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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Widford St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Widford lies in central Essex about a mile southwest of the town of Chelmsford, it derives its name from its location at the crossing of the River Wid on which river's eastern banks it sits. Widford was formerly a separate small village sitting on the busy A12 road which connects Chelmsford with London but this has been moved to a wider bypass around the town, however Widford is still busy with traffic as it sits on the main approach into Chelmsford from the capital. Widford, today, is contiguous with the urban area of Chelmsford being just the southwestern suburb of the town, modern housing, light industrial and urban fringe retail developments dominate the former small village. At the time of this transcript Widford would have earned its living from arable agriculture. Widford is drained by the Wid to the north but it soon reaches the Chelmer and reverses direction to reach the North Sea through the port of Maldon the Blackwater Estuary. Widford is sited at around 40 metres above the sea and some 10 metres above the Wid, land around is gently undulating to no great local heights. Widford parish was small, even by Essex standards, it covered just under 700 acres and would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Widford in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Mary's church stands alongside the busy dual-carriageway of the former A12 and sits at its junction with the A414 (Chelmsford to Harlow) road. Regrettably the former mediaeval church which had been a mixture of Early English Gothic & Decorated styles has been demolished and the present church is a Victorian replacement. The church was completed in 1862 using Kentish ragstone and, at least, reflects the stylistic mode of its predecessor by using Decorated motifs. The church is described by Pevsner rather grudgingly as "quality work" but it is hardly a replacement for a mediaeval building. The church is partially masked from the busy roads by tall hedges and there is an entrance off the A414 (Greenbury Way) where a small pull-in allows relief from the traffic. The churchyard has few restraints to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 17th April 1757 - 18th December 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference D/P 244/1/5 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 The register is marred by challenging handwriting and a scruffy ill-kept condition leading to a likelihood of a few misreads
2 1st June 1813 - 21st November 1836 Essex Record Office - Reference D/P 244/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number The register is marred by challenging handwriting and a scruffy ill-kept condition leading to a likelihood of a few misreads


Writtle All Saints
Writtle All Saints
Writtle All Saints
Writtle All Saints
Chelmsford St Mary theVirgin, St Peter & St Cedd
Margaretting St Margaret
Margaretting St Margaret
Chelmsford St Mary theVirgin, St Peter & St Cedd

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
23/03/1754 William ROBERTS Single   Sarah JENNER Widow  
1 17/04/1757 Thomas ROWBOTHAM Single St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey Hannah DOWSETT    
2 14/11/1757 General MONK Single   Sarah TILBURY Single  
3 15/06/1758 Richard ATKINS Single Margaretting Sarah SAUNDERS Single  
4 22/02/1759 Daniel DOWSETT Widower   Elizabeth COOPER Single  
5 30/09/1759 John SURRY Single   Elizabeth MARTIN Single  
