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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Lea St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Lea lies in the extreme southeast of Herefordshire indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Gloucestershire. Lea passed from Gloucestershire into Herefordshire in 1844. Lea is located about 5 miles southeast of the market town of Ross on Wye and is a small and compact village grouped around the junction of the A40 (which connects Ross on Wye with Gloucester) and B4222 (which runs northeast to Newent. Lea is situated at the break of slope where the plain of the Wye valley meets rising ground at the northern edge of the Forest of Dean. The principal occupation of the area would have been pastoral farming with some arable & market gardening thrown in. A small tributary of the Wye, the Rushall Brook drains the parish northwards and then westwards to reach the Wye at Ross, thence to the Bristol Channel through Chepstow. Lea is sited at around 90 metres above the sea although local heights rise steeply to the east to twice that height on Crews Hill (164 metres). Lea was a small parish even by Herefordshire standards, it covered just over 650 acres and supported a population of around 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Lea was held by the Abbey of Gloucester and was indeed a small place claiming a single plough.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church sits on the southern side of the A40 road a couple of hundred yards west of the village centre and junction with the B4222. The church is essentially 13th and early 14th centuries in origin with tower base, nave and chancel from the former century and the upper tower and spire, northern aisle and chapel being 14th century when the church was widened. The whole building was extensively ("drastically", Pevsner) in Victorian times which does mask much dating detail. The church sits on a bend in the busy A40 screened by trees from the east and surrounded by a low local stone wall. A gate faces the A40 but the site is relatively hemmed in and views are limited to north and western views.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 23rd June 1754 - 9th April 1812 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AG52/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Fading leads to the possibility of a few misreads
2 15th May 1815 - 16th May 1837 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AG52/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Weston under Penyard St Lawrence
Linton St Mary
Aston Ingham St John the Baptist
Weston under Penyard St Lawrence
Aston Ingham St John the Baptist
Hope Mansel St Michael
Mitcheldean St Michael, Gloucestershire
Longhope All Saints, 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
1 23/06/1754 Thomas DOWDEN   All Saints, Hereford Ann DAVIS    
2 30/03/1755 James BOND     Mary GWILLIAM    
3 31/03/1755 John SYMONDS     Betty HOYER    
4 19/01/1756 Thomas BAYNHAM   Aston Ingham Hester WELLINGTON    
5 15/07/1756 Thomas PALMER     Sophiah BARNETT   Walford
6 20/07/1756 James HARRIS   Aston Ingham Mary WELLINGTON    
7 01/08/1756 Phillip MOORE   Ross Jane WELLINGTON    
8 10/11/1757 John JACKSON   Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Elenor PRICHARD    
9 29/07/1758 Thomas PRITCHARD   Aston Ingham Frances VAUGHAN    
10 13/06/1759 William LANE   Weston Under Penyard Anne REDDING   Aston Ingham
11 01/08/1761 William EDWARDS     Mary PRICE    
12 15/05/1762 William BROWN     Mary SAUNDERS    
13 25/06/1762 James PREES     Margaret GUNTER    
14 06/07/1762 James HARRIS     Hannah JERMAN    
15 27/07/1762 William GWYNN     Betty HERBERT    
16 29/11/1763 Joseph KEYSE   Weston Under Penyard Elizabeth SYMMONDS Widow  
17 25/09/1764 Robert UPTON   Hentland Elizabeth EVANS    
18 26/11/1764 John CLARKE   Abenhall, Gloucestershire Anne WOOD Widow  
05/10/1765 Thomas BENNET     Nancy LEWIS    
21/10/1767 James JACKSON     Joyce LEWIS    
21/10/1767 Thomas GARNNER     Elizabeth PHILLIPS    
17/11/1767 Richard SIMMONS   Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Elizabeth SMART    
11/02/1768 Thomas VOICE   Aston Ingham Frances DRINKWATER    
23/07/1768 George JACKSON     Elizabeth WENT    
12/10/1769 Robert HOOPER     Anne HOPKIN Single  
09/04/1770 Samuel MATHEWS   Churcham, Gloucestershire Ann FISHER    
22/10/1771 Jonathan BENNETT     Betty BARNETT   Weston Under Penyard
26/07/1772 Joshua BARNETT     Martha BUTCHER    
22/07/1773 John WILLDEN     Ann BEDDOWS    
04/10/1773 James LANE   Linton Martha JAMES    
12/05/1774 Andrew MEREDITH   English Bicknor, Gloucestershire Phebe HARRIS    
18/11/1775 Luke JONES   Aston Ingham Jane TURNER    
18/06/1776 William JAMES     Sarah BENNETT    
16/07/1776 John BENNETT     Mary FURNEY    
20/05/1777 James HOOPER     Hannah JONES    
25/01/1778 John GRINDEL     Eleanor EVANS   Newland, Gloucestershire
25/08/1778 Anthony WILLIAMS Single   Sarah SMALLWOOD Single  
05/04/1779 James ROBINS     Mary BALDWIN   Linton
21/03/1781 George GOODE Single   Hannah FURNEY Single  
02/06/1781 John MARSH     Isabella RUDGE    
04/06/1781 Jonathan BENNETT Widower   Sarah FURNEY Single  
24/12/1784 Joseph THOMAS     Sarah JACKSONS    
24/06/1789 Richard HASKELL     Mary CUPIT    
06/02/1796 Thomas EDWARDS Single   Hannah BENNETT    
08/02/1796 Thomas LEWIS Single   Sarah BRADLEY Single  
20/04/1797 Samuel DRINKWATER     Frances ABRAHALL Single  
14/08/1797 Richard KIDSON Widower   Elizabeth DRINKWATER Widow Aston Ingham
17/09/1799 James FURNEY Single   Elizabeth JARRETT Single Newland, Gloucestershire
28/07/1800 William HAMMOND Single   Sarah MALLARD Single  
25/09/1800 William RICHARDS Single   Molly JONES Single  
28/11/1803 Thomas DAVIS Single Orcop Elizabeth FISHER Single  
02/12/1804 John EDWARDS Single Cardigan, Cardiganshire Martha HUGHES Single  
