England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Madley lies in western central Herefordshire about 7 miles west of the city of Hereford. Madley sits on the B4352 road which connects Hereford with Hay on Wye in Breconshire. Madley is a large and compact village built on the outer floodplain of the River Wye and lying 2 miles south of that river. Most properties are built either side of the B4352 or along the lane heading southwestwards towards Vowchurch. This is dairy & beef country with an economy dominated by pastoral farming with a few cider orchards on the higher ground to the south of the parish. The parish is drained eastwards and then north by the Cage Brook which soon joins the Wye, the latter is followed to the Bristol Channel exiting through the port of Chepstow. Madley is sited at around 80 metres above the sea and sits on a level plain some 17 metres above the height of the Wye, land rises sharply in the south to local heights of 177 metres on Brampton Hill. Madley parish was one of the larger in its county, covering just over 5,000 acres, more reminiscent of an upland parish, it would have supported a population of around 900 parishioners. In Domesday times Madley was a holding of the Canons of Hereford but was a small place offering just 5 ploughs and a small patch of woodland. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 11th August 1754 - 15th May 1800 | Herefordshire Archives - Reference - BK52/8 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 5th February 1801 - 30th November 1812 | Herefordshire Archives | Bishops Transcripts on loose-leaf folios | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | Sadly 5 years of these BTs are missing making for a series of entries lost to history |
3 | 2nd March 1813 - 10th June 1837 | Herefordshire Archives - Reference - BK52/9 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Byford
St John the Baptist
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Bishopstone
St Lawrence
Kenchester St Michael |
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Preston on
Wye St Lawrence
Tyberton St Mary Vowchurch St Bartholomew |
Eaton Bishop
St Michael
Kingstone St Michael |
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Vowchurch
St Bartholomew
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Vowchurch
St Bartholomew
Abbey Dore St Mary |
Kingstone
St Michael
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