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

 

The Parish

The parish of Yarkhill lies in eastern Herefordshire about 7 miles east of the city of Hereford. Yarkhill is a relatively small settlement, a cluster of cottages about the church and a scatter of farms across a wider area. The parish is sited in the broad valley bottom of the flood plain of the River Frome which here flows westwards towards the Lugg which it joins just east of Hereford. Yarkhill is sited on a narrow lane which lies south of the A4103 road which connects Hereford with Worcester. The heart of the parish lies at around 60 metres above sea level in an area dominated by pastoral fields, seasonally flooded meadows on the river plain and drier pastures in small fields on slopes rising to the north of the settlement. The parish is about average size for a lowland parish covering just over 1,600 acres and historically supported around 450 parishioners (nowadays many fewer). In Domesday times the area was owned by Roger de Lacy and supported a healthy 7 ploughs.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church is sited adjacent to the single lane which runs through the parish. The church is in two distinct pieces, the earlier is the western tower which is 13th century in origin although the battlemented top stage is datable to 1466. The remainder of the church is a Victorian rebuild dating from 1863. Pevsner certainly doesn't wax lyrical about the building and indeed describes the interior as "dull". The church sits on a bend in the lane behind a low stone wall, as a corner plot the site is flanked to east and north by mature trees but the views to the south are extensive across the valley of the Frome.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th July 1754 - 12th December 1812 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AD56/4 Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 20th April 1813 - 3rd February 1837 Herefordshire Archives & Record Centre - Reference - AD56/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Westhide St Bartholomew
Much Cowarne St Mary
Much Cowarne St Mary
Westhide St Bartholomew
Weston Beggard St John the Baptist
Bishops Frome St Mary
Stretton Grandison St Lawrence
Weston Beggard St John the Baptist
Stoke Edith St Mary
Tarrington St Phillip & St James
Ashperton St Bartholomew