15/04/1805 Thomas MORGAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Margaret BARNES    
27/06/1805 William JAMES Single   Mary JONES Single  
25/08/1808 John BARLOW Widower Monmouth, Monmouthshire Jane KIDSON    
15/06/1809 John HODGES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah JONES Single  
22/08/1811 William DAVIS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary NEWELL Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
01/10/1811 Walter VAUGHAN   Newland, Gloucestershire Sarah DOWARD    
09/04/1812 Thomas SPOONER Single All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire Elizabeth PRICE    
4 15/05/1815 William BANNISTER Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Amelia PRICE Single  
5 24/10/1815 Aaron BALDWIN Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Matilda DOBBINGS Single  
6 05/08/1816 William DAWES Single Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Jane LODGE Single  
7 25/11/1816 Robert Turney BENNETT Single   Nancy PALMER Single  
8 27/11/1817 Thomas PALMER Single   Anne COOPER Single  
9 16/05/1820 John HERBERT Single Kentchurch Sarah TURNER Single  
10 27/11/1820 Jonathan WINTLE Single   Nancy OKEY Single  
11 03/05/1821 Thomas ADDIS Single Much Dewchurch Hester JONES Single  
12 10/06/1822 John MARSHALL Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth HASKELL Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
13 12/06/1822 Thomas BERNARD Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Lucy HARRIS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
14 03/10/1822 John JAMES Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
15 17/10/1822 John JAMES Single   Hannah BUTTS Single  
16 15/12/1823 James CONSTANCE Single Longhope, Gloucestershire Mary LODGE Single  
17 24/12/1823 Benjamin THOMAS Widower Ross Mary HANKINS Widow  
18 04/10/1824 Thomas CARPENTER Widower Gloucester, Gloucestershire Urania LODGE Single  
19 04/05/1825 Benjamin ARTHUR   Garway Elizabeth YEM    
20 25/06/1825 Thomas MORGAN Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Jemima SIMSON Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
21 01/10/1825 James SELWYN Widower Westbury On Trym, Gloucestershire Rachel SELWYN Single  
22 04/02/1826 George TURNER     Elizabeth HILL    
23 10/05/1827 Thomas RICHARDS   Fownhope Anne TRIGGE    
24 27/06/1827 John SIMKINS Single   Olivia JAYNE Single  
25 03/09/1827 George LANE   Hampton Bishop Sarah LODGE    
26 03/05/1828 Moses HARDIN Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary Ann COOPER Single  
27 09/06/1828 Isaac CLOSE Single   Ann PRITCHARD Single  
28 12/10/1828 James RICHARDS Widower St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah NEWEL Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
29 27/10/1828 George SYMMONDS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza BALDWIN Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
30 03/01/1830 Philip DAVIES Single   Elizabeth HARTLAND   Weston Under Penyard
31 07/06/1830 William LAWRENCE Widower   Mary MEEK Single  
32 07/02/1831 Charles WILES Single Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Anna VAUGHAN Single  
33 16/07/1832 Joseph DENTON Single   Lucy GREEN Single  
34 07/02/1833 William KNIGHT Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Elizabeth WEBB Widow St Briavels, Gloucestershire
35 10/02/1833 Thomas HALE Widower Northwood, Hampshire Elizabeth SWAYNE Widow  
36 09/03/1833 James BAKER Single Hope Mansel Susan AULAY Single  
37 16/06/1833 Richard KNIGHT Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Lucy SANDERS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
38 08/08/1833 William WALTERS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Helen WILLIAMS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
39 11/08/1833 Robert WINTLE Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza JAMES Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
40 09/09/1833 Joseph HARPER Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Hester CHIVERS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
41 02/12/1833 John RODGERS Single   Harriet WILKS Single  
42 31/12/1833 James BENNETT Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah Ann WATKINS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
43 31/03/1834 George WILLIAMS Widower St Briavels, Gloucestershire Susan MANSELL Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
44 05/07/1834 James PRICE Single Much Marcle Christiana ROBERTS Widow  
45 13/07/1834 John HARRIS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Rebecca CHIVERS Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
46 31/01/1835 Cornelius MEEK Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire Mary Ann SYMONDS Single  
47 11/07/1835 John HALL Widower St Briavels, Gloucestershire Esther BENNETT Single St Briavels, Gloucestershire
48 08/08/1835 Joseph THOMAS Single   Jane GOODE Single  
49 18/10/1835 David JAMES Single   Elizabeth EDWARDS Single  
50 08/11/1835 John MATTHEWS     Elizabeth DUFFELL    
51 23/04/1836 Moses BALDWIN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah PHILLIPS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
52 14/05/1836 William EDWARDS     Charlotte BEDDIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
53 30/06/1836 Thomas PRICE Single Sollars Hope Mary Ann PRICE    
54 01/09/1836 John COLWELL   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Eliza ROBERTS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
55 18/12/1836 Thomas WILES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Ann WATKINS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
56 11/04/1837 Joseph RUDGE     Mary Ann CORNWELL    
57 14/05/1837 Edmund YEMM   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Sarah COLEMAN   St Briavels, Gloucestershire
58 16/05/1837 Thomas HARRIS   St Briavels, Gloucestershire Charlotte JONES   St Briavels, Gloucestershire

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