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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Stapleford Tawney St Mary the Virgin

 

The Parish

The parish of Stapleford Tawney lies in southwestern Essex about 6 miles southeast of the town of Epping. Stapleford Tawney is located on a narrow lane that heads northwards from the A113 road that links Chipping Ongar with Woodford, this lane branches off just north of where that road crosses the M25, London's Orbital Motorway. There is really very little to Stapleford Tawney merely a scatter of cottages and farms along and about that lane, the presence of the Great Hall is probably indicative of the church's role in what was probably a closed parish. The area today is almost totally devoted to arable agriculture and that would have dominated at the time of this transcript too. Stapleford Tawney sits on a low ridge of land with small streams flowing south to both west and east, it is sited at roughly 60 metres above sea level and the ridge rises higher to the north. The streams are small tributaries of the River Roding which flows westwards and then south to eventually reach the River Thames in eastern Greater London. By Essex standards Stapleford Tawney parish was quite small at just over 1,500 acres and it supported around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Stapleford Tawney was held by one Siric, the books doesn't specify the ploughs held but does document meadows, woodland and a mill.


The Church

St Mary the Virgin's church lies to the west of the narrow northward running lane, Tawney Lane. The church is quite picturesque with its boarded tower and small spire. Pevsner dates the buildings origins to the 13th century but also notes that much has been restored and altered over the centuries. Most of the fabric, nave, chancel and chapel seem to have a common date as part of a single major build. The tower, itself is about 200 years later than the main body either 15th or early 16th century. There were two major restorations by the Victorians and the parish room added in the early 20th century. St Mary the Virgin's church sits behind a low post and rail fence and a screen of mature trees. Access is from the southern end by a gravel pathway. The churchyard itself is quite open once reached making for easy photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 5th January 1756 - 24th November 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P141/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 14th October 1815 - 6th May 1837 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P141/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Theydon Mount St Michael
Theydon Mount St Michael
Stanford Rivers St Margaret
Stanford Rivers St Margaret
Theydon Mount St Michael
Stanford Rivers St Margaret
Stapleford Abbotts St Mary
Stapleford Abbotts St Mary
Navestock St Thomas the Apostle
Navestock St Thomas the Apostle

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 05/01/1756 William KING   High Laver Elizabeth BRAGGINS    
2 26/01/1756 John CLARKE   Epping Sarah WOOD Widow  
3 20/09/1757 Edward PARKER     Ann HASTINGS    
4 13/10/1757 John MEREDAY     Hannah WOOD    
5 24/12/1757 John LUCK Single   Mary ROGERS Single Theydon Garnon
6 05/10/1758 Richard OCKLEY Single   Mary HUTCHING Single  
7 03/12/1758 James LUCK Single   Elizabeth LANDY Single Theydon Mount
8 22/01/1760 Jonathan BALE Single   Elizabeth MATTHEW    
9 26/06/1760 John CHAULK Single Stanford Rivers Elizabeth DAVIS Single  
10 17/08/1760 Edmund COMBERFORD     Ann WHITE    
11 21/07/1762 Philip PRESLAND Single Epping Mary NEWELL Single  
12 18/10/1763 Joseph ALLEN Single   Ann WALL Single Theydon Mount
13 02/03/1764 William DYER Single   Ann HARRIS Single  
14 17/06/1764 John HARRIS Single   Mary LLOYD Single Stanford Rivers
15 06/11/1764 John BOWES Single   Dorothy PIKE   Theydon Garnon
16 25/01/1766 Richard GODSALVE Single Theydon Garnon Hannah CRAMPHORN    
17 16/11/1766 William KING     Ann HYDE    
18 19/10/1767 Henry EVERITT     Susanna BOYTON    
19 15/02/1768 John JEFFERYS   Epping Elizabeth STYLES    
20 05/12/1768 Samuel THREADER     Susannah GROVE    
21 17/10/1769 Henry CHEVENS     Phillis PAGE    
22 16/04/1770 William BAVIN Single Downham Sarah CHALLICE    
23 02/11/1770 James BOWTILL     Sarah CHALICE    
24 23/11/1770 Thomas CRAMPHORN Single Chelmsford Mary FELSTED Single  
25 24/01/1771 James GLENCROSS Widower Stanford Rivers Margaret DOLAN Widow  
26 12/02/1771 Jeffery HOLDICH Widower Hornchurch Charlotte BLAND Single  
27 14/11/1771 Simon CRABB Single   Jane NORTH Single  
28 30/09/1772 Thomas BERRINGTON Single   Jane RISDON Single  
29 12/11/1772 Joseph HILLS Single   Mary SPRINGHAM Single  
30 08/12/1772 John NICHOLS Single Bobbingworth Susannah PAGE Single  
31 18/12/1772 John FINCH     Phillis MEREDAY    
32 30/05/1773 Thomas PAGE Single Navestock Elizabeth HOWARD Single  
33 09/10/1773 Humphrey BAKER Single North Weald Bassett Sarah PARSONS Single  
34 17/10/1773 Stephen HUMPHRIES Single   Elizabeth HUMPHRIES Single  
35 26/09/1774 John WOOD Single   Mary PAYNE Single  
36 14/12/1774 Edward BOREHAM Single   Anne CRABB Single  
37 14/12/1774 Robert SMITH Single Theydon Garnon Anne CURTIS Single  
38 09/06/1776 Thomas GREEN Single   Rosamond GREEN Single  
39 17/10/1776 George INGLETON Single   Elizabeth BARRET Single  
40 27/10/1776 John SUMMERS Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
41 28/01/1777 Richard CONGO Single   Susannah GOSSIP Single  
42 12/10/1777 William HARRIS   Stanford Rivers Mary BURR    
43 28/10/1777 John INGLETON     Martha FORD    
44 04/03/1778 John FARROW   Lambourne Mary STOCK    
45 16/10/1778 Stephen SMITH   White Roding Ann WILSON    
46 26/10/1778 Joshua BOREHAM Single   Ann CHILES Single  
47 19/04/1779 James WILSON Single   Ann HEDGERLY Single  
48 04/11/1779 William FRESHWATER Single   Hannah GARDINER Single  
49 03/06/1780 Joseph PALMER Single   Mary DAWKINS Single  
50 12/06/1780 John COTTON Single Theydon Garnon Elizabeth GRAYLIN Single  
51 11/10/1782 James BURGES   Theydon Mount Ruth JUDD    
52 11/11/1782 Matthew FRESHWATER     Caroline BRANCH    
53 18/10/1784 Thomas BASS   Stanford Rivers Elizabeth WREN    
54 29/10/1784 Joseph BUCK     Mary OAKLY    
55 09/05/1785 Edmund LAWS   North Weald Bassett Sarah DYER    
56 02/08/1785 William ARCHER   High Ongar Elizabeth ARCHER    
57 04/10/1785 William KEMP     Elizabeth LUCK    
58 13/10/1785 Simon CRABB     Mary SHORT    
59 23/10/1785 James BENTEN     Elizabeth KING    
60 05/09/1786 Joseph THOMAS Single Stanford Rivers Anne CHOPPING Single  
61 29/09/1786 Thomas Mould NEWELL Single West Ham Susannah ROBERTS Single  
62 07/04/1787 William FRANCIS     Sarah WENNELL    
63 13/10/1787 Thomas RAND     Jane WEST    
64 01/01/1788 John FARRANT   North Weald Bassett Susannah CHIVERS    
65 22/06/1788 John GRAYLIN     Susanna PLAYLE   Woodford
66 16/05/1789 Joseph TURNER     Susannah THREADER    
67 19/10/1789 William WOOTON     Mary PLUM    
68 04/05/1790 Benjamin MARKHAM Single   Sarah CHESTER Single  
69 03/06/1790 Fishpool NEVILLE Single Stanford Rivers Sarah LUCK Single  
70 05/09/1790 James BOREHAM     Elizabeth SNELL    
71 12/12/1790 John NOBLE   Theydon Garnon Ann BOREHAM    
72 24/01/1791 Jeremiah REYNOLDS     Abiah BAKER    
73 02/07/1791 John COLLOPP     Rose FITCH   Stapleford Abbots
74 25/11/1791 John CUTMER     Mary DYER    
75 20/04/1792 James WALLIS   Netteswell Elizabeth GLASSCOCK    
76 08/01/1793 Thomas PAINE     Elizabeth OAKLEY    
77 05/09/1796 William SPORN     Mary SPENCER    
78 07/10/1796 John FURLONG     Esther HILLS    
79 26/11/1796 Comfort CLIBBON     Mary THREADER    
80 17/01/1797 James WEST Single   Ann NIGHTINGALE Single  
81 12/08/1798 John BOWTELL Single   Sarah CHAPMAN Single  
82 24/10/1799 Henry ASHINGTON Single Stepney, Middlesex Elizabeth CAIN Single  
83 12/10/1800 Henry YOUNG Single   Martha STOKES Single  
84 15/02/1802 John COOPER Single Epping Mary MITCHINSON Single  
85 09/11/1802 George CHIVENS     Sarah WESTWOOD    
86 09/04/1804 John NIGHTINGALE Single   Sarah MERRYDAY Single  
87 21/04/1804 John JEFFERIES Widower Dagenham Mary GRANGE Widow  
88 21/10/1804 John PEASGOOD Single   Mary PRYER Single  
89 22/08/1805 Joseph HICKENBOTHAM Single St Botolph Aldgate, City Of London Ann ROBERTS Single  
90 12/09/1805 William STOKES Single   Mary WEST Single  
91 05/10/1805 Thomas CARTER Single Barking Anne BRIGHT Single  
92 09/04/1807 Thomas ROBERTS Single St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey Sarah ROBERTS Single  
93 12/11/1808 John FRESHWATER Single   Ann ARCHER Single  
94 01/04/1809 Edward DOE Single   Mary MITCHELL Single  
95 29/04/1809 Richard FURLONG Single   Charlotte HASSER Single  
96 25/09/1810 George INGLETON Widower   Mary NOBLE Single  
97 13/07/1811 Matthew FRESHWATER Single   Hannah MANSFIELD Single  
98 19/07/1812 James DORRINGTON Single Theydon Mount Amelia BOREHAM Single  
99 24/11/1812 Thomas FARDEL Single   Sarah JUDD Single  
1 14/10/1815 Daniel RUMBALL Single   Mary Ann CUTMORE Single  
2 27/11/1815 James GREEN Widower   Elizabeth HAGAR Single  
3 02/11/1816 William DOE Single   Charlotte PINCHUM Single  
4 25/01/1817 William FLACK Single   Sarah CLEMENTS Single  
5 09/08/1818 James EVE Single   Caroline WILSON Single  
6 24/02/1821 Samuel THREADER Widower   Esther BAKER Single  
7 10/11/1821 William BREWITT Single   Susan CLEMENTS Single  
8 10/11/1821 George HUTCHIN Single   Jane DALLER Single  
9 08/06/1822 James OLIVER Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
10 22/11/1823 John DELLER Single   Martha STUBBINS Single  
11 09/05/1824 William TURNER Single   Martha DOE Single  
12 21/10/1824 William BROWN Single   Elizabeth GLASSCOCK Single  
13 24/10/1824 John PASSAWAY Single   Susannah FLACK Single  
14 21/01/1826 Charles TURNER Single   Mary Ann WHITBREAD Single  
15 22/05/1826 James WATTS Single Chipping Ongar Sarah WHITE Single  
16 23/11/1826 John STANNARD Single   Anne DIXON Single  
17 06/06/1830 Edward SCOTT Single Theydon Mount Jane SUMNER Widow  
19 31/07/1830 Samuel CRABB Single   Susannah JUDD Single Lambourne
20 12/10/1830 Benjamin WHISBEY     Ann WOOD    
21 12/10/1831 Joseph HAMMOND Single   Louisa DOE Single  
22 28/04/1832 James BREWER Single   Mary HANTS Single Chigwell
23 26/07/1832 Ebenezer FITCH Single Shalford Elizabeth SHUTTLEWORTH Single  
24 13/10/1832 William FRESHWATER Single   Elizabeth WEST Single Epping
25 20/10/1832 John NIGHTINGALE Single   Mary WOOD Single Stanford Rivers
26 20/10/1832 William ARCHER Single   Sarah ELLIS Widow  
27 17/11/1832 Stephen BRIGHT Single Theydon Mount Sarah DOE Single  
28 14/10/1833 John WOOD Single   Mary Ann WOOD Single  
29 01/11/1835 John NIGHTINGALE Single   Eliza JUDD Single  
30 02/02/1836 Samuel THREADER Single   Rebecca WITHAM Single  
31 29/10/1836 James WEST Single   Abigail JOSCELYNE Single  
32 25/03/1837 William LAWING Single Waltham Holy Cross Catharine FLACK Single  
33 06/05/1837 James TUCKER Single   Mary WOOD Single  

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