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Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Bramshaw lies in southwestern Hampshire, forming a stretch of the border with neighbouring Wiltshire, indeed at one time Bramshaw was treated as part of the latter county. Bramshaw is located about 6 miles north of the New Forest town of Lyndhurst and sits on the northeastern boundary of that former Royal hunting area. Bramshaw is a dispersed village with no defined centre but is scattered across a wide area, the notional centre sits on the B3079 road, a linking road between the A31 (Southampton to Bournemouth) road and the A36 (Southampton to Salisbury) roads. Bramshaw parish's claim to fame is as the site of the notorious and highly suspicious accidental death of King Rufus, shot by an arrow in an alleged hunting accident within its bounds. Bramshaw would have had a farming economy, supplemented by sundry rights to utilise the neighbouring Forest making for a prosperous community. Bramshaw is drained northeastwards by headwaters of the River Blackwater, this river merges with the Test to the west of Southampton reaching the English Channel through Southampton Water. Bramshaw is sited at around 60 metres above the sea in gently rolling countryside, land rises within the New Forest to local heights close to 130 metres. Bramshaw parish was typically sized for its area, covering just under 3,600 acres it would have supported a population of just under 800 parishioners. In Domesday times Bramshaw was shared between one Edmund (the son of Aiulf) & Wulfnoth, apparently Saxon survivors, but the assets were small and specifically detailed in that tome. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 2nd January 1755 - 22nd December 1759 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 55M83/PR2a | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 5 Register - the condition of this register is such that the transcript carries a "health warning" as to the likelihood of being substantially incorrect | The register is in appalling condition with most entries
barely readable and a few failing that test. All entries have been checked
against the extant Bishops transcript to enable as complete and accurate
transcript as possible. NB this register is bundled with the extant composite register as a single archival deposit |
2 | 12th February 1760 - 23rd December 1772 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 55M83/PR2b | Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | The register is in a poor condition with many entries barely
readable and a few failing that test. All entries have been checked against
the extant Bishops transcript to enable as complete and accurate transcript
as possible. NB this register is bundled with the short-lived Marriage register as a single archival deposit |
3 | 9th June 1774 - 24th November 1812 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 55M83/PR9 | 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 | 25th March 1813 - 27th March 1837 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 55M83/PR10 | 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 | Fading & poor handwriting at times may lead to one or two misreads |
Downton
St Laurence, Wiltshire
Landford St Andrew, Wiltshire |
Plaitford
St Peter
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Eling
St Mary
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New Forest
extra-parochial area
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Eling St Mary
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New Forest
extra-parochial area
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Minstead All
Saints
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Minstead
All Saints
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