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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
West Hanningfield St Mary & St Edward

 

The Parish

The parish of West Hanningfield lies in south central Essex about 4 miles north of the market town of Wickford. West Hanningfield is a small and rather linear village which sits just over a mile west of the A130 road which connects Wickford with Chelmsford. West Hanningfield properties stretch for well over a half mile along an east to west running lane with a noticeable concentration at the western end. It is difficult to avoid the modern development which dominates the village, the vast earthen bank of Hanningfield reservoir standing immediately south of the village. The reservoir is reputedly the 11th largest in England and was created in 1957, as well as providing a source of regular water is has been adopted b nature and is nowadays an important wintering ground for duck and other wildfowl. Before the drowning of much of the parish West Hanningfield would have been dominated by arable farming, the shallow valley in which it sits would have allowed diversification by provided valley floor grazing too, West Hanningfield is drained northwards by small streams to reach the Chelmer close to Chelmsford, from there things turn eastward to reach the North Sea through the Blackwater Estuary. West Hanningfield is sited at around 60 metres above the sea in gentle terrain wher local heights rise westwards to reach almost 100 metres to the west of West Hanningfield Hall. West Hanningfield parish was fairly typically sized for this area of its county, covering just under 2,800 acres it would have supported a population of just above 500 parishioners. West Hanningfield is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Mary & St Edward's church stands towards the eastern end of the straggly village, set into Church Lane, a short lane ending to become a footpath. Whilst the church has ancient origins it is very much a building representing fabric from most centuries in between such has been the extent of restoration and rebuilding over the years. Pevsner cites a Norman origin for the nave, evidenced by the rere-arch of one northern window. To this 12th century nave the much altered remnants of 13th century work can be found in the chancel, the southern arcade and aisle were rebuilt in the 14th century. In the 16th century much of the chancel was rebuilt in brick whilst  the timber southern porch was added. The church's most notable feature is, however, it unusual western tower, built in timber to a pattern of a Greek cross it is barely connected to the rest of the church, just by a single arm of the cross, and topped by a splay-foot spire it is 1th century in origin but much restored in 1886. Restoration a plenty took place in the 19th century, most windows were replaced in 1810, the eastern wall of the much changed chancel was rebuilt in 1831 and a thorough restoration took place in 1888.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
14th October 1754 - 29th September 1787
Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P247/1/2
Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None
2 27th October 1787 - 11th November 1800 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P247/1/3 Plain, unruled book containing Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 7th November 1801 - 1st January 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P247/1/4a 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 this register is bundled together with its successor as a single archival deposit
4 9th February 1813 - 4th June 1837 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P247/1/4b 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 bundled together with its predecessor as a single archival deposit


Great Baddow St Mary the Virgin
Great Baddow St Mary the Virgin
Great Baddow St Mary the Virgin
Sandon St Andrew
Orsett St Giles & All Saints
Stock Harvard All Saints
East Hanningfield All Saints
Stock Harvard All Saints
South Hanningfield St Peter
East Hanningfield All Saints
South Hanningfield St Peter

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
14/10/1754 Abraham KEMP Single
Mary SMITH Single
28/08/1755 Samuel COOPER

Sarah OUTING

09/10/1755 Abraham CLAXTON
Great Baddow Isabella JONES

13/05/1756 Thomas BRIGNALL

Elizabeth MOORE

20/09/1756 Thomas KNIGHTBRIDGE
Writtle Elizabeth STEBBING

30/12/1756 William GASSON

Margaret JOSSLIN

23/05/1757 John CURTIS

Mary BUSH

14/11/1757 Joseph OUTING

Elizabeth BRIGNALL

05/11/1758 Abraham BOOSEY

Hannah SPARKS

22/02/1759 Joshua BLACKMORE
Rettendon Ann WILSON

02/09/1759 John SAVEALL

Amey HUNT

14/10/1759 John SAWOOD

Sarah MARCH

29/10/1759 Thomas BARKER
Rayleigh Maria BANISTER

01/11/1759 William STEVENS

Mary STEBING

22/11/1759 Stephen BANISTER

Sarah HARRIS

17/11/1760 Philip WHITE
Runwell Ann FREEMAN

25/10/1762 Robert BENNET Widower Great Baddow Mary SMITH Widow
06/03/1764 John ORGER

