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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Rudry St James

 

The Parish

The parish of Rudry lies in eastern Glamorgan, indeed it forms part of the boundary with neighbouring Monmouthshire. Rudry lies roughly 4 miles east of the ancient town of Caerphilly it is set away from major roads in lanes south of the A468 which links Caerphilly with Newport in Monmouthshire. Rudry sits in a commanding position on the first range of hills north of the Glamorgan coastal plains, the village occupying a pass through a ridge (Cefn Onn) at about 120 metres above sea level but with ground rising to over 200 metres to the west. Land falls away to both south and also to the east into the valley of the Rhymney. Like most Welsh parishes the area covered was quite large with over 2,000 acres in the parish but supported relatively few, just over 300 parishioners. The land use is predominantly a mixture of pasture and forestry. Like most of Wales Domesday Book does not cover this area.


The Church

St Peter's church lies west of the main settlement of the village, along a lane that runs below the bluff of Cefn Onn. The church shows signs of an early 14th Century build but much has been masked by later restorations and improvements. The Victorians had an extensive makeover in the 1880s and further work was done in the 1960s which Pevsner describes as "unsympathetic". The church sits on the south side of the narrow lane enclosed by a low wall, the grounds are well-wooded making for a difficult photo site with angles blocked by trees.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 4th August 1755 - 23rd November 1811 Gwent Archives, Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/142.4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 11th December 1813 - 18th July 1835 Gwent Archives, Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/142.5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Bedwas St Barrwg, Monmouthshire
Machen St Michael, Monmouthshire
Machen St Michael, Monmouthshire
Caerphilly St Martin
Michaelstone Y Fedw St Michael, Monmouthshire
Llanishen St Isan
Lisvane St Denis
Michaelstone Y Fedw St Michael, Monmouthshire

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 04/08/1755 Arthur ROWLAND Single   Anne JOHN Widow  
2 02/11/1755 John DAVID Single   Anne PHILLIP Single  
3 07/05/1756 William EDWARD Widower   Margaret THOMAS Single  
4 29/10/1756 William ROWLAND Single   Mary WILLIAM Single  
5 10/05/1757 Lewis EDWARD Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Mary THOMAS Single  
6 23/05/1757 Edward HARRY Single   Gwenllian DANIEL Single  
7 03/10/1758 William JOHN Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Margaret JOHN Widow  
8 24/09/1759 Thomas HARRY Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Anne RICHARD Single  
9 20/10/1759 William WATKIN Single   Gwenllian THOMAS Single  
10 10/06/1760 Harry WILLIAM Widower   Margaret EDMOND Widow  
11 26/04/1763 Thomas MORGAN Single Machen, Monmouthshire Margaret HARRY Widow  
12 17/06/1763 Phillip WILLIAM Single   Anne JOHN Single  
13 06/08/1763 Harry JOHN Single   Mary DAVID Single  
14 11/02/1764 Thomas WILLIAM Single   Jane JENKIN Widow  
15 14/09/1764 John WILLIAM Single   Margaret JOHN Single  
16 08/05/1765 William CROSS Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Cicely HARRY Single  
17 18/05/1765 Thomas ROWLAND Single   Anne HARRY Single  
18 05/07/1765 John JENKIN Widower   Jane EDWARD Single  
19 17/05/1766 Harry WILLIAM Single   Anne ROWLAND Single  
20 19/07/1766 William EVAN Single   Anne MORGAN Single  
21 21/10/1768 Thomas JOHN   Machen, Monmouthshire Mary THOMAS    
22 28/10/1769 John JENKIN     Jennot JOHN    
23 08/06/1770 David WILLIAM Single   Elizabeth LEWIS Single  
24 29/09/1770 John THOMAS Single   Margaret HARRY Single  
25 22/07/1771 William JOHN Single   Mary GEORGE Single  
26 23/11/1771 John REES Single   Anne PHILIP Single  
27 28/04/1773 William JENKIN Widower   Catherine JAMES Single  
28 13/11/1773 Edmund EVAN Single   Margaret POWELL Single  
29 07/04/1774 William ROBERT Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Sarah LEWIS Single  
30 28/05/1774 Edward LEWIS Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Mary MORGAN Single  
31 18/04/1775 John JAMES Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Alice EDWARD Single  
32 09/05/1775 Edmund JOHN Single   Catharine LEWIS Single  
33 20/05/1775 William WILLIAMS Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
34 16/06/1775 William DANIEL Single Llanedeyrn Anne LEWIS Single  
35 30/04/1776 Thomas JONES Widower   Mary MORGAN Single  
36 26/02/1777 John JONES   Llanedeyrn Anne GEORGE    
37 07/11/1778 Evan JAMES   Bedwas, Monmouthshire Mary ROBERT    
38 09/05/1779 Morgan EVAN Single Leckwith Mary THOMAS Single  
39 23/10/1779 William EDWARD Single   Ann DAVID    
40 24/03/1780 Lewelyn MORGAN Single   Mary OWEN Single  
41 27/03/1780 Thomas DAVID Single   Ann LEWIS Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire
42 03/06/1780 John JONES Single   Elizabeth MORGAN Single  
43 06/06/1780 Thomas MATTHEW Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Catherine ROWLAND Single  
44 11/12/1780 Thomas PHILLIP Single   Sophia JENKINS Single  
45 03/03/1781 Rowland WILLIAM Single   Anne THOMAS Widow  
46 20/10/1781 Morgan JAMES Single   Margaret WILLIAM Single  
47 20/12/1781 John DAVID Widower   Mary ROWLAND Widow  
48 06/11/1784 David WILLIAM Single Eglwysilan Anne ROWLAND Single  
49 15/10/1785 Watkin JOHN Single Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire Anne DAVID Widow  
50 27/08/1786 Edmund THOMAS Single Machen, Monmouthshire Catherine JONES Single  
51 23/09/1786 Thomas JOHN Widower Lisvane Blanch LEWIS Single  
52 20/05/1787 Thomas JAMES Single   Anne GEORGE Single  
53 26/06/1787 David JENKIN Widower   Blanch THOMAS Single  
54 06/11/1787 William HOWELL Single   Mary DAVID Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire
55 25/10/1788 Henry WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth MORGAN Widow  
56 14/02/1789 Morgan LEWIS Single   Margaret WILLIAM Single  
57 15/07/1789 John WILLIAM Single   Catherine EDWARD Widow  
58 24/10/1789 William THOMAS Single   Jennet ROWLAND Single  
59 08/11/1789 William ROBERT Single   Elizabeth WILLIAM Single  
60 07/08/1790 Lewis LEWIS Single   Margaret GEORGE Single  
61 14/05/1791 Edward ROWLAND Single   Gwellian GEORGE Single  
62 08/04/1792 Watkin NICHOLAS     Anne MORGAN    
63 14/07/1792 John JAMES Widower   Anne POWEL Single  
64 26/07/1792 William MATHEW     Anne HARRY    
65 08/10/1792 John HUSSEY     Sarah BEAVANS    
66 11/01/1794 Thomas DAVID     Elizabeth ROWLAND    
67 18/10/1794 David PHILLIPS Single St Andrews Major Anne WATKIN Single  
68 18/07/1795 John RICHARDS     Anne THOMAS    
69 30/04/1796 Morgan EVAN     Gwenllian MILES    
70 14/05/1796 Harry LAWRENCE     Mary THOMAS    
71 13/01/1798 Lewis WILLIAM     Jane MOSES    
72 30/04/1798 William PROSSER   Whitchurch Joan LEWIS    
73 23/02/1799 John THOMAS   Llanmihangel Anne REES    
74 05/04/1799 William DAVID     Elizabeth SPOONER   Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire
75 11/10/1799 Lewis LEWIS     Anne EVANS    
76 12/01/1802 James MOSES     Anne EVANS    
78 12/04/1802 William DAVID   Eglwysilan Cecil JONES    
79 12/06/1802 Edmund WILLIAM   Eglwysilan Elizabeth BRIANT    
80 18/12/1802 Thomas JONES     Elizabeth SAMUEL    
81 26/11/1803 Henry HARRIS   Machen, Monmouthshire Sarah EVANS    
82 15/04/1804 Samuel THOMAS Single Eglwysilan Mary ROBERT Single  
83 29/05/1804 Edward LEWIS Single   Elizabeth ROWLAND Widow  
84 27/10/1804 John MATTHEW Single Lisvane Mary LEWIS Single  
85 04/11/1804 Roger EVAN Single   Cecil ISRAEL Single  
86 28/09/1805 Edward JAMES   Lisvane Mary ROWLAND    
87 19/03/1806 Thomas POWELL Single   Margaret EVENS Single  
88 23/08/1806 Thomas THOMAS Single   Elizabeth WILLIAM Single  
89 14/06/1807 John BATTENS Single Trevethin, Monmouthshire Ann EDWARDS Single  
90 20/10/1807 John LEWIS Single Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire Mary ROWLAND Single  
91 26/12/1807 William EDMUNDS Single Llanedeyrn Mary LEWIS Single  
92 18/06/1808 Nehemiah LEIGH Widower   Mary EDWARDS Single  
93 03/11/1808 Edward JENKINS Single   Barbara JENKINS Single  
94 10/05/1809 John DAVIES Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Ann JENKINS Single  
95 15/07/1809 David WILLIAM Single   Ann THOMAS Single  
96 15/07/1809 George LEWIS Single   Ann JONES Single  
97 09/11/1809 Thomas NICHOLS Single   Mary JAMES Single  
98 21/04/1810 Edmund KENVIN Single   Ann WILLIAM Single  
99 05/05/1810 Edward CORLETT Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Mary DAVID Single  
100 16/07/1810 Thomas HOWELL Widower Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Margaret ROBERT Widow  
101 09/10/1810 Rowland JONES Single   Rachel JENKINS Single  
102 04/12/1810 Edmund WATKIN Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Ann ISRAEL Single  
103 10/03/1811 William JONES Single   Julia PHAR Single  
104 20/05/1811 William JENKINS Single   Margaret FOXALL Single  
105 05/08/1811 John ISRAEL Single   Rachel JONES Single  
106 07/08/1811 Edmund JENKINS Single   Mary JAMES Single  
107 23/11/1811 Morgan HUGHES Single   Ann JAMES Single  
1 11/12/1813 Edward DAVID Widower Eglwysilan Jane MORGAN Single  
2 09/01/1814 John COLEMAN Single   Sara HOSKINS Single  
3 09/06/1814 Daniel MORGAN   Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Alice MORGAN Single  
4 11/11/1815 Thomas RICHARD Single   Joan TAMPLIN Single  
6 19/03/1816 James JONES Single   Ann JONES    
7 14/04/1817 Thomas ROWLAND Single   Sara ISSAC Single  
8 27/07/1817 James HOSKINS     Julia JAMES    
9 10/08/1817 William RICHARD     Mary HUMBERSTONE    
10 06/09/1817 Thomas ROWLAND Single   Ann JENKIN Single  
11 29/11/1817 Evan MORGAN Single   Margaret RICHARD Single  
12 25/10/1818 Joseph RICHARDS Single Roath Catherine HUMBERSTONE Single  
13 20/02/1819 Rowland ROWLAND Widower   Catherine JAMES Single  
14 09/10/1820 Thomas LEWIS Single   Ann MOSES Single  
15 09/10/1820 Edward LEWIS Single   Mary RICE Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire
16 21/04/1821 William MATTHEWS Single   Rachel SAUNDERS    
17 16/06/1821 Charles THOMAS Single   Sarah WILLIAM Single  
18 23/06/1821 Thomas DAVID Single   Sarah WILLIAMS Single  
19 03/11/1821 Joseph GIMBLET Single Bassaleg, Monmouthshire Margaret JAMES Single  
20 03/11/1821 John RICHARD Single   Mary LEWIS Single  
21 17/11/1821 John MOSES Single   Ann WILLIAMS Single  
22 25/05/1822 Isaac MORGAN Single   Jennet LEWIS Single  
23 09/11/1822 Luke FARR Single   Hannah HOSKINS Single  
24 29/07/1823 David MILES Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Ann CROSS Single  
25 04/11/1823 Daniel THOMAS Single Roath Ann PHILLIPS Single  
26 17/05/1824 Edward JONES Single   Margaret LEWIS Single  
27 30/10/1824 William TAMPLIN   Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Ann MORGAN    
28 01/10/1825 William HARRIS Single   Rachel WILLIAMS Single  
29 11/03/1826 Edmund LLOYD Widower   Ruth EVANS Single  
30 30/10/1826 Edward JOHN Single Aberdare Salina WILLIAMS Single  
31 26/05/1827 John EDMUNDS Single Eglwysilan Elizabeth MORGAN Single  
32 09/02/1828 Charles THOMAS Widower   Margaret HARRIS    
33 23/02/1828 James MOSES Single Bedwas, Monmouthshire Mary MORGAN Single  
34 24/05/1828 John ROWLAND Single Machen, Monmouthshire Ann JENKINS Single  
35 16/06/1828 Thomas THOMAS     Sara GRIFFITHS    
36 21/06/1828 John ROSSER     Elizabeth DAVIS    
37 16/08/1828 William HARRIS Single   Ann DAVIS Single  
38 15/11/1828 Thomas JENKINS Single Eglwysilan Barbara EDMUNDS Single  
39 13/04/1829 James SPENCER Single   Rebecca MORGAN Single  
40 11/08/1829 Lewis LEWIS Single   Ann MORGAN Single  
41 26/12/1829 Evan DAVIES Single Machen, Monmouthshire Elizabeth EDMUNDS Single  
42 04/12/1830 William LEWIS Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Mary SPOONER Single  
43 18/12/1830 David MORGAN Single   Jane MOSES Single  
44 04/04/1831 Benjamin JONES Single   Margaret DAVIES Single  
45 22/11/1831 Thomas THOMAS Single Michaelstone Y Fedw, Monmouthshire Mary MORGANS Single  
46 04/04/1833 Edward ROWLAND Single   Elizabeth JENKINS Single  
47 04/11/1833 William RICHARDS Single   Annas LEWIS Single  
48 10/12/1833 Robert JONES Single   Ann PARRY Single  
49 10/03/1834 William ROGERS Single   Ann DAVIES Single  
50 26/07/1834 Thomas LEWIS Single Pentyrch Miriam EVANS Single  
51 29/09/1834 Henry BEVAN Single   Elizabeth MORGAN Single  
52 10/11/1834 William MORGANS Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
53 15/11/1834 Edward WILLIAMS Single   Mary MORGAN Single  
54 06/07/1835 Timothy MORGAN Single Trevethin, Monmouthshire Joan JONES Single  
55 18/07/1835 William KENVIN Single   Blanch NICHOLAS Single  

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