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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Upper Hardres St Peter & St Paul

 

The Parish

The parish of Upper Hardres lies in the central part of eastern Kent about 5 miles south of the city of Canterbury. Upper Hardres is located in a maze of lanes just east of the B2068 road (the ancient Roman Road of Stane Street) which kinks Canterbury to the port of Hythe. Upper Hardres has only a small centre, clustered around its church and the main village crossroads, otherwise it is a scatter of farms and cottages. The soil is a heavy loam and consequently agriculture was difficult, much of the area was set to woodland, there being a ready market for oak in particular. The parish also contained small hop gardens. Upper Hardres is sited at almost 140 metres above sea level on a ridge of high ground along which the Roman's took their major routeway, there is little surface drainage as the chalk is porous but what there is is headed northwards to join the Nail Bourne, a tributary of the Little Stour and eventually reach the North Sea through Sandwich. At just over 2,000 acres Upper Hardres parish was of a typical size for a southern parish and it supported almost 350 parishioners. In Domesday Book Upper Hardres was enumerated jointly with its northern neighbour (Lower Hardres) and the pair were held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux. The joint area supported 6 ploughs as well as holding extensive woodland and many swine renders.


The Church

St Peter & St Paul's church sits adjacent to the main crossroads of lanes at the heart of Upper Hardres. The building has certainly been present for a long time, the earliest date Pevsner was able to put on it was the southern tower which he placed in the Norman period. Other features were put to both 13th and 14th centuries. The church met with misfortune in the 20th century as a serious fire caused major damage, however all is restored very sensitively today. The graveyard occupies a corner site with lanes curving around it, the grounds are bordered by a neatly clipped beech hedge. Entrance is by a gated driveway at the southern end of the site, there are many trees which do restrict photography but angles can be found particularly from the southern aspect.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 15th October 1754 - 9th December 1812 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/114/1/3 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 17th July 1813 - 8th January 1837 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/114/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Petham All Saints
Lower Hardres St Mary
Bridge St Peter
Petham All Saints
Bishopsbourne St Mary
Kingston St Giles
Waltham St Bartholomew
Stelling Minnis St Mary
Elham St Mary

