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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Ivychurch St George

 

The Parish

The parish of Ivychurch lies in the extreme south of Kent, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Sussex and is also close to Kent's southern English Channel coast. Ivychurch sits in Romney Marsh just inland of the stony headland of Dungeness and is about 3 miles northwest of the large village of New Romney. Ivychurch sits on a junction of lanes about a mile to the east of the A259 road which connects New Romney with the Sussex town of Rye. Ivychurch is surrounded with low-lying pastures and pastoral farming would have predominated at the time of this transcript too. The area has largely been reclaimed by man and as such is drained by a network of ditches and sluices all heading into the prosaically named New Sewer which reaches the English Channel at St Mary's Bay. Ivychurch stands at just 3 metres above the sea and there is not a contour in sight until one has crossed the Royal Military Canal (3 miles to the north). Ivychurch parish has a convoluted edging with small detached parcels of reclaimed land too, the parish is elongated from northeast to southwest like many in the area, it would have covered around 4,500 acres making it large for Kent yet supported barely 180 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Ivychurch in Domesday Book.


The Church

St George's church sits on the eastern side of the main junction of lanes within Ivychurch, it is tucked away behind the inn but with a large parking area available for both. Given the size of the congregation St George is rather immense being 135 feet long and with seven bay arcades in addition to the combined nave & chancel. The church largely dates from the Decorated period and from the latter part of that era putting its origins in the early 14th century. Pevsner, however, indicates that the present building was clearly a rebuild/restoration and enhancement of an earlier one probably early 13th century citing a respond at the eastern wall, The tower is later than the main body and was clearly added during the Perpendicular era of massive church building in England, There was a Victorian restoration but again Pevsner states this was done with "kindness". The church is accessed by a wooden gateway almost behind the southern end of the inn, there are few trees in the churchyard so photography in unhindered.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 18th November 1756 - 20th September 1812 Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P203/1/A/1
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None

NB this post 1754 type register is bound into the preceding composite register as a single archival deposit
2 1st January 1815 - 10th February 1836 Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P203/1/D/1
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Brookland St Augustine
Brenzett St Eanswith
Snave St Augustine
Newchurch St Peter & St Paul
Hope All Saints
East Guldeford St Mary, Sussex
New Romney St Nicholas
Old Romney St Clement
East Guldeford St Mary, Sussex
Lydd All Saints
Lydd All Saints

