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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Hope Mansell St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of Hope Mansell lies in the extreme southeast of Herefordshire forming an extensive part of the border with neighbouring Gloucestershire, the parish forms something of a peninsula into the latter county being bordered on three sides. Hope Mansell is located about 3 miles southeast of the market town of Ross on Wye and sits in a broad area devoid of major roads, the closest being the A40 which connects Ross on Wye through to Gloucester and which sits almost 2 1/2 miles north of Hope Mansell. There is very little to Hope Mansell, no proper village as such, merely a cluster of farms and cottages on a shelf of land overlooking the deeply incised valley of the Bailey Brook. Hope Mansell sits on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean in deeply incised countryside rich in limestone which led to a largely pastoral farming regime dominated by sheep rearing. The Bailey Brook is intermittent on the surface the porous limestone leading to underground drainage in places, the general trend is northwestwards towards the River Wye at Ross on Wye and thence back south to reach the Bristol Channel through Chepstow. Hope Mansell is sited at around 90 metres above the sea but land rises steeply to local heights of almost 280 metres to the east of the Bailey Brook's valley and within a couple of miles. Hope Mansell parish was on the small side for its area, covering just under 1,200 acres it would have supported just under 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Hope Mansell was a tiny place of just 3 ploughs and held by one William the son of Balderon.


The Church

St Michael's church sits on the eastern side of the lane which runs through the notional centre of Hope Mansell. The church has been heavily restored over the centuries with much modification from the original building. Traces of a Norman Romanesque origin are still to be found, Pevsner cites the inner archway of the northern doorway into the chancel, but these are slight. There was clearly a significant rebuild in the 13th century when early English Gothic was used, lancet windows, characteristic of this era, are widely used or reused as the chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century. The 17th century saw the addition of the southern porch but in Victorian times, in this case the late 1880s, much was altered by the restorers. A timber turret was demolished when the entire western end was rebuilt and today's double bellcote replaced it, at the same time most internal fittings were also replaced. The church sits in an elevated position banked by a local stone wall, there is sufficient space for a car or two on the verge by the gates. A short flight of steps leads up to the wooden gates and into the churchyard, sadly the church is rather hemmed in by trees making for a difficult building to adequately capture with severely restricted angles available.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 13th September 1757 - 10th February 1814 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AG68/7 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 6th May 1815 - 13th May 1837 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AG68/8 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Walford St Michael
Weston under Penyard St Lawrence
Weston under Penyard St Lawrence
Walford St Michael
Mitcheldean St Michael, Gloucestershire
Walford St Michael
Ruardean St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire
Mitcheldean St Michael, Gloucestershire
Ruardean St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire

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
05/01/1754 James MAYS     Elizabeth ROPER    
1 13/09/1757 Thomas COWLES Widower   Alice JONES Single  
2 19/11/1757 Rudall BETHAM Single St Nicholas, Bristol, Gloucestershire Ann TYRER Single  
3 12/12/1759 John HUMPHRIES Single Turkdean, Gloucestershire Mary ROGERS Single  
4 12/12/1762 Edward MORGAN Single   Elizabeth CROOSE Single  
5 30/06/1764 Peter PRICE Single   Anne DAVIS Widow  
6 19/11/1765 Lewis JONES Single   Bridget KNIGHT Single  
7 21/11/1765 Benjamin READING Single   Ann MORGAN Single  
8 14/09/1767 Thomas RICHARDS Single   Mary COLDER Single  
9 22/05/1768 James BALDWIN Single Newland, Gloucestershire Jane JONES Single  
10 24/05/1768 Joseph WOODHOUSE Single   Mary BENNETT Single  
11 30/01/1770 Thomas MEEK   Newland, Gloucestershire Hannah DAVIS Widow  
12 15/02/1772 James DAVICE     Ann TURNER   Newland, Gloucestershire
13 27/07/1773 Richard HAKINGS Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
14 20/10/1773 John MARSHALL Single Newland, Gloucestershire Mary SIER Single  
15 09/12/1773 John JONES Single   Mary TYLER Single  
17 18/04/1774 Thomas SCRIVENS Single English Bicknor, Gloucestershire Ann READING Widow  
18 22/05/1774 John REECE Single   Hannah BETHAM Single  
16 21/07/1774 Richard DAVIES Single   Hannah RUDGE Single  
19 22/05/1777 Thomas WATKINS   Monmouth, Monmouthshire Susannah BAYLY Widow  
20 03/01/1779 John SINDERBY   Monmouth, Monmouthshire Mary JONES    
07/12/1779 Thomas HODGES   Weston Under Penyard Ann DAVIES    
17/06/1783 William MARSHALL     Sarah GREENWAY    
26/08/1784 Richard MARFITT Single   Mary MILES Single  
24/12/1788 Thomas HODGES     Betty DAVIES    
15/02/1790 William PERKINS Widower Aston Ingham Mary BETHAM Single  
10/04/1790 James PARTRIDGE   Ross Mary WOODHOUSE    
07/05/1790 Simon WOODHALL Single   Susannah ADDIS Single  
09/07/1792 William RUDGE   Walford Sarah COWMEADOW    
21/11/1792 John JONES     Esther GARDNER    
18/06/1793 John MARFELL   Ruardean, Gloucestershire Jane BENNETT    
30/06/1793 George MARTIN   Ruardean, Gloucestershire Mary MARFELL    
02/11/1793 James MATTHEWS     Elizabeth HAWKINS    
25/11/1793 William EVANS     Elizabeth JONES    
03/05/1794 John WILCE Single Ruardean, Gloucestershire Ann MARFELL Widow  
12/07/1794 John HARRIS     Ann MOORE    
25/09/1794 Thomas RUDGE   Weston Under Penyard Ann MARSHALL    
31/12/1794 Walter ELLIS     Margaret SMITH    
04/12/1796 John SHARMAN   St Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire Margaret LEWIS    
04/07/1797 Christopher BOND Single Walford Mary HAWKINS Single  
09/04/1798 John HATTON     Elizabeth POWELL    
12/01/1799 Edward BROCK Single Chatham, Kent Mary ODDIS Single  
03/11/1800 William JAMES   Llangarron Ann HODGES    
31/12/1801 James HUSTANCE     Sarah HODGES    
13/04/1803 Jonathan MARFELL Single   Hannah HERBERT Single  
01/01/1805 John WINTLE Single Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire Joanna ODDIS Single  
23/09/1805 Richard MARSHALL     Elizabeth DAVIES    
06/10/1805 Joseph RUDGE   Weston Under Penyard Elizabeth BETHAM    
28/10/1805 Joseph MOUNTJOY     Rosannah RASSEN    
27/02/1807 James MARSHALL   Newland, Gloucestershire Hannah WELLS    
09/05/1808 John REYNOLDS Single   Ann WALL Widow  
01/08/1808 James HAIL     Ruth GRIFFITHS    
28/09/1808 Thomas JONES     Jane JONES    
07/07/1810 George WARD     Mary FISHER    
16/08/1810 Jonathan MEEK   Ruardean, Gloucestershire Sarah PENRY    
10/02/1814 Anthony WILLIAMS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary Ann JONES    
1 06/05/1815 Thomas HALE Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane WILLIAMS    
2 28/10/1815 Richard BUFFING Single Ruardean, Gloucestershire Sarah JONES    