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 15/10/1754 William HARVEY Single Eythorne Mary GRIGG Single  
2 14/10/1756 John BIRCH Single Petham Susanna BAKER Single  
3 17/10/1756 Thomas LADD Single   Sarah MARTIN Single Christ Church, Canterbury
4 25/01/1759 Thomas COUCHMAN Single Bishopsbourne Susanna AUSTEN Single  
5 24/07/1759 Richard ATWOOD Single   Elizabeth KEMP Single  
6 02/09/1759 William BYTHESCA Single St Mary Woolnoth, City Of London Catharine COBB Single  
7 08/02/1760 William KEELER Widower   Mary BUR Single  
8 30/10/1760 Edward MUTTON Single Lower Hardres Ann NETHERSOLE Single  
9 06/01/1761 Henry LUNSELL Single St Alphege, Canterbury Sarah FERRY Single  
10 17/01/1761 Edward PIERCE Single   Elizabeth HORTON Single  
11 18/03/1762 John STUPPLE Single Womenswold Esther ATWOOD Single  
12 05/09/1762 Thomas ELLEN Single   Elisabeth MARSHALL Single Stelling Minnis
13 16/05/1763 Richard FINCH Single   Sarah HARVEY Single  
14 26/06/1763 William SIMONSON Widower Selling Sarah HILLS Single  
15 28/08/1763 John WALTER Single   Mary BOOKER Single  
16 02/12/1763 John PHILPOT Single   Mary STUPPLE Single  
17 18/02/1765 John CASTLE Single Kingston Mary BAKER Single  
18 06/07/1765 James ROUSELL Widower   Mary SPRATT Single  
19 13/10/1765 William FOX Single   Ann SPAIN Widow  
20 06/03/1766 Robert COBB Single Lydd Amy GODFREY Single  
21 17/07/1767 John HOARE Widower Chilham Catharine COURT Widow  
22 13/10/1768 Francis PILCHER Single   Amy WHITE Single Kingston
23 11/10/1771 Richard ELGAR Widower Northbourne Kezziah ATWOOD Single  
24 18/07/1772 John ATWOOD Single   Mary FILE Single  
25 06/10/1772 John CATT Single   Rebekah BOUGHTON Single Elmstead
26 04/05/1773 Richard HUNT Single Chislet Ann MARSHALL Single  
27 23/06/1773 Troward GRIGG Single   Mary UDEN Single  
28 12/10/1773 Michael DANIELS Single   Ann FOREMAN Single  
29 18/01/1774 William OINE Single Walmer Ann BARROWS Single  
30 16/06/1774 William CHRISTIAN Single Petham Elizabeth SPRATT Single  
31 25/10/1774 Edward OVENDEN Single   Ann PIERSON Single  
32 25/10/1774 Edward PIERSON Single   Elizabeth MUMMERY Single  
33 20/07/1775 Edward DENNE Single Bishopsbourne Jane PLUMMER Single  
34 26/09/1777 Richard PAGE Single Barham Mary RATCLIFF Single  
35 18/10/1777 Richard SOLE Single Chilham Hannah SAVAGE Single  
36 21/10/1777 Henry BAKER Single   Mary HOLNESS Single  
37 26/12/1778 Bartholomew COLLARD Single Kingston Mary LAURENCE Single  
38 13/02/1779 John CHURCH Widower   Elisabeth KNIGHT Single Lower Hardres
39 13/07/1779 Samuel HUSTON Single Bishopsbourne Susanna SPRATT Single  
40 07/02/1780 John CHAMPION Single   Eleanor ATWOOD Single  
41 14/10/1780 Isaac FERRY Single Whitstable Elisabeth BOUGHTON Single  
42 14/11/1782 Richard CASTLE Single Lower Hardres Elisabeth BROWNING Widow  
43 30/09/1783 William MAY Single   Mary COURT Single  
44 12/06/1784 William PARNELL Single Lyminge Alice MARSHALL Single  
45 12/10/1784 Halke BIRCH Single Petham Elisabeth FAIRMAN Single  
46 22/01/1785 Robert NOBLE   Petham Albee WENDER    
47 02/07/1785 John LAURENCE Single   Maria AUSTEN Single  
48 25/12/1785 William REVELL Single   Ann RATCLIFF Single  
49 16/08/1791 Francis CASTLE Single Lower Hardres Ann BROWNING Single  
50 27/12/1791 John MORGAN   Wingham Susannah KEMP    
51 12/04/1792 John WOODCOCK     Elizabeth COLLYER   Waltham
52 04/06/1792 Ambrose WYMAN Single Mersham Sarah KNIGHT Single  
53 18/10/1792 Edward MILLS   Nackington Mary STICHELS   Stelling Minnis
54 02/02/1793 Michael STUPPLE Single Lower Hardres Eleanor RICHARDS Single Stelling Minnis
55 02/02/1793 Edward HOPKINS Single Petham Sarah POTT Single  
56 28/01/1794 John PHILPOT   Barham Ellanor ROWSELL    
57 18/02/1794 Richard WHITE   Elham Ann CODHAM    
58 02/06/1794 John CHURCH     Anna IGGLEDEN    
59 12/02/1795 Francis CASTLE Widower   Elizabeth ATWOOD    
60 17/03/1796 Isaac HOGBEN Single Swingfield Elizabeth PAGE Single  
61 04/07/1796 John ATWOOD Single   Grace CLOKE Single Stelling Minnis
62 20/09/1796 James AYERS Single Elham Ann FOX Single  
63 12/10/1796 Thomas HART     Anne ATWOOD   Stelling Minnis
64 24/12/1796 Edward KEMP Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
65 26/12/1796 William BRICE Single Elham Mary ATWOOD Single  
66 18/04/1797 Edward HARNET   Bishopsbourne Mary CODHAM    
67 23/05/1797 Thomas MUNNS     Elizabeth ATWOOD    
68 24/06/1797 Michael BRIGHT     Margaret TAYLOR   St Mildred, Canterbury
69 12/10/1797 William LUCAS Single   Susannah WOOLLEY Single  
70 16/10/1797 Robert SAVAGE Single   Ann ATWOOD Single  
71 19/06/1798 William HOGBEN Single   Phillis HACKLOCKS    
72 13/05/1799 Henry MARSH Single Stelling Minnis Catherine BOUGHTON Single  
