Bury Holy Cross

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Bury Holy Cross

The Parish

The parish of Bury lies in eastern Huntingdonshire close to its border with neighbouring Cambridgeshire, indeed nowadays it has been incorporated into that county. Bury lies about 6 miles west of the Cambridgeshire market town of Chatteris, in Huntingdonshire portion of The Fens. Bury is situated on the B1040 road which runs across The Fens from Warboys to Whittlesey, it is nowadays almost contiguous with Ramsey its larger neighbour. The two settlements are appropriately joined as Bury was formerly held by Ramsey Abbey. The two are built along a low ridge of land extending into the reclaimed areas around whilst they rise 10 to 20 metres above the sea level, the land around is barely at and in some cases below the level of the sea with extensively drained fields created as part of the great draining of the Fens by Vermuiden and his associates. Most of the water drainage, hereabouts, has been altered if not created by man but that drainage heads northwards to join the River Nene and eventually flows into The Wash, with a little help from man. Bury parish is rather small in extent, for a Fenland parish, as drained lands were retained by its larger neighbour, but still supported around 360 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Bury in Domesday book, it is presumed that it was detailed within the entry for Ramsey.

The Church

Holy Cross church sits on the eastern side of the B1040 as it leaves the village heading south towards Warboys. The church divides into three distinct building periods; the first and oldest parts are Norman and traces indicate that this was a long naved building, the western wall is mostly Norman in age; the western tower is dateable from documentary evidence to around 1240 and the north arcade is contemporary; the latest period is the Perpendicular south side of the church. Holy Cross church has an elevated site alongside the B1040, the graveyard retained by a low brick wall. Entrance, appropriately enough, is at the end closest the main village e.g. the northern end where a sloping path rises to gateway. The graveyard is rather open and doesn't restrict photographic opportunities.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	7th July 1754 - 18th November 1812	Huntingdonshire Archives - Reference - HP11/1/3/1	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	28th December 1813 - 25th April 1837	Huntingdonshire Archives - Reference - HP11/1/3/2	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Ramsey St Thomas of Canterbury	Ramsey St Thomas of Canterbury	Ramsey St Thomas of Canterbury
Upwood St Peter Wistow St John the Baptist		Warboys St Mary Magdalene
Wistow St John the Baptist	Wistow St John the Baptist	Warboys St Mary Magdalene

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	07/07/1754	John	FISHER	Single	Holywell	Ann	BIRD	Single
2	02/03/1755	William	CHAMBERTON	Single		Ann	RICHARDSON	Single
3	15/05/1755	John	POULTER	Widower		Alicia	FANN	Single	Ramsey