3 12/08/1816 Daniel GRIFFITHS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth WHITING Single  
4 30/08/1817 Thomas JONES Single   Elizabeth RUDGE Widow  
5 14/05/1818 Thomas NELMES Single   Charlotte WATERS Single  
6 27/06/1818 Thomas BANNISTER Single   Ann TURNER Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
7 19/07/1818 John HUGGINS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jemima WILLIAMS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
8 27/08/1818 George YEARSLEY Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Maria TRIGG Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
9 29/05/1819 William MEEK Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth GREGORY Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
10 13/09/1819 Henry William MORTIMER   Welsh Newton Mary ADDIS    
11 15/06/1820 Richard BENNETT Widower English Bicknor, Gloucestershire Elizabeth BENNETT Single  
12 07/12/1820 Joseph HOPKINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah GOODE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
13 14/12/1820 Samuel COTTERELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah DAVIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
14 25/04/1821 John JOAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth HAYWARD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
15 17/05/1821 Richard STEPHENS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth WALL    
16 13/06/1821 Amos YARN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Winifred BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
17 30/10/1821 Thomas TAYLOR   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann ASHELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
18 10/01/1822 Thomas MARSDEN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary BANNESTER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
19 28/05/1822 James POWELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jemima JENKINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
20 24/08/1822 Thomas JORDAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Chreasy BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
21 31/08/1822 Benjamin JOHNSON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth THOMAS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
22 20/01/1823 William LANE   Lea Hannah NEWELL Widow  
23 19/04/1823 Charles MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
24 19/04/1823 William BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah SMART   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
25 20/05/1823 William ROWLES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Frances DEE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
26 07/06/1823 Henry COOK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth SIVE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
27 16/07/1823 Thomas BARNARD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Charlotte ROBERTS    
28 21/09/1823 Thomas JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Caroline HYNES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
29 07/10/1823 Moses MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah TAPPINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
30 07/10/1823 James JENKINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann TAPPINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
31 24/12/1823 Thomas MARFELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth HERBERT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
32 24/12/1823 Benjamin DARRATT   Cranham, Gloucestershire Jane DAW   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
33 24/02/1824 George RICHARDSON     Elizabeth READING    
34 11/05/1824 William MAWSON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary COOK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
35 08/06/1824 Richard DAVIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth GAILEY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
36 10/06/1824 William James BRIDGES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann GAILEY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
37 17/07/1824 Richard BRADOCK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth TAYLOR   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
38 16/08/1824 Benjamin BRAIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann HODGES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
39 30/09/1824 Edward KITCHEN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Susanna BEVEN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
40 06/11/1824 John MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah MANSEL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
41 30/12/1824 William BEVAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Rebecca MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
42 24/01/1825 Thomas LOWE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Esther RIDLER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
43 13/02/1825 William MATSON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Anne SMITH   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
44 13/08/1825 John MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Anne ROBERTS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
45 14/12/1825 Joseph MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Harriet EDWARDS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
46 17/12/1825 Thomas JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah TIPPINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
47 27/12/1825 Samuel CHURCHILL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Anne YEM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
48 27/12/1825 Thomas DOBBS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Anne JAMES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
49 07/02/1826 William STEPHENS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mira GOODE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
50 18/02/1826 James MARFELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth BLANCH   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
51 04/04/1826 Thomas HAYWARD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah SIMMONS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
52 01/05/1826 George MARFELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Susannah Knight ADDIS    
53 15/05/1826 Samuel STEPHENS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Esther MATHEWS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
54 25/11/1826 William TURNER   Ruardean, Gloucestershire Maria LEADHAM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
55 27/01/1827 William TINGLE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth HATTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
56 24/02/1827 George PARSONS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Margaret HERBERT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
57 07/04/1827 James NELMES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane NELMES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
58 08/07/1827 Stephen GOODE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane WOOD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
59 10/08/1827 William PHELPS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sophia TRIGG   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
60 10/09/1827 Richard POWELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane BAYLEY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