73 20/05/1799 John ANSLEY Single Waltham Elizabeth ATWOOD Single  
74 10/06/1799 James OWEN Single   Anne HARRIS Single  
75 09/11/1799 Hawke ELLEN Single Bishopsbourne Pleasant MUTTON Single  
76 12/10/1800 Thomas HAYWARD Single   Mary HITCHCOCK Single  
77 01/11/1800 James GODDEN Single   Sarah KNIGHT Single Bekesbourne
78 08/01/1801 George LEPINE Single   Elizabeth PAY Single  
79 20/10/1803 William COTHAM Single   Elizabeth PHILPOTT Single  
80 15/04/1805 Thomas GLOVER Single   Frances DOUGHTY Single  
81 28/12/1805 John BAKER Widower   Sarah LAMB Widow Lower Hardres
82 03/02/1806 Edward CURLING Single Hernehill Sophia KEELER Single  
83 22/06/1806 John COOMBS Single Waltham Elisabeth MAY Single  
84 04/05/1807 Thomas AUSTEN Single   Sarah TERRY Widow  
85 17/05/1807 William BEER     Lydia FINCH    
86 08/08/1807 George AUSTEN     Mary HOLTUM Single  
87 05/02/1809 Henry ATWOOD   Stelling Minnis Sarah BAKER    
88 08/04/1809 John BLAKE     Martha LADD    
89 30/11/1809 James FINCH     Sarah FRYAR    
90 09/12/1809 William RUSSEL     Mary BOURN    
91 06/03/1810 Stephen COTCHAM     Sarah KEMP    
92 29/01/1811 William WALES     Charlotte FRYER    
93 19/05/1812 John DIXON   Waltham Comfort FLASKETT    
94 05/10/1812 Benjamin FORREST   Sandwich Hester KEELER    
95 17/10/1812 Joseph WRIGHT     Catherine HITCHCOCK    
96 27/10/1812 William BOURNE   Sturry Hannah HOLTUM    
97 09/12/1812 Thomas NEWPORT     Rebecca KEMP    
1 17/07/1813 Richard COUCHMAN   Lower Hardres Elizabeth LANES    
2 27/10/1813 Thomas BOURNE Single Elham Elizabeth HOLTUM Single  
3 21/02/1814 Richard KEELER Single   Rebecca FAIRMAN Single  
4 23/02/1814 Thomas KITE     Harriet HAWKINS   Bishopsbourne
5 29/05/1814 John Quested ROLFE     Rachel GIBBS    
6 26/12/1814 William MACKELDEN Single Egerton Harriett PACK    
7 09/10/1815 Thomas DANIELS Single Lower Hardres Elizabeth AUSTEN Single  
8 27/12/1815 John MIDDLETON   Elham Maria HITCHCOCK    
9 16/04/1816 John MANTELL   Lower Hardres Charlotte PHILPOTT    
10 04/06/1817 William ATTWOOD   Kingston Elizabeth BROADBRIDGE    
11 03/12/1817 Charles MARSH Widower Walmer Sarah HOLTUM Single  
12 05/12/1818 Edward PIERSON     Dinah FALSEY    
12 05/12/1818 Edward BROWN     Dinah FALSEY    
13 04/02/1819 George KEELER Single   Mary CHAMPION Single  
14 12/06/1819 Richard CASTLE     Elizabeth MANTELL    
15 15/06/1819 John PERKINS Single Seasalter Emma AUSTEN    
16 13/07/1819 Austin HARRIS Single   Margaret ROSE Widow  
17 08/10/1819 Richard Denward BAKER Widower Bishopsbourne Mary BROWN Widow  
18 22/07/1820 Thomas ATTWOOD Single   Jane NORRINGTON Single  
19 14/10/1820 James ARNOLD     Jane CHAMPION    
20 24/10/1820 John MAY   Foots Cray Ann Busby JAMES    
21 31/03/1821 William WHITNALL Single   Jane TUMBER Widow  
22 09/04/1822 John Benjamin FAIRMAN     Mary Ann COLLYER   Petham
23 14/05/1822 John CRAMP     Susannah GRAVES    
24 25/01/1823 William OVENDEN     Phoebe ELDRIDGE   Bridge
25 20/05/1823 John GIBSON Single Lyminge Ann BAKER Single  
26 04/06/1823 William ATWOOD Single   Susanna NASH    
27 02/08/1823 Henry DIVERS     Elizabeth ATWOOD    
28 04/07/1824 Marsh HUNT   Alkham Louisa WHITNAL    
29 19/03/1825 John HYLAND Single   Mary Ann BAKER Single  
30 26/12/1825 John PAGE     Mary ATTWOOD    
31 24/01/1826 Thomas ADDLEY Single Ash By Sandwich Sophia HOLTUM Single  
32 16/04/1826 Edward MOTTLEY Single   Mary Susan TROCQUINE Single  
33 06/01/1827 Thomas MOON     Maria BROOKER    
34 03/05/1828 Thomas BRAZIER Single   Mary AUSTEN Single  
35 22/08/1829 Edward Pearson BROWN Widower   Sarah Eliza NUBY Single St Mildred, Canterbury
36 21/09/1829 John Hammond NICHOLLS Single Whitstable Elizabeth SQUIRE Single  
37 12/10/1830 John BOUGHTON Single Waltham Sarah BRAZIER Single  
38 20/11/1830 William COOMBS Single   Susannah WATERS Single Waltham
39 13/12/1830 John WHITNALL Single   Mary MANTEL Single Elham
40 18/06/1831 John WHITNALL Single   Mary HUNT Single Stelling Minnis
41 13/10/1831 George HAWKES Single   Mary BRAZIER Single  
42 25/01/1832 Thomas FEATHERSTONE Single Elham Elizabeth CASTLE Single  
43 04/03/1832 Henry ARNOLD Widower   Mary HARRIS Widow Lower Hardres
44 29/01/1833 Samuel Edward DUNN Single Elham Esther HOLTUM Single  
45 08/04/1833 Thomas LANES Single   Sarah Ann PAY   St Mary Breadman, Canterbury
46 03/10/1833 John SHARP Single Elham Harriot HOLTUM Single  
47 31/07/1834 John WOOD Single   Charlotte CHAMPION Single  
48 08/02/1835 John FISHER Single Elmstead Sarah HUNT Single  
49 16/11/1835 Henry BURTON Widower Llanbadarn Vawr, Cardiganshire Mary SANDYS Single  
50 08/02/1836 Marsh HUNT Widower   Elizabeth KNOTT Single  
51 08/01/1837 Thomas MATCHAM   Denton Charlotte FAGG    

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