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
04/02/1754 Richard LAGGIN Single   Susan JONES Widow  
23/03/1754 Joseph HOBSON   Hampton Bishop Susannah RICHARD Widow  
1 08/07/1754 James BETHEL Single   Mary SYMMONDS Single  
2 19/08/1754 Henry HILL Widower   Penelope HOPKINS Widow  
3 09/04/1755 Edward LEWIS Widower Dormington Elizabeth STONE Single  
4 17/07/1755 John HARDWICK Single Munsley Mary NOKES Single  
5 18/07/1757 William DOWNS Single   Elizabeth MORRIS Single  
6 15/08/1757 John COOK Single Weston Beggard Sarah COLE Single  
7 15/05/1759 William LEWIS Single   Martha HILL Single  
8 04/06/1761 John YEOMANS Single Pencombe Hannah HALL Single  
9 16/08/1761 John SOUTH Single   Anne VAUGHAN Single  
10 16/02/1762 Arthur NASH Single Stretford Elizabeth HALL Widow  
11 15/03/1762 Thomas BADHAM Single Lugwardine Mary NUTT Single  
12 29/06/1762 Jacob PULLEN Single   Mary HUGHES Single  
13 01/08/1762 John THOMAS Single Castle Frome Anne BLUCK Single  
14 21/11/1762 Richard SOUTHALL Single Tarrington Mary BODHAM Single  
15 11/04/1764 Samuel WARD Single Tarrington Mary PRITCHARD Single  
16 28/06/1764 James HOLLINGS Single Weston Beggard Elizabeth PATRICK Single  
17 18/11/1764 Edward GITTINS   Much Cowarne Elizabeth MORSICK    
18 16/05/1765 William LEWIS Single   Hesther MASTERS    
19 16/12/1765 William CARELESS Single St Peter, Hereford Elizabeth HOLLINGS Single  
20 27/11/1767 Lewis WILLIAMS Single   Anne WEATHERBY Single Ullingswick
21 13/12/1767 Thomas MORRIS Single   Mary DAVIS Single  
22 17/10/1768 Joseph WOOTTON Single   Sarah BADHAM Single  
23 09/11/1768 Francis PERKINS Single   Betty BROOKS    
24 14/12/1768 John POWELL Single Felton Frances JENKINS Single  
25 18/01/1770 William POWELL Single Felton Joan JENKINS Single  
26 14/05/1771 Edward MORRIS Single   Ann WARGENT Single  
27 20/05/1771 John SYMMONDS Single   Mary BOULCOTT Single  
28 22/05/1771 John GILES Single Bosbury Anne BLACKWELL Single  
29 10/10/1771 Thomas STAUNTON Widower   Elizabeth PATRICK Single  
30 21/04/1772 Richard HILL Single Stretton Grandison Selia JAY Single  
31 02/08/1772 John STREET Single   Martha HARTLAND Single  
32 10/06/1773 John HALL Single   Sarah MORRIS Single  
33 13/07/1773 John POWELL Single   Anne GRIFFITHS Single  
34 09/12/1773 John JENKINS Single   Susannah MORRIS    
35 25/02/1774 John WILLIAMS Single   Mary GASCOIGNE Widow  
36 11/04/1774 James DAVIS Single   Susannah BUFTON Single  
37 23/04/1774 Edward HENLEY Single   Margery BACK Widow  
38 26/10/1775 John BARRETT Widower Woolhope Martha GWATKIN Single  
39 09/04/1776 Edward CLARK Single   Hannah GITTINS Single  
40 25/09/1777 Richard JONES Single   Sarah TYLER Single  
40 28/10/1777 Joseph MATHEWS     Elizabeth GODSALL    
41 13/11/1777 James PRICE Single   Mary SHERRIFF Widow Cradley
42 13/02/1778 John HANKINS Single   Sarah GIBBONS Single  
43 03/06/1779 John VEVERS Single   Margaret GODSALL Single  
43 30/09/1779 William WOOTTON Widower   Elizabeth GRIFFITHS Single  
44 28/02/1780 John PERKINS Widower   Alice EDWARDS Single  
45 30/03/1780 George AMBLER Single   Martha LEWIS Widow  
45 25/09/1780 Richard HILL Single Munsley Mary TYLER Single  
46 25/09/1780 John WILLIAMS Single Weston Beggard Elizabeth MORRIS Single Weston Beggard
47 10/10/1782 Timothy WIMBRIDGE Single Pencombe Ann PANTALL Single  
48 09/11/1782 James NUTT Single   Elizabeth MORRIS Single  
49 04/03/1783 John HOUGH Single   Anne LEWIS Single  
50 22/03/1783 William INSOLE Single   Hannah BETHEL Single  
51 23/04/1783 William PATRICK Single   Elizabeth HAWKINS Widow  
52 04/12/1783 John MEREDITH Single Aymestrey Olive THOMAS Single  
53 30/01/1785 Richard THOMAS Single   Mary LINK Single Greenwich, Kent
54 08/02/1785 Francis LEWIS Single   Anne SOUTH Widow  
54 12/02/1786 Joseph WHARTON Single Lugwardine Mary MORRIS Widow  
55 16/07/1786 Henry WARGENT Single   Margaret WEAVER Single  
55 04/09/1786 James COOK Single Moreton On Lugg Mary PHILLIPS Widow  
56 07/11/1786 Walter PUGH Single   Margery ROGERS Single  
58 18/02/1787 James THOMAS Widower   Eleanor MATTHEWS Single  
59 31/07/1787 John JAY Single   Mary HODGES Single  
57 03/12/1787 Thomas ROSS   Downton Anne HALL    
60 19/02/1788 William BOULCOT     Mary GRUNDY    
61 20/04/1789 Thomas SQUIRES     Mary MORRIS    
61 03/07/1789 Thomas HODGES Single   Anne EDWARD Single  
62 01/11/1789 John DUDSON     Mary WHITH    
63 23/11/1789 John BOSSWOOD     Susannah BRIMALL    
64 05/04/1790 John MORGAN Single   Elizabeth BETHEL Single  
65 06/06/1790 John PREECE     Margaret BROOKS    
66 10/06/1790 Bennet PATRICK Single   Catharine PENNELL Single  
67 20/06/1790 William CORBETT Single   Jane BOULCOT Single  
68 07/12/1790 Edward HOPPER   Ocle Pychard Abigal HILL    