61 01/11/1827 Joseph DAW     Esther HARDMAN    
62 03/11/1827 William POWELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Catherine DOWNES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
63 22/12/1827 George HARRIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann PHILLIPPS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
64 02/02/1828 Thomas MASON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Zilpah CHIVERS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
65 08/03/1828 William TIPPINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Lettice JENKINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
66 28/07/1828 George PRICE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Orpah MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
67 09/11/1828 William AMBREY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah WHITTINGTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
68 20/12/1828 George BRADLEY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah HARDING   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
69 14/05/1829 George SHEAVINGTON     Anne YEARSLEY    
70 18/05/1829 Mathew SMITH   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza BARNARD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
71 27/05/1829 Thomas HARRIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
72 19/09/1829 Edward JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Martha ROSE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
73 21/10/1829 Thomas HATTON     Sophia BALDWIN   Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire
74 11/11/1829 John LANE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth YEM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
75 26/12/1829 John HILL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Amy JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
76 10/02/1830 Miles BENNETT Single   Ellen MARFELL Single  
77 27/03/1830 Moses NELMES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
78 31/05/1830 John COOPER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Lydia KING   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
79 20/11/1830 Thomas MERRETT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary MORGAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
80 28/11/1830 Joseph CHIVERS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary VAUGHAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
81 04/12/1830 Emanuel SYMONDS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ina STEVENS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
82 18/12/1830 Richard NICHOLLS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary REDDING   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
83 17/03/1831 Benjamin BRAIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Phoebe BRIGHT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
84 29/05/1831 John SELF   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sally HATTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
85 30/05/1831 James MOUNTJOY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth YEMM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
86 27/08/1831 George LEADBEATER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah ROBERTS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
87 06/10/1831 John CARTER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Anne WEBB   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
88 05/11/1831 Matthew HATTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah HODGES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
89 14/11/1831 John ASKELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza YEMM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
90 18/02/1832 Henry ROSSER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary Ann BAYNHAM    
91 22/02/1832 William BENNETT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane Frances HAYWARD   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
92 17/03/1832 Edward COLEMAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth MORGAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
93 26/05/1832 Joseph COLEMAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah RUDGE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
94 15/07/1832 James DEAKIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary WEBB   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
95 15/07/1832 Philip JORDAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza READ   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
96 06/08/1832 George SMITH   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary THOMAS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
97 02/09/1832 Thomas LEWIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Margaret ROBERTS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
98 12/12/1832 William MARFELL     Elizabeth PETERS    
99 25/12/1832 Thomas BAYLIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary BAYNHAM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
100 04/02/1833 Cornelius BLEWETT   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah NICKLIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
101 09/03/1833 William ROBBINS     Mary HATTON    
102 16/03/1833 Henry EDDY   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah HATTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
103 13/07/1834 Joseph WILLIAMS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Amelia JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
104 29/11/1834 Edward MEEL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
105 06/12/1834 William PEAK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jane JONES    
106 05/05/1835 Miles WILLIAMS     Sarah COMPTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
107 21/07/1835 Thomas POWELL   Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Jane JONES    
108 22/08/1835 Richard BURGAM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary COOPER   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
109 14/04/1836 Charles WADLEY     Ann MILES    
110 10/05/1836 John GREEN   Newent, Gloucestershire Mary Ann YEARSLEY    
111 22/07/1836 Frederick HUTCHINGS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah TINGLE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
112 11/09/1836 Thomas BOYCE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah SYMONDS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
113 09/10/1836 James WITERTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jemima JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
114 13/10/1836 Philip SIMMONDS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Harriet COMPTON   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
115 06/02/1837 George MORGAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hannah PHILPS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
116 18/02/1837 Thomas SYMONDS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Susannah DAVIES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
117 25/03/1837 William WATSON   Ross Mary MILES    
118 29/04/1837 William PICKERING   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann MARSHALL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
119 13/05/1837 Thomas RUDGE   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann MEEK   St Briavels, Gloucestershire

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