6 27/11/1759 Robert FLACK Single West Hanningfield Elizabeth BRAZIER Single  
7 30/09/1760 Peter SHUTTLEWORTH Single Fryerning Hannah ROLFE Single  
8 23/10/1760 William GOODY Single   Elizabeth MOOR Single  
9 28/06/1761 William MAPES Widower   Mary FINCH Single  
10 27/10/1761 Thomas WOLF Single   Susan WOOD Single  
12 21/06/1763 Thomas FLACK Widower   Susannah HARRIS Widow  
11 24/04/1764 John LEE Single Chelmsford Ann SURRIDGE Single  
13 30/07/1764 John BALLENDON Single   Dorcas DRAPER Single  
14 15/10/1765 Edward GREEN Single   Mary SAYER Single  
15 21/10/1765 Richard EATON Single Chelmsford Mary EMERY Single  
16 26/12/1765 Peter EATON Single   Sarah SURRIDGE Single  
18 28/06/1766 Thomas WOOLF Widower   Hannah LOCKWOOD Single  
17 16/10/1766 Samuel WICKS Widower   Elizabeth FARMER Single  
19 24/09/1768 William ANDERSON Single   Sarah JOYCE Single  
20 25/09/1768 John MAYHEW Single Great Baddow Mary MARTIN Single  
21 08/01/1770 John Richard COMYNS Single   Elizabeth BRACKENBURY Single Margaretting
22 16/05/1770 Thomas PARMER Widower   Ruth ASSUR Single  
23 16/01/1771 John GRIGGS Single   Ruth GRUBB    
24 09/09/1773 Edward BILLING Single Chelmsford Elizabeth Ann DENCH    
26 26/12/1774 William BROWN Single   Mary ABBOT Single  
27 07/05/1775 Thomas WHITE Single   Mary RAMSEY Single Writtle
28 15/10/1775 Thomas WOOLF Single   Judith CHALKE Single  
29 14/05/1776 Isaac REEVE Single   Mary BRIDGE Single Chelmsford
30 28/10/1776 William BROWN Widower Chelmsford Elizabeth PETTITT Single  
31 23/01/1777 Daniel AYLET   Chelmsford Esther PLAYL    
08/05/1777 Richard WOLFE Single White Roding Elizabeth CORNISH   Roxwell
32 15/10/1777 John SAUNDERS Single   Mary TOMKINS Single  
33 15/09/1778 Nathaniel MIDDLEDITCH Single Chignall St James Ann SORRIL Single  
34 10/10/1779 John SCARF Single Romford Mary PARKER Single  
35 05/07/1781 Richard JUDGE Widower   Catherine MOORE Single Chelmsford
36 16/04/1782 John ARSSER Widower   Elizabeth BRIDGE Single  
37 27/10/1782 James BRAND Single   Sarah SORRELL Single  
38 19/03/1784 David HUME Single   Mary COLLINGS Single  
39 28/07/1784 William GRUBB Single   Sarah SAUNDERS Single  
40 19/10/1784 John SCOTT Single   Sarah GRAY Single  
41 16/05/1786 Allen BLIZARD Single Petersham, Surrey Sarah LEE Single  
42 19/06/1786 Richard BENNINGTON Single Writtle Mary DOWCET Single  
43 25/07/1786 John BAKER Widower Writtle Mary BELL Widow  
44 03/08/1788 Robert ROGERS Single   Jemima EVERITT Single  
45 04/07/1791 John JUDGE Single   Margarett CLARKE Single  
46 27/12/1791 Edward RILEY Single St George, Southwark, Surrey Eleanor Prior Johnson JOGGINS Single  
47 21/02/1792 John WIBROW Single   Grace WICKS Single  
48 15/01/1793 Richard EMBERSON Single Great Baddow Sarah MARTIN Single  
49 09/06/1794 William COOCK Single   Mariah SPEED Single  
50 02/10/1797 Joseph STAIN Single   Mary PAIN Single  
51 02/10/1797 Walter WILSON Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
52 19/12/1797 Jacob PILLEY Single   Ann BRUNT Single  
52 13/03/1798 John JEFFS   Chelmsford Elizabeth SMITH Single  
53 01/05/1798 Robert THRESHER   Chelmsford Sarah HUMMINGS    
54 03/06/1798 Thomas MECHAM Widower   Ann CRANMER Widow  
55 11/12/1798 Thomas JONES Single   Elizabeth WICKS Single  
56 30/04/1800 William THOMAS Single Fobbing Harriot WILKINSON Widow  
56 29/06/1800 William GENTRY Single Purleigh Sarah BUCK Single  
56 12/04/1802 Thomas REMENTON Single   Ann PALMER Single  
57 13/12/1803 Antony FELCHER     Hannah HANCHERS    
58 18/12/1803 William GRIFFITH     Ann CHISHOLM Single  
59 16/10/1804 Edward WATSON Single Chelmsford Sally BRIDGE Single  
