England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Leckford lies in western Hampshire about 5 miles south of the market town of Andover. Leckford is a small village sitting on the A3057 road which connects Andover with Stockbridge and onwards to Romsey. Much of Leckford is built at or close to the junction of the A3057 with a narrow lane running southeastwards onto the chalk downs. Leckford sits within the valley of the River Test at the break of slope where land rises above flooding levels. This valley setting gave the local economy access to valley grazing as well as the chalk downlands with their arable fields and sheep-walks. The Test drains the parish southwards to reach the English Channel through the port of Southampton. Leckford is sited at about 40 metres above the sea but its valley setting in rolling chalk-lands means local heights surround it to general level reaching above 140 metres on nearby Chilbolton Down. Leckford parish was small for this area, it covered around 2,200 acres and would have held a population of just over 200 parishioners. Leckford is mentioned in Domesday Book where it was held by the Winchester Abbey, a small place of just 6 ploughs, small meadows but it did possess its own mill and half share in a second. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 14th April 1757 - 5th December 1786 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 45M77/PR2 |
Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may result in one or two misreads |
2 | 28th May 1787 - 3rd June 1811 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 45M77/PR3 | 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 |
3 | 14th October 1813 - 17th June 1837 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 45M77/PR4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Wherwell
St Peter & Holy Cross
Chilbolton St Mary |
Chilbolton
St Mary
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Longstock
St Mary
Stockbridge St Peter |
Chilbolton
St Mary
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Stockbridge
St Peter
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Kings
Somborne St Peter & St Paul (detached)
Crawley St Mary |
Crawley
St Mary
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