69 07/03/1791 John WARGENT     Mary PENNELL    
70 24/03/1791 John SYMONDS   Bishops Frome Allice CRUMP    
71 19/05/1791 William HOLDER     Mary RAVENHILL    
72 02/01/1792 William LEWIS     Hannah PERKINGS   Lugwardine
73 25/10/1792 John STREET     Catharine TAILOR    
74 11/02/1793 George CHAMBARS     Mary DAVIS    
75 15/04/1793 Thomas BIRD   Peterstow Mary BARRAR    
06/02/1794 John MORGAN     Anne BOWLCOTT    
15/05/1794 Anthony GODSALL     Ann BLACKWELL    
23/08/1794 John MERRICK     Ann PATRICK    
07/10/1795 William JAMES   Wormsley Hesther HOLDER    
14/10/1795 Richard HAYWARD     Elizabeth BANFORD    
09/06/1796 Thomas MANSEL     Elizabeth HUFF    
23/05/1797 Edward DAVIES     Mary LEWIS    
23/11/1797 Richard PHILLIPS   Marden Ann WILLIAMS    
29/01/1798 Thomas PRICE     Mary BANNISTER   Bishops Frome
27/02/1798 Duppa HILL   Westhide Elizabeth HOLLINGS    
12/03/1798 William ESKINS     Ann ONIONS Widow  
05/10/1798 John DEANE     Mary STANTON    
04/11/1798 George WALKER     Elizabeth WOOD    
04/12/1798 William BAILEY     Mary ROLLINGS    
10/06/1799 Thomas GREEN   Lugwardine Mary DAVIES    
02/09/1799 Thomas SMITH   Ledbury Sarah HALL    
24/12/1802 Richard HOUGH   Westhide Martha OWENS    
24/02/1803 Peter PITT     Ann SPENCER   Westhide
28/05/1803 William STAUNTON     Mary DAVIES    
03/07/1803 William HYDE   Stoke Edith Elizabeth GREEN    
01/11/1803 Bennett PATRICK Widower   Sarah MOLE Widow  
26/07/1804 Edward MAPP   Stoke Edith Susannah ROGERS    
09/08/1804 William PROSSER     Elizabeth JONES    
07/11/1804 Thomas TAYLOR     Elinor WALL    
04/12/1804 Thomas GODSALL     Mary OLIVER    
20/12/1804 William PREECE     Harriett BETHEL    
11/05/1805 William DUFFY Single   Martha HUFF Widow  
27/06/1805 Thomas HILL     Joice TAYLOR    
09/10/1806 William BLUNT     Margaret HUFF    
10/02/1807 Samuel HOLDER   Stoke Edith Grace EVESHAM    
07/05/1807 Thomas MEYRICK     Ann HUFF    
28/04/1808 Allun Thomas Jones GWYNNE Single Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Cardiganshire Mary Ann VEVERS Single  
28/04/1808 Thomas JAUNCEY     Elizabeth LEWIS    
09/06/1808 John WALLWYN     Ann LEWIS    
06/08/1808 Joseph OWENS     Hannah KNIGHT    
07/12/1809 Sherborne CHADD     Phoebe MOULD    
16/04/1811 James SIMMONS     Ann HUFF    
03/04/1812 Thomas PRITCHARD Single Tarrington Henrietta STAUNTON Single  
12/12/1812 James MATTHEWS Single Stoke Edith Mary LONG Single  
1 20/04/1813 William HUFF     Susannah HANLEY    
2 28/05/1813 Richard HALL     Mary Ann LEWIS    
3 05/05/1814 Francis LEWIS Single   Mary BANNISTER Single  
4 09/07/1814 John WALWYN     Ann DUNCON    
5 13/08/1814 James BOULCOTT     Charlotte HOULDER   Stoke Edith
6 24/07/1816 Richard HOLLINGS   Bishops Frome Catherine PENNELL    
7 22/06/1817 Thomas BAILEY     Harriett POWELL    
8 30/09/1817 William NORMAN     Sarah WILLIAMS    
9 23/10/1818 William SPIER   Compton Bassett, Wiltshire Jane WILLIAMS    
10 31/03/1819 William BRACE     Elizabeth SEYMOUR    
11 20/05/1819 Edward HUFF     Elizabeth BUFTON    
12 03/10/1819 Jonathan MAYTHORN     Sarah JONES    
13 10/02/1820 James HARRIS     Ann LONG    
14 27/04/1820 James BROOKS   Mordiford Sarah PROSSER    
15 22/06/1820 William GROVES     Ann COOKE    
16 06/03/1821 James CARTWRIGHT   Lambeth, Surrey Martha BOULCOTT    
17 24/04/1821 Thomas CHAMBERS     Elizabeth WALL    
18 04/10/1821 James BRACE   Weston Beggard Deborah LEWIS    
19 29/10/1822 Charles COX   Bletchington, Oxfordshire Eleanor WARGEANT    
20 26/12/1822 James SOUTH     Ann PARSONS    
21 10/06/1823 Charles JONES     Maria BROWN    
22 29/04/1824 Thomas HART     Ann GODSALL    
23 20/01/1825 Thomas SMITH     Ann NOKES    
24 14/04/1825 William JONES     Mary JONES    
25 11/07/1825 John HENLEY   Clehonger Ann DUTSON    
26 23/11/1825 Thomas Michael YEATES   Suckley, Worcestershire Sarah PORTMAN    
27 10/10/1826 Thomas WALL     Sarah BETHELL    
28 29/05/1827 Thomas MORRIS     Elizabeth WARGENT    
29 22/01/1829 Thomas MORRIS     Charlotte PREECE    
30 19/05/1829 John MANSEL     Ruth PROBERTS    
31 14/04/1831 William HARDWICK     Elizabeth CHAMBERLAIN    
32 27/02/1832 William PREECE     Susan EVES    
33 05/06/1832 James BRACE     Eleanor ADAMS    
34 10/08/1832 Edwin GREENLY     Harriet PANNIER    
35 07/11/1833 William HALL     Mary HOLDER    
36 04/02/1834 John DAVIES     Elizabeth MEYRICK    
37 09/02/1834 James COOK     Maria JUSTINS    
38 22/07/1834 John CLEIFER   Stoke Damerel, Devon Frances Cleifer EDWARDS    
39 11/01/1835 John WAINWRIGHT     Diana BENBOW    
40 30/01/1836 William STRACY Widower Mordiford Mary BANNISTER Widow  
41 06/12/1836 Charles JONES     Susanna CLARK    
42 03/02/1837 Richard VERNAL     Elizabeth CHADD    

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