60 21/02/1805 George WHITE Single Chelmsford Rebecca SEWELL Widow  
61 14/10/1806 Thomas NUNN     Elizabeth HOWARD    
62 26/10/1806 James HUME Single   Jemmima FINCH Single  
63 30/03/1807 Thomas HUGHES Single   Sarah ROGERS Single  
64 08/06/1807 James HASSELWOOD Single   Catherine HARRIES Widow  
65 15/06/1807 Thomas WILLINGALE     Hannah PARKER Single  
66 13/09/1807 Thomas FLAVELL Single   Martha WARD Single  
67 05/10/1807 Frederic LEVER     Elizabeth BIRCH Single  
68 12/10/1807 John BARKER     Elizabeth BRAZER    
69 12/10/1807 Thomas BROWN Single   Sarah BEEL Single  
70 20/10/1807 William HALDING Single   Susannah HONNOR Single  
71 27/10/1807 Charles ALLEN Single   Sarah SIMPSON Single  
72 08/11/1807 William WHITE Single   Frances FRANCES Single  
73 17/01/1808 William GOODY Single   Martha ROGERS Single  
74 15/05/1808 John SCOTT Widower   Jane TURNER Widow  
75 22/09/1808 James BAYLY Single   Ann BOWMAN Single  
76 24/12/1810 William TAYLOR Single   Mary BRADLY Single  
77 18/12/1812 Isaac Albert ROOT Single Ingatestone Sophia EDWARDS Single  
1 01/06/1813 Robert Alexander CRICKITT Single Blackmore Juliana Maria Elizabeth KIRKRIGHT Single  
2 13/02/1814 Richard BAYLEY Single   Sarah ELLISON Single  
3 08/08/1814 William HOLDEN Widower   Mary EDWARDS Widow  
4 20/10/1814 Samuel ROGERS Single   Elizabeth YOUNG Single  
5 24/10/1814 Nathaniel SUMMERS Widower   Sarah SPELTER Widow  
6 04/04/1815 Thomas HUGHES Widower   Mary SCOTT Single  
7 22/06/1817 William TANSLEY Single   Mary BLAY Single  
8 18/06/1818 Arthur O'NEILL Single Chelmsford Anne ROGERS Single  
9 17/12/1818 John SEWELL Single   Rebecca NEWCOME Single  
10 28/10/1820 James DOWSETT Single   Hannah SAVELLS Single  
11 03/02/1822 John REEVE Single Writtle Mary ATKINS Single  
12 29/09/1822 William PERRY Single   Elizabeth ELDRIT Single  
13 19/04/1823 John William JONES Single   Margaret MACHUGH Widow  
14 17/06/1823 John BLANKS Widower   Frances ROUGHTWOOD Widow  
15 21/10/1823 Joseph KARRIDGE Single   Mary Ann FULLER Single  
16 09/11/1823 John HOLLIDAY Single   Elizabeth KEMP Single  
17 10/01/1824 John SEWELL Widower   Ann BREWSTER Single  
18 23/10/1826 John SUCKLING Single   Sarah BARTON Single  
19 01/05/1827 Joseph WILKIN Single   Jane BALLS Single  
20 17/11/1829 David KEMP Single   Sarah GOODIER Single  
21 23/11/1829 Richard JARVIS Single Stock Harward Charlotte KEMP Single  
22 03/05/1831 Thomas WILLIAMS Widower   Martha SCOTT Single  
23 12/12/1831 William COGDALE Single   Sarah BARKER Single  
24 31/12/1831 John HOLDEN Single   Mary HARRINGTON Single Boreham
25 15/04/1833 Thomas SEWELL Widower   Mary HOLDER Widow  
26 19/05/1833 James TUNSTALL Single   Sarah SUCKLING Single  
27 29/10/1833 John BOREHAM Single   Mary Ann SPELLER Single  
28 08/07/1834 William HAGON Single   Mary Ann NEWCOMBE Single  
30 31/08/1834 James Henry PRATT Single   Ann WRIGHT Single  
29 09/12/1834 William KING Single   Mary Ann NICHOLS Single  
31 18/01/1835 William HOLMES Single   Eliza CROSS Single  
32 08/02/1835 David KEMP Widower   Mary Ann NICHOLS Widow  
33 28/03/1835 Henry HURRELL Single   Elizabeth USHER Single  
34 19/05/1835 James ALDRETT Single   Ann GOWER Widow Margaret Roding
35 02/11/1835 Thomas FRANKLING Single   Lucy WIBROW Single  
36 20/02/1836 John DOWSE Single   Sarah HOLMES Single  
37 11/09/1836 Newman TURPIN Single Rotherhithe, Surrey Susanna EMBERSON Single  
38 30/09/1836 John WARWICKER Single   Ruth GRISTLE Single  
39 21/11/1836 James BANNISTER Single   Mary Ann HURRELL Widow  

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