4	26/10/1755	John	RICH			Hannah	BUTTERIS	Single
5	02/01/1757	Edward	KING			Mary	STOKES
6	10/07/1757	Thomas	BROWNING			Mary	CHILDS
7	07/02/1758	John	FREEMAN			Sarah	MARRIOT
8	10/09/1758	Benjamin	BERWICK		Godmanchester	Elizabeth	OLIVER
9	25/02/1759	Thomas	EGLESTONE	Widower		Margaret	BOOTH	Widow
10	18/03/1759	John	MEAD	Single	Ramsey	Judith	CATLIN	Single
11	09/09/1759	Thomas	GREEN	Widower	Warboys	Elizabeth	SHELTON	Widow
12	13/07/1760	William	LAVINDER			Ann	BASS
13	23/11/1760	Daniel	FOSTER	Single		Mary	MARRIAT	Single
14	07/12/1760	Richard	BURY	Widower		Susanna	HEAPS	Single	Ramsey
15	11/10/1761	Thomas	STACEY			Jemima	MARRIOTT
16	12/07/1762	William	CATLIN	Single		Mary	ALPRESS	Single
17	11/10/1762	Thomas	SLACK			Mary	COLE
18	07/10/1763	Overman	SMITH	Widower	St Ives	Alicia	POULTER	Widow
19	01/03/1764	George	RANDALL	Single		Martha	CADE	Single
20	27/05/1764	William	MIDDLEBROOK		Crowland, Lincolnshire	Ann	CHAMBERTON
21	30/11/1764	Robert	LEACH			Sarah	FEES
22	07/10/1765	John	PEARSON			Mary	WAKEFIELD
23	15/10/1765	Edward	GREEN		Upwood	Elizabeth	FRUDE
24	06/04/1766	William	WATSON	Widower		Anne	HALL	Single
25	25/05/1766	Robert	MATTHEWS	Single		Elizabeth	BERRY
26	13/07/1766	Christopher	HALL	Widower	Broughton	Ann	GROOM	Widow
27	10/05/1767	William	CAMPIN		Little Raveley	Mary	TANSTLEY
28	10/09/1767	John	CORBETT	Widower		Elizabeth	NICHOLS	Widow
29	08/11/1768	Samuel	TAYLOR	Single	Great Staughton	Anne	SHEPHERD
30	12/04/1771	William	SMITH		Ramsey	Sarah	CAMPION
31	05/09/1771	John	CAMPION	Widower		Mary	ROSE	Widow
32	24/10/1771	Thomas	SMITH	Single	Upwood	Anne	FULLWOOD	Single
33	06/04/1772	Christopher	HALL	Widower	Broughton	Esther	WOODWARD	Widow	Little Raveley
34	13/10/1772	John	PROUD	Single	Ramsey	Mary	OLIVER	Single
35	26/10/1772	William	THOMSON	Single	Ramsey	Elizabeth	LAVENDER	Widow
36	21/07/1773	James	SMITH	Single	Ramsey	Hannah	JULLAN	Single
37	22/07/1773	John	CAMPION	Single		Anne	NOBLE	Single
38	27/02/1774	William	HOWES	Single		Elizabeth	SUTTON	Widow
39	03/04/1774	Joseph	GROVES	Single	Ramsey	Mary	BRUES	Single
40	21/08/1774	Edward	KING	Widower		Eleanor	TYRES	Single
41	08/12/1774	Joseph	PHIPPS	Widower		Elizabeth	BAMFORD		Ramsey
42	04/03/1776	William	JOHNSON	Single	Little Raveley	Frances	FISHER
43	14/06/1776	John	MANNING	Single		Jane	OLIVER	Single
44	10/10/1777	William	SMEADOWS			Elizabeth	BERWICK
45	10/10/1777	John	CLARK			Mary	PARNEL
46	28/07/1778	John	BARNES	Single	St Mary, Huntingdon	Jane	NOBLE	Single
47	21/01/1779	William	ODOM	Single		Anne	TAYLOR	Single
48	29/04/1779	Francis	NOBLE	Single		Jane	PARELL	Widow
49	06/06/1779	Joseph	WARD		Wistow	Elizabeth	EVANS
50	10/10/1779	Thomas	SCOT			Barbara	ABLET
51	12/10/1779	Francis	LENTON			Jane	HORN
52	19/04/1780	Robert	PARTRICK			Sarah	FAGE
53	06/08/1781	Richard	WOODCOCK	Single		Elizabeth	RAY	Single
54	24/11/1782	William	HOWS	Widower		Frances	FOWLER	Widow
55	12/10/1783	Richard	ELLINGTON			Elizabeth	PARKER
56	07/11/1784	William	HOLDER	Widower		Mary	COOTE
57	14/02/1786	John	SHELTON	Single	Ramsey	Sarah	SLACK	Single