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 18/11/1756 Benjamin BUCKHURST     Ann BRACKENBURY Single  
2 22/02/1757 Richard SIMSON Widower Brenzett Anne NORWOOD Single  
3 12/05/1757 Matthew BUTTLER     Ann MARTIN Widow  
4 30/03/1758 James TERRY     Mary MOOR    
5 22/05/1759 Thomas HOARE     Sarah HOWELL    
6 05/06/1759 John MILLS     Elizabeth HOARE    
7 01/11/1759 William ILLENDEN   Woodchurch Sarah TERRY    
8 23/09/1760 John HOARE     Elizabeth KNOWLDEN    
9 23/05/1762 John SHORTER     Elizabeth HOPPER    
10 12/04/1763 Thomas CASTLE   Folkestone Margaret QUI-HAMPTON Single  
11 29/09/1766 John WALK Single Lydd Lucy WHORWELL Single  
12 10/11/1767 Daniel ARNOLD   Ruckinge Susanna AUSTIN Single  
12 05/03/1769 Peter KNOWLDEN     Elizabeth SCOT    
13 19/04/1770 Francis SISLEY   Rye, Sussex Anna CHOWNING Single  
14 14/01/1773 John MAYLAM   Warehorne Mary HART Single  
15 02/07/1773 John CRUST   Snargate Mary JORDAN Single  
16 05/10/1773 Joseph SACRE Widower   Sarah BROWN Single  
17 06/06/1775 Richard JONES Single Brookland Mary VENNER Single  
18 22/05/1777 Edward HUNT Widower   Elizabeth THATCHER Single  
19 26/04/1778 Thomas HOARE     Hannah HORTON    
20 23/10/1778 Joseph TOLHERST     Mary HOARE    
21 08/02/1780 John WHITE     Lydia STROUD Single  
22 06/04/1780 Edward MILLS     Mary HUGGETT Single  
23 14/11/1780 John REYNOLD   Snave Mary MARTEN    
24 17/02/1781 William JORDAN Single Fairfield Elizabeth PAIN Single  
25 26/03/1781 John MILLS Widower   Hester HART Single  
26 25/04/1781 Robert BEACHING Widower   Judith JORDAN Single  
27 15/06/1781 James SMALL Single   Mary DAW Single  
28 07/12/1782 Edward MILLS Widower   Sarah BEVES Single  
29 04/06/1783 Gideon GOODCARLE Single Lydd Mary LEE Single  
30 30/08/1783 Stephen TOLHURST Widower   Elizabeth ESLEDEN Widow  
31 08/03/1785 William STEVENS   Beckley, Sussex Elizabeth HOPPER Single  
32 03/07/1785 William KESBY Single Bonnington Elizabeth SMALL Single  
33 27/07/1785 William SMALL Single   Margarett MORRIS Single  
34 10/04/1787 Thomas KNOWLDEN Single   Sarah HOARE Single  
35 08/01/1788 John SHORTER Single Woodchurch Mary SMALL Widow  
36 17/11/1788 William CROSS Widower   Mary TISUS Single  
37 01/02/1789 Stephen SHARP   Willesborough Nancy WRAIGHT Single  
38 12/02/1789 James BOURNE Single Snargate Sarah LEE Single  
39 18/02/1790 Samuel RANDAL Single   Esther MILLES Widow  
40 27/05/1790 Thomas HOARE Single   Elizabeth BROWNE Single  
41 05/11/1790 Edward MILLS Widower   Lydia HOARE Single  
42 31/01/1795 William GILBERT Single Brenzett Caroline SWAFFER Single  
43 11/10/1796 Thomas SOMES Widower Mersham Elizabeth SHORTER Widow  
44 24/09/1797 James FIELDER Single   Elizabeth MILLS Single Brookland
45 09/02/1801 William REELY Widower   Hannah HOOK Single  
46 13/09/1802 James WOOLLEY Single   Hester THOMAS Single  
47 19/04/1803 Thomas TOLHURST Single   Catherine GORACKINS Single  
48 26/05/1803 Richard COLLINS Single   Catherine AUSTEN Single  
49 16/07/1803 Richard SPRINGET   Kenardington Elizabeth WRAIGHT    
50 02/10/1803 John KITCHLEE Single   Hannah DITTON Single  
51 05/09/1805 James CHART Single Beckley, Sussex Sarah REELY Single  
52 25/11/1805 William HOWLAND Single   Esther MILLS Single  
53 02/01/1806 Joseph TYLAR Single   Mary Hadley TYLAR   Brookland
54 14/04/1806 Joseph GORHAM   St Mary, Dover Sarah WRAIGHT Single  
55 13/10/1806 Robert TOLHURST Single   Elizabeth WENHAM Single  
56 08/04/1809 William PACKHAM Single Brenzett Martha GLOVER Single  
57 07/04/1810 John GOODWIN Single   Priscilla WEBB Single  
58 11/12/1811 Henry MAPLESDEN Single   Mary BEVERS Single  
59 05/01/1812 James BOURNE Single Woodchurch Mary NEY Single  
60 20/09/1812 John CHATTERTON Widower Rye, Sussex Mary Ann HALT Single  
1 01/01/1815 Thomas MILLER Single   Hannah BOOTH Single  
2 15/05/1815 John CUTBUSH Single   Mary DITTON Single  
3 01/01/1816 Edward KNOWLDEN Single   Sarah Elizabeth BRIDGER Single  
4 29/04/1816 Edward CARE Single   Mary CARE Single  
5 04/07/1816 John LINOM Single All Saints, Canterbury Mary LEE Single  
6 13/08/1817 James WRIGHT     Hannah DELVE    
7 21/09/1817 Stephen TERRY Single   Harriot TOLHURST Single  
8 17/09/1818 John MULLS Single   Harriot PAINTER Single  
9 13/11/1819 Thomas PAGE Single   Margaret WRAIGHT Widow  
10 01/12/1819 William BUTLER Single   Hannah REELY Single  
11 30/04/1820 John PELLOT Single   Frances Noah FLOAT Single  
12 29/07/1820 Richard WINKELS Single   Charlott TOLHURST    
13 19/05/1821 Thomas TOLHURST Single   Elizabeth WADDLE Single  
14 04/03/1822 James ROBERTS Single   Sarah CHANTLER Single  
15 21/08/1826 Richard SMITH Single Brenzett Sarah EDWARDS    
16 16/01/1827 Benjamin KING Single   Mary PRIOR Single  
17 20/05/1827 John EDWARDS Single   Sarah HOCKHAM Single  
18 22/03/1829 William REYNOLDS Single Tenterden Mercy MASTERS Single  
19 14/10/1829 Samuel GASSON Single Brenzett Jane COBB Single  
20 07/11/1829 Robert SEVENOAKS Single   Mary HART Single  
21 10/03/1831 James CURD Single   Mary Ann EDWARDS Single  
22 26/06/1831 John FAGG Single Warehorne Eