORD Sixpenny Handley Sophia GOULD
26/12/1789 Thomas VINCENT Elizabeth WHEELER
19/01/1790 George HARRIS Hinton Martell Sarah PRINCE
14/04/1790 James COLBOURN Ann RIGGS
25/12/1790 William HASKELL Gussage St Michael Mary TROK
30/01/1791 George LAWS Edmondsham Mary HAWKINS
09/02/1791 William CUFF Elizabeth HARDIMAN
13/12/1791 Abraham BLAZY Susanna SWEATMAN
05/01/1792 James OSBOLDSTONE Elizabeth PERKINS
21/01/1793 George JACOB Gussage St Michael Ann HAWKINS
15/03/1793 John GIBBS Rachael HASKOLL
05/08/1793 William PRINCE Mary HISCOX Single
14/08/1793 John ASHTON Sarah OSBOLDSTONE
28/08/1793 John HAWKINS Gussage All Saints Susanna MILLER
18/11/1793 Robert PARRY Single Sarah GREY Single
10/04/1794 William GOULD Anne SWETMAN
15/01/1795 John FORD Abigail BAKER Single
24/01/1795 John BRINTON Wimborne Minster Mary REAK Single
15/02/1795 James FRAMPTON Elizabeth COOMBS
05/04/1795 Samuel SANSOM Sarah BURTEN
28/03/1796 Thomas ADLAM Sturminster Marshall Mary BAKER
06/08/1797 Charles EVANS Elizabeth DEWHIRST
08/10/1797 Thomas HARRINGTON Anne VINEY
29/01/1798 Joseph BREWER Edmondsham Mary SAMWAYS
06/03/1798 William BAILEY Winifred HOLLINGTON
20/08/1798 Joseph KIDGALE Cranborne Anne VINCENT
17/09/1798 William DEWEY Hampreston Jane OSBOLDSTONE
08/01/1799 Harry FOOT Elizabeth WICKS
10/01/1799 James VINEY Ann JOY
05/03/1799 George BADDEN Joanna ROLES
25/02/1800 David WHELLER Long Crichell Sarah FRY
30/03/1800 Joseph JOY Mary COMPTON
25/05/1800 Thomas LANE Elizabeth CURRY St James, Westminster, Middlesex
03/08/1800 William SCOT Beersheba CUTLER
18/01/1801 John DACOMB Martha Margaret JARMAN Putney, Surrey
02/02/1801 George GANNAWAY Cranborne Susannah BAVERSTOCK
08/02/1801 John PAIN Dewlish Phoebe PILGRIM
21/06/1801 Joseph WELCH Susanna HISCOCK
17/12/1801 Thomas ELLIOTT Anne WELCH
16/08/1802 Thomas POTTER Horton Sarah BALL Poole
05/09/1802 John PRINCE Gussage All Saints Jane SAUNDERS
07/06/1803 John CONWAY Anne PASTON
23/07/1803 William BEST Moor Crichel Mary WILLIAMS
16/04/1804 Robert PERRY Grace DOWNTON
25/04/1804 John SWEATMAN Mary TURNBULL
24/09/1804 Stephen BUTT Berwick St John, Wiltshire Elizabeth BOWERING
29/01/1805 John BRAVIT Horton Elizabeth HOLLAND
09/03/1805 William JEANS Anne TURNER
29/07/1805 William BUSH Cranborne Elizabeth CONEY
21/03/1806 William WRIGHT Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire Elizabeth BALCH
17/07/1806 William COOKMAN Jane JOY
20/07/1806 Thomas BATCHELOR Mary ADAMS
18/10/1806 Joseph DOVE Gussage All Saints Diana DOVE
15/01/1807 Richard SHEPPARD Sophia LONG
16/03/1807 William ADAMS Cranborne Ann ELLIOT
18/05/1808 Henry MAIDMENT Sixpenny Handley Anne HARDIMAN
22/10/1808 William BUTLER Widower Ann VINCENT Single
14/12/1809 John HARDIMAN Sixpenny Handley Ann SHEPARD
04/01/1810 William WEST Sixpenny Handley Joanna PERRY
15/03/1810 Joseph KAIL Witchampton Mary DACOMBE
02/02/1811 Edward HOLLINGDALE Hannah KING
16/04/1811 Andrew PERRY Mary BILES Shapwick
04/04/1812 Robert WEEKS Gussage All Saints Rachel MASTERS
17/10/1812 John GOULD Anne PETTES
22/10/1812 Jessey JEANS Jane DACOMBE
1 05/07/1813 John MILES Gussage All Saints Elizabeth PARSONS Single
2 25/09/1813 James FOSTER Anne DACOMBE