58	12/05/1786	James	EAGLESTONE			Margaret	FRIER
59	14/06/1786	Thomas	STOREY			Ann	FEET
60	31/07/1786	Henry	BALL		Upwood	Elizabeth	FREEMAN
61	12/10/1786	William	KILLINGWORTH			Mary	CARR
62	16/10/1786	John	FEATE			Elizabeth	CAMPION
63	27/11/1786	George	ANDERSON			Aly	JULIAN
64	24/09/1787	James	EAGLESTONE	Single		Susanna	SAVAGE	Single
65	30/10/1787	William	STRATTON	Single		Sarah	MORE	Single
66	06/11/1787	John	BURTON	Single		Elizabeth	BICHENEL	Single
67	20/01/1788	William	RAY	Single		Ann	COOT	Single
68	14/07/1788	William	STAPLETON	Single		Sarah	BISHOP	Single
69	05/08/1788	William	DAVIS	Single	Godmanchester	Sarah	MALTMAN	Single
70	31/07/1789	James	EAGLESTONE	Widower		Barbara	SCOTT	Widow
71	19/10/1789	John	BLINCON	Single		Rebecca	GIDDINGS	Single
72	25/12/1789	William	RAND		Little Raveley	Catherine	WOODS
73	19/05/1790	Stephen	SKEAFF	Single		Jane	LENTON	Widow
74	10/10/1790	William	FREEMAN	Single	Ramsey	Alice	COOK	Single
75	11/10/1790	Thomas	PEDLEY	Single	Ramsey	Susanna	GREEN	Single
76	11/10/1790	Joseph	SMITH	Single		Elizabeth	BAILY	Single
77	23/02/1792	Thomas	MITTEN	Single		Mary	WHIFFEN	Widow
78	09/04/1792	Jonathan	FOX		Old Hurst	Elizabeth	MARSHALL
79	25/06/1792	William	WHEATLEY			Mary	FEAT
80	02/10/1792	Thomas	POOLEY	Single	Little Raveley	Mary	MARTIN	Single
81	11/10/1792	John	MOLES	Single		Ruth	LIMAGE	Single
82	29/11/1792	Isaac	BROADWAY	Single	Ramsey	Mary	CAMPION	Single
83	25/10/1793	Samuel	JELLYNS		Little Raveley	Elizabeth	CANNARD
84	29/10/1793	Oliver	HILLS		Thorney, Cambridgeshire	Ann	JULIAN
85	15/04/1794	Thomas	CARR	Single	Little Raveley	Elizabeth	KILLINGWORTH
86	10/10/1794	Thomas	PEECH	Single		Sarah	WITNEY
87	29/04/1795	John	WEST		Upwood	Elizabeth	MARTIN
88	06/10/1795	Francis	FREEMAN			Elizabeth	CATLIN
89	11/10/1795	John	HIDE			Mary	PITMAN
90	02/11/1795	Robert	CHILDS	Single	Little Raveley	Elizabeth	OLDERMAN	Single
91	12/01/1796	Isaac	DOBSON	Single	Ramsey	Ann	MALTMAN
92	01/11/1796	John	ROTOM	Single		Sarah	FOWLER	Single
93	04/05/1797	John	WHITE	Widower		Ann	FLETCHER	Widow
94	15/06/1797	John	PHILLIPS	Single	Ramsey	Mary	MALTMAN
95	30/10/1797	William	WARREN	Single		Ann	CATLIN	Single
96	27/11/1797	James	AVELING	Single		Mary	SHELTON
97	11/12/1798	John	TOPHAM		Warboys	Elizabeth	SHELTON
98	21/10/1799	William	EAST	Single		Jane	MANNING	Single
99	24/10/1799	John	HAKENS	Single		Mary	BEHAG	Single
100	17/06/1800	John	GILSON			Ann	MARLE
101	08/12/1800	William	FRANKLIN	Single		Sarah	COOPER	Single
102	02/08/1802	James	CATON	Single	Ramsey	Mary	SHELTON	Single
103	18/10/1802	George	BENNINGTON	Single	Ramsey	Sarah	BELLAMY	Single
104	01/06/1803	James	NORRIS	Single		Elizabeth	JOHNSON	Single
105	19/09/1803	Thomas	DIXON	Widower		Elizabeth	CLARK	Widow
106	09/03/1804	John	SAVAGE	Single	Warboys	Sarah	ROOTHAM	Widow
107	25/10/1804	James	BROOK	Single	Ramsey	Jane	WHIFFEN	Single
108	25/04/1805	William	RATLEY	Widower		Mary	BLUNDELL	Widow
109	25/02/1806	John	NEWMAN	Single		Joyce	CARTER	Single
110	13/10/1806	John	WHITE	Widower		Mary	SLACK	Single
111	26/01/1807	Daniel	PING	Single		Ann	HOWE	Single
112	10/02/1807	Thomas	WATFORD	Single	Upwood	Elizabeth	CANNARD		Little Raveley
113	27/04/1807	John	DIXON	Single		Elizabeth	FORD	Single
114	11/10/1807	William	RIGNELL	Single		Elizabeth	RANNS	Single
115	12/01/1808	James	ROBERTS	Single	Wistow	Hannah	MANNING	Single
116	10/05/1808	George	SHELTON	Single		Ann	EGELSTON	Single
117	28/11/1808	William	KILLINGWORTH	Widower		Susannah	WIFFIN	Single
118	31/01/1809	John	FEETE	Widower		Hepzabah	GAUNT	Single
119	05/06/1809	William	WHITE	Single		Mary	FORD	Single
120	18/03/1810	William	BURTON	Widower		Mary	LADDINGTON	Single
121	15/10/1810	William	ELMER	Single		Ann	GARRIT	Single
122	01/11/1810	John	MALTMAN	Single		Sarah	PATRICK	Single
123	19/04/1812	Robert	TATE	Single		Sarah	WYE	Widow
124	18/11/1812	Charles	HATFIELD	Single	St James, Westminster, Middlesex	Mary	CAMPION	Single
1	28/12/1813	John	RAY	Single		Jane	SHELTON	Single
2	01/08/1814	Thomas	LACKSON	Single		Elizabeth	LARK	Single
3	10/01/1815	Robert Wheltham	ALLPRESS	Single	St Ives	Elizabeth	JULIAN	Single
4	21/02/1815	John	TAYLOR	Single		Sarah	MANNING	Single
5	12/06/1815	John	CURTIS	Single		Mary	THROSSELL	Single
6	31/10/1815	William	HOLDER	Single		Sarah	MARSHALL	Single
7	02/11/1815	John	THORY	Single		Ann	BONE	Single
8	03/03/1816	William	THORN	Single		Mary	WHITE	Single
9	23/05/1816	William	THROSSELL	Single	Ramsey	Sarah	CAMPION	Single
10	03/06/1816	William	PHILLIPS	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Widow
11	24/12/1816	Abraham	JOLLEY	Single		Ann	STEPHENS	Single
12	12/10/1817	Frederick	WILSON	Single		Elizabeth	MITTON	Single
13	09/11/1817	John	JOLLEY	Widower		Sarah	SLACK	Single
14	24/03/1818	John	SCOTT	Single		Mary	DICKENSON	Single
15	11/10/1818	Robert	JOHNSON	Single		Mary	EDIS	Single
16	15/10/1818	Chandler	HOLDEN	Single		Elizabeth	SCOTT	Single
17	01/03/1819	Samuel	STUBBING	Single	Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire	Mary	WHEATLEY	Single
18	16/03/1819	William	GRAY			Ann	PAIN	Single
19	10/08/1819	Jonas	GREEN	Single		Susannah	JOHNSON	Single
20	01/10/1819	Robert	EAST	Single		Sarah	THORY	Single
21	16/10/1819	John	ANDREWS	Single		Mary	WHITE	Single
22	09/10/1820	John	SMITH	Single		Martha	FREEMAN	Single
23	12/10/1820	Thomas	PRATT	Single		Mary	CARR	Single
24	17/10/1820	Thomas	WOODRUFF	Single		Elizabeth	HODGE	Single
25	03/12/1820	John	HINE	Single	Ramsey	Sarah	COPE	Single
26	22/03/1821	Robert	SMITH	Single	Ramsey	Dorothy	CAMPION	Single
27	26/03/1821	William	REDHEAD	Single		Ann	PELL	Single
28	30/10/1821	William	SMITH	Single		Jane	WOODCOCK	Single
29	10/11/1822	Robert	BELL	Single		Elizabeth	TIBBIT	Single
30	16/09/1824	Benjamin	THOMPSON	Single	Doddington, Cambridgeshire	Mary	EKINS	Single
31	27/09/1824	William	HITCHCOCK	Single	Broughton	Frances	PARRELL	Single
32	14/10/1824	William	MARSHALL	Single	Warboys	Elizabeth	EATE	Single
33	07/12/1824	James	FREEMAN	Single		Elizabeth	STOKES	Single
34	04/01/1825	Thomas	SLACK	Single		Elizabeth	HARVEY	Single
35	12/01/1825	Robert	BILLEN	Single	Boxworth, Cambridgeshire	Mary	HANSCOMB
36	20/04/1825	John	WOODRUFF	Single		Hannah	CHAPLIN	Single
37	24/04/1825	Samuel	RICHARDS	Widower		Sarah	WALKER	Widow