Judith RICHARDSON

17/02/1765 Thomas BANISTER

Sarah WALDEN

14/10/1765 John EVANS
East Hanningfield Martha MILLER

04/12/1765 William SAWOOD

Mary BRIGNALL

02/02/1766 Thomas MOORE

Sarah SAVEALL

26/10/1766 Joseph CRACKNALL

Catherine PERRY

22/01/1767 Daniel DODSON
Basildon Martha FINCH

14/10/1767 James TILER

Sarah SAWOOD

15/10/1767 John THOMPSON

Ann TAYLOR

02/02/1768 Edward COLLINS
Runwell Elizabeth FINCH

05/07/1768 Joseph FINCH
Great Burstead Mary FINCH

12/10/1768 Jonathan HILLS

Ann HORSNELL

26/01/1769 John SPARKS

Martha PERRY

02/01/1770 Abraham ASHWELL

Elizabeth WEAL

08/03/1770 John CASS

Elizabeth GRAVES

28/04/1771 Philip WHITE

Mary RUFFLES

26/11/1772 John LUNGLEY

Elizabeth ABBOT

25/12/1772 Thomas FOWLER

Ann HURRILL
Great Baddow
08/08/1773 Samuel MOTT

Sarah NELSON

15/02/1774 John TRIG
Fobbing Mary CHAPMAN Widow
02/10/1774 William MOTT Widower
Sarah BANISTER Widow
20/10/1774 William KING

Susan LEMON

26/01/1775 Timothy BUSH Single
Sarah MORE Widow
06/10/1775 James PARNELL

Sarah BUCKLE

21/12/1775 Thomas COOCH Widower Rettendon Elizabeth CLARKE Single
15/10/1776 John JUNIPER