3 14/02/1814 John SYMES Single Wimborne Minster Rose HAYTER
4 30/05/1814 Alexander MARTIN Horton Mary BLEEK
5 05/11/1814 John GOULD Mary ADAMS
6 03/06/1815 Thomas SCOTT Mary DAVIS
7 09/08/1815 Thomas OSBOLDSTONE Single Elizabeth MARTIN Single
8 22/03/1817 James HART Elizabeth JOLLIFFE
9 30/04/1817 William BAILEY Mary GOULD
10 01/06/1817 Joseph BACHELOR Caroline SPENCER
11 07/08/1817 Richard COLES Single Gussage All Saints Ann MARTIN
12 16/10/1817 William FULCHER Rebekah BUTT
13 13/12/1817 Samuel WHEELER Single Mary WOODLANDS Widow
14 26/02/1818 William HIBBERD Witchampton Ann OSBALDSTONE
15 06/04/1818 John BRANCHARD Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire Alice SHEPHARD
16 10/10/1818 Thomas CLARKE Cranborne Mary Ann HYDE
17 25/10/1819 Henry PENNY Sarah MITCHELL
18 07/02/1820 Samuel TOWNSEND Anne GIBBS
19 18/03/1820 John FRY Britford, Wiltshire Mary MITCHELL
20 21/03/1820 Thomas FULCHER Mary Anne BUTT
21 05/07/1820 Job FOOT Elizabeth FRY
22 01/08/1820 William HART Harriet WAREHAM
23 13/03/1821 Charles HIBBARD Witchampton Mary WHITE
24 08/04/1822 Henry WHITE Elizabeth HAMPTON
25 29/04/1822 John FOOT Mary LAWRENCE
26 09/06/1822 William COOK Bathsheba CUTLER
27 21/08/1824 James HERRINGTON Gussage St Michael Mary HODDER
28 25/09/1824 Francis THOMAS Tetbury, Gloucestershire Martha HORSELL
29 18/01/1827 Stephen HITCHARD Single Westbury, Wiltshire Eliza PHILLIPS
30 26/02/1827 John HART Horton Harriet TUBBS
31 24/05/1827 Thomas CROOK Whiteparish, Wiltshire Jane CUFF
32 19/07/1827 Edward HARDIMAN Single Bowerchalke, Wiltshire Susanna DIMMER Single
33 04/06/1829 John GOOD Gussage St Michael Anne KAILE
34 11/08/1829 Charles GOULD Sarah KING Cranborne
35 29/08/1830 George MITCHELL Jane KEEPING
36 23/09/1830 William HART Prudence SCOTT
37 24/05/1831 John DACOMBE Patience POTTLE Single
38 13/06/1831 William FRY Widower Cranborne Ann FOOTE
39 25/08/1831 Thomas JOY Single Sopley, Hampshire Eliza GOULD Single
40 11/09/1831 James FRAMPTON Gussage All Saints Catherine PERRY
41 02/02/1832 George SARGENT Cranborne Maria HASKELL
42 03/06/1832 Thomas Martin Sweetapple LANE Single Gussage All Saints Mary Jane KAILE Single
43 28/06/1832 John COMPTON Single Tollard Royal, Wiltshire Susanna LANE
44 08/04/1833 Joseph BAILEY Ann PERRY
45 11/04/1833 George FOYLE Sophia ALLEN
46 13/04/1833 Stephen FUTCHER Joanna WEST
47 27/05/1833 George LODER Horton Eliza WYATT
48 13/06/1833 George MORGAN Gussage All Saints Sarah KAILE
49 31/07/1833 Richard WEEKS Sixpenny Handley Mary BRADLEY
50 03/10/1833 Aaron DIBLEY Cranborne Ann RYMER
51 31/03/1834 William HERRINGTON Elizabeth CARTER Single
52 08/05/1834 Thomas MUNCKTON Wimborne Minster Sarah SWEATMAN Single
53 01/07/1834 Joseph BAILEY Single Mary CURTIS
54 05/08/1834 James WALTON Shoreditch, Middlesex Jane CROSSLEY Widow
55 11/09/1834 George PERRY Mary BADDEN Widow
56 18/04/1835 James HASKELL Elizabeth Ann BAILEY Gussage St Michael
57 22/11/1835 John FELTHAM Single Ringwood, Hampshire Maria WELSH Single
58 04/04/1836 Henry FOOT Single Emily SCOTT Single
59 26/03/1837 John RIDOUT Single Jane BATCHELOR Single
60 09/05/1837 William PERRY Mary Anne FRY

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