38	25/07/1825	John	BAKER	Single		Elizabeth	ANGEL	Single
39	12/10/1825	Thomas	WHY	Single		Elizabeth	CHAPLIN	Single
40	26/12/1825	Benjamin	HARVEY	Single	Warboys	Ann	PACKWOOD	Single
41	13/03/1826	John	SMITH	Single		Katharine	SMITH	Single
42	27/02/1827	John	WHITE	Single		Mary	BESTER	Single
43	07/05/1827	Edward	GREEN	Widower		Mary	BENNINGTON	Single
44	12/11/1827	William	RATLEY	Widower		Elizabeth	MALLISON	Widow
45	19/11/1827	John	EKINS	Widower		Hephzibah	TEAT	Widow
46	29/01/1828	Benjamin	CLERK	Widower		Elizabeth	RENOLDS	Widow
47	22/07/1828	William	LOVELL	Single		Ann	CATLINE	Single
48	17/03/1829	Edward	RICHARDSON	Widower		Mary	LENTON	Widow
49	29/05/1829	William	LENTON	Single		Elizabeth	BALL	Single
50	16/11/1829	Edward	HUBBARD	Single		Mary	TETE	Single
51	08/12/1829	Thomas	WHITE	Single		Jane	WOODRUFF	Single
52	21/12/1829	George	BROUGHTON	Single		Sarah	REDHEAD	Single
53	25/01/1830	John	SPALTON	Widower		Sarah	COOK	Widow
54	08/03/1830	John	MILLS	Single	St Mary, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire	Mary Ann	FREEMAN	Single
55	16/03/1830	John	ROLT	Single		Sarah	CHAPLIN	Single
56	31/05/1830	John	MATSON	Single		Elizabeth	DENT	Widow
57	06/08/1830	John	SHELTON	Single		Harriet	PICKERING	Single
58	12/10/1830	William	NEWMAN	Single		Lydia	COOK	Single
59	01/08/1831	Thomas	WHY	Widower		Mary	JOHNSON	Single
60	01/11/1831	William	MOORE	Single		Joanna	MALTMAN	Single
61	15/11/1831	James	STOREY	Widower		Mary	HARRISON	Single
62	28/12/1831	William	WHY	Widower		Ann	JOHNSON	Single
63	27/02/1832	William Farr	BALL	Widower		Elizabeth	WOODRUFF	Widow
64	30/07/1832	Edward	HARVEY		Warboys	Louisa	WHYBERRY
65	12/11/1832	Stephen	COOK	Single		Phebe	SLADE	Single
66	28/01/1833	Joseph	LENTON	Single		Mary	COOK	Single
67	12/08/1833	James	WOODRUFF	Single		Elizabeth	FOSTER	Single
68	07/10/1833	Thomas	CHAPLIN	Widower		Mary	JOHNSON	Widow
69	07/10/1833	John	NEWMAN	Single		Hannah	RICHARDSON	Single
70	03/11/1833	John	TURLAND	Widower		Elizabeth	CATLIN	Single
71	05/01/1834	Edward	RICHARDSON	Widower		Elizabeth	RATLEY	Widow
72	17/02/1834	John	ELMER	Single		Elizabeth	SAVAGE	Single
73	07/10/1834	John	WHITE	Widower		Elizabeth	KETTLE	Widow
74	04/11/1834	Christopher	CHAPMAN	Single	Knapwell, Cambridgeshire	Mary	COOK	Single
75	10/11/1834	Joseph	WHITE	Single		Ann	HALL	Single
76	16/12/1834	John	TOPHAM	Single		Hannah	EKINS	Single
77	13/01/1835	Thomas	PRIOR	Single	St Ives	Ann	COPE	Single
78	24/06/1835	John	CORNEY	Single		Ann	HARLOCK	Single
79	12/10/1835	Daniel	WHEATLEY	Single		Charlotte Jackson	WADMORE	Single
80	31/12/1835	Thomas	ARMITAGE	Single		Mary	DEAN	Single
81	16/01/1836	Robert	SCULLTHORPE	Single		Mary	EAT	Single
82	05/05/1836	James	GREEN	Single		Mary	GREEN	Widow
83	03/10/1836	Thomas	JOHNSON	Widower		Sarah	BENNNGTON	Widow
84	08/11/1836	Richard	CORDELL	Single		Eliza	MATTHEWS	Single
85	10/11/1836	George	AVORY	Single	Ramsey	Mary Ann	MACE	Single
86	19/11/1836	John	ROOTHAM	Single		Eliza	SAVAGE	Single
87	25/04/1837	Edward	HAMMAWAY	Single	Ramsey	Charlotte	REYNOLDS	Single

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