England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe city of Bristol lies in the extreme south of Gloucestershire forming part of the border with neighbouring Somerset. At the start of this transcript period Bristol was divided into no fewer than 18 parishes of which St Mary Redcliffe was just one. Bristol is located roughly 120 miles west of London and sits on the River Avon at the point where it ceases to be navigable and is served by numerous major roads of which the A4 leads to London and the A38 to Birmingham. Bristol has a long and distinguished history, the pre-Roman Britons named in Caer Brito and the Romans adopted it as Abona. Itis as one of England's most significant ports that Bristol rose to become the major city of southwestern England, trade growing the port into a city of well over 100,000 population. Sadly much of that growth was fueled by Bristol's involvement in the slave trade, a trade now subject to revaluation by today's society. Besides the trade and commerce occasioned by the port, Bristol is also a major manufacturing centre and home for numerous service industries; it remains the major place of employment in its area and a major market for produce from a broad hinterland. Bristol has also benefited from modern developments, the Kennet & Avon canal being followed by Brunel's railway line to London and others to both north and south. In more recent times the modern M4 & M5 motorways pass by the city with its own dedicated motorway, the M32 connecting it to the former. St Mary Redcliffe parish sat originally outside the walls of the inner city on its southern side (indeed in two places it spread across the Avon into Somerset) but is now engulfed within the metropolis that is Greater Bristol. Bristol is drained the short distance to the nearby Bristol Channel by the Avon through its famous gorge. St Mary Redcliffe parish is sited at just 10 metres above the sea with most of the city at that height or indeed lower, land rises to the height of 80 metres in the suburb of Cotham. St Mary Redcliffe parish covered a relatively small area either side of the city's Redcliffe Hill, just a few city blocks in acreage yet home to a population that was well over 6,000 by the end of this transcript period. Bristol, being already a substantial settlement, is not specifically detailed as to its assets in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
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19th May 1754 - 12th January 1764 |
Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/1 |
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 | 12th January 1764 - 29th December 1771 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/2 | 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 |
3 | 1st January 1772 - 30th December 1801 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/3 | 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 |
4 | 10th January 1802 - 27th December 1812 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/4 | 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 |
5 | 3rd January 1813 - 8th May 1820 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
6 | 10th May 1820 - 30th December 1826 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/6 | Nonstandard Rose style preprinted Marriage register, it is nonstandard in not being pre-stamped with its numbering that being left to the clerk to complete | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
7 | 1st January 1827 - 1st April 1833 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/7a | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is bundled together with its successor into a single archival deposit |
8 | 1st April 1833 - 31st December 1834 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/7b | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is bundled together with its predecessor into a single archival deposit |
9 | 1st January 1835 - 28th June 1837 | Bristol City Archives - Reference - P.St_MR/R/3/8 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Bristol
St Nicholas
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Bristol
St Thomas
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Bristol
Temple
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Bristol
St Nicholas
Bedminster St John the Baptist, Somerset |
Bristol
Temple
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Bedminster
St John the Baptist, Somerset
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Bedminster
St John the Baptist, Somerset
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Bedminster
St John the Baptist, Somerset
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