Mary EMBERTON

29/04/1777 Richard FRANLIN
Great Baddow Ann HILLS

20/10/1778 John HITCHIN

Sarah RICKNER

27/02/1779 John MOTT

Mary WALDEN

23/08/1779 Samuel HURRILL

Ann WALDEN

19/01/1780 John CHAMBERS

Martha TURNIDGE

02/05/1780 William GRAVE
Chelmsford Ann BRETT

16/10/1780 John COOPER

Mary SAVEALL

24/10/1781 Thomas WALDEN

Ann HINDES

29/07/1782 James TURNER

Amy SAVEALL

16/07/1783 Emanuel SCOTCHER

Elizabeth LUNGLEY

23/09/1783 John PARNELL

Mary EDWARDS
Writtle
14/10/1783 Charles BRETT

Mary GRAVES

11/11/1783 William BANISTER

Sarah WEALD

11/10/1784 Joseph SAVEALL

Elizabeth MOTT

07/12/1784 Isaac ROBINSON

Mary FOX
Great Baddow
27/06/1785 John CLARKE

Jane PARNELL

15/10/1785 James SPARROW
Downham Martha SAVEALL

25/10/1785 Robert HOOD

Anna Maria WRICKNER

31/10/1785 John SPARKS

Elizabeth JORDAN

27/12/1785 John TURNER

Anna Maria STEBING

25/10/1786 William DAWSON
Ingatestone Ann PARNELL

21/06/1787 Arthur MORE

Mary GREEN

20/09/1787 John PERRY
Buttsbury Elizabeth PARNELL

29/09/1787 Richard PARNELL

Mary DALE
Downham
27/10/1787 John COX

Rebecca SAVEALL

11/03/1788 Robert FLACK

Mary GAINS

30/09/1788 Richard CLAY
Fryerning Mary STEVENS

25/11/1788 Thomas FOWLER

Sarah STOKES

25/06/1789 William SPARROW

Sarah Smith SPENCER

30/08/1789 Joshua LOBLEY

Catherine BANISTER

03/12/1789 Thomas BREWITT
Downham Elizabeth WRIGHT

12/01/1790 John BRIGNALL

Ann HOLTON

14/10/1790 Richard SAVELL

Maria BAXSTER

26/10/1790 John FLACK

Elizabeth BAXSTER

06/11/1790 James BUSH

Ann PARNELL

11/01/1791 James BUSH

Mary MORE

01/02/1791 George PARNELL

Jane BROOM

30/06/1791 John FOWLER

Elizabeth BUSH

13/10/1791 William EMEREY

Sarah SAVEALL

10/01/1792 James BOUGHTWOOD
East Hanningfield Martha PARNELL

21/02/1792 Thomas GALLWAY

Mary LOBLY

08/10/1792 William LELSON
Stock Harward Mary BANISTER

16/11/1792 John PLUMER

Elizabeth CETTLE

14/10/1794 William RANDEL
Orsett Ann WHITE

29/12/1794 Henry BRIDGMAN

Elizabeth SAVEALL

01/01/1795 Thomas DRAKE

Ann STOKES

31/07/1796 James WEAGER

Elizabeth HICKEN

12/10/1796 William TURNER

Sarah HAWWOOD

03/01/1797 Thomas STANES

Lucey SAVEALL

23/02/1797 Edmund BUSH

Mary ROBINSON

13/11/1798 William GREEN

Elizabeth CASS

13/11/1798 James BENSON

Mary LUNGLEY

09/04/1799 Edward SAVEALL

Jane ASHWELL

17/10/1799 John MOTT

Elizabeth JACKSON

12/02/1800 Thomas WILSON Widower
Susannah GASKIN Single
05/03/1800 James HALE Single Great Burstead Mary CLEMENTS

15/04/1800 Edward LETCH
South Hanningfield Mary WALETT

17/10/1800 James KING

Ann OTHEN

11/11/1800 Joseph BENSON

Hannah THORNE

1 07/11/1801 John PURKIS Single
Mary COOPER Single
2 11/01/1802 George PARNELL Widower
Mary NEEDS Widow
3 22/04/1802 William REUBENS Single Little Baddow Susan GREEN Single
4 14/10/1802 Isaac HAWKS Single Ramsden Bellhouse Elizabeth WHITE Single
5 14/12/1802 William KEMP Single
Elizabeth OVERELL Single
6 31/05/1803 James MASKELL Single
Charlotte CLAYDON Single
7 02/09/1803 John WRIGHT Single
Lucy BENSON Single
8 12/09/1803 William MOTT Single
Sarah WHITE Single
9 30/06/1804 Thomas JARVIS Widower Stock Harward Elizabeth NORRIS Widow
10 26/11/1805 Thomas Farey WALL Single Easthorpe Elizabeth LUNGLEY Single
11 17/12/1805 James MAY Single
Anne BEARMAN Single
12 22/12/1805 Peter GREEN Single
Mary WHITE Single
13 16/06/1807 Richard HOWARD Single Latchingdon Mary CASS Single
14 06/07/1809 Thomas BRIGNELL Single
Elizabeth CHESSON Single Chelmsford
15 10/07/1809 William DRANE Single
Anne HURRELL Single
16 04/12/1809 Daniel DODSON Single Downham Mary FINCH Single
17 01/04/1810 Adam BRAZIER Single South Hanningfield Elizabeth STONE Single
18 19/02/1811 Joseph SKENSLEY Single
Sarah COOPER Single
19 19/03/1811 John COOPER Single
Anne NEWMAN Single
20 04/12/1811 Thomas SAVEALL Single
Mary PARNALL Single
21 01/01/1812 Isaac MOTT Single
Sarah TURNER Single
1 09/02/1813 John Grave BRETT Single
Charlotte ROBINSON

2 08/05/1813 James WHITE Single
Rebecca EMMENEY Single
3 25/05/1813 George MOORE Single
Sarah COLLINGS Single
4 20/08/1813 Thomas BLYTH Widower South Hanningfield Charlotte CLARK Single
5 13/11/1813 Edward STOCK Single
Sarah NEWMAN Single
6 28/05/1814 James HEWITT Single All Saints, Maldon Mary MOORE Single
7 04/10/1814 William BRIDGES
Woodham Ferrers Jane MOORE Single
8 18/10/1814 William JACOBS Single
Elizabeth FOWLER Single
9 29/10/1814 Robert CAPEN Single
Ann COOPER Single
10 20/11/1814 George CLARK Single
Judith WALTON Single
11 19/01/1815 Thomas TAYLOR Single Terling Sarah Bannister FOX Single
12 23/09/1815 Joshua RAMSAY Single
Rachel HAWKINS Single
13 07/10/1815 Samuel COX Single
Mary NEED
South Hanningfield
14 19/12/1815 William FIRMIN Single East Hanningfield Martha PARNELL Single
15 24/10/1816 Samuel ASHFIELD Single
Jane FLINT Single
16 04/01/1817 John GLADING Single
Lucy EMMENEY Single
17 06/04/1817 William HUNT Single
Sarah FITCH Single Buttsbury
18 17/04/1817 Stephen SAVEALL Single
Letitia STOCK
Orsett
19 03/10/1817 James ROBINSON Single
Lucy LOW Single
20 25/11/1817 William BAKER Single
Mary BUSH Single
21 15/01/1818 James SAVEALL Single
Esther AYLETT Single Chelmsford
22 15/09/1818 Abraham CROOKS Single East Hanningfield Mary BANNISTER Single
23 26/09/1818 Joseph MOORE Single
Alice MILLER

24 07/10/1818 William CHAPMAN Single Writtle Elizabeth TILER Single
25 10/10/1818 Thomas SNELL Single
Elizabeth SMITH Single
26 15/11/1819 William OAKLEY Single Stock Harward Elizabeth SAVEALL Single
27 23/11/1819 George Haynes FIRMAN Single
Mary Ann BUSH Single
28 24/06/1820 Edward FLACK Single
Alice GLADWIN Single Ramsden Bellhouse
29 13/11/1820 Charles TOE Single
Ann MADDOCKS Single High Ongar
32 30/03/1821 James COX Single
Martha WALDEN Single
33 05/05/1821 William TYLER Single
Mary HARRISON Single
30 03/09/1821 John SMITH Single
Mary STAINES Single
31 25/12/1821 William SPARROW Single
Ann RICHELL Single
36 01/03/1822 Robert HYDE Single Bowers Gifford Sarah COX Single
34 21/07/1822 James TYLER Single
Sarah WRIGHT Single
35 11/10/1822 Henry MAY Single Downham Mary Ann BRIGNELL Single
37 28/04/1823 John BRIGNALL Single
Jane COOPER Single
38 22/07/1823 James ROOT Single
Sarah STEVENS Single
39 18/07/1824 William TOE Single
Mary PURKIS Single
40 11/10/1824 Samuel BOUGHTWOOD Single
Elizabeth LONCON Widow
41 19/05/1825 Orlando PRATT Single South Hanningfield Louisa BUSH Single
42 24/11/1825 James WRIGHT Single Great Burstead Ann PURKIS Single
43 24/12/1825 William SPARROW Single
Mary Ann SHARP Single
44 29/03/1826 William SAVEALL Single
Elizabeth PACKMAN

45 07/01/1827 John HILLS Single Orsett Frances TOE Single
46 18/01/1827 Charles FLACK Single South Hanningfield Martha LOBLEY Single
47 05/05/1827 Thomas WHITE Single
Sarah EMMENEY Single
48 20/11/1827 William EMMENEY Single
Lydia GLADING Single
49 18/06/1828 John STEVENS Single
Ruth Ottway SHAKESPEAR Single
50 11/10/1828 William MULLEY Single Margaretting Sarah BRAZIER Single
51 04/11/1828 Samuel SARGEANT Widower
Sarah ROBINSON Single
52 08/11/1828 Thomas COX Single
Elizabeth SAVEALL Single
53 22/11/1828 William LINSELL Single
Sarah SCOTCHER Single
54 13/04/1829 William RUSHBROOK Widower Wickford Susan NUNN Single
55 04/05/1829 Thomas BALLS Single
Ann EALES Single
56 11/08/1829 William HILLS Single
Mary Ann DAVEY Single
56 11/08/1829 William WOOD Single
Mary Ann DAVEY Single
57 11/04/1830 Samuel SMITH Single Margaretting Elizabeth CHEEK Single
58 23/10/1830 William COX Single
Charlotte MASKELL Single
59 05/02/1831 John BARNARD Single
Lucy COX Single
60 05/11/1831 Thomas SAVEALL Widower
Jane CHANDLER Single
61 13/05/1832 John SIMPSON Single
Sarah MOTT Single
62 18/02/1833 John ENGLISH Single
Eliza COLLINGS Single
63 18/04/1833 Samuel ROOT Single
Isabella TAYLOR Single
64 17/12/1833 James WHITE Single
Elizabeth GLADWIN Single
65 20/08/1834 Joseph BANNISTER Single
Elizabeth COLLINGS Single
66 16/09/1834 William GERMANY Single
Mary PENNOCK

67 26/10/1834 William WESTWOOD Single
Sarah HUNT Single
68 19/09/1835 Johnathan COX Single
Elizabeth EVE Single
69 10/10/1835 Robert EVE Single Stock Harward Eliza EMMENEY Single
70 12/05/1836 Robert LUCKING Single
Sarah MAY Single
71 07/09/1836 William HUNT Widower
Elizabeth WHITEBREAD Widow Ramsden Bellhouse
72 10/10/1836 James BROWN Single Lambeth, Surrey Mary Ann COX Single
73 22/10/1836 Shadrach PURKIS Single
Mary KEELING Single
74 25/10/1836 George Gensford MASON Widower
Mary HAYWARD Widow
75 04/06/1837 Joseph SAVEALL Single
Amelia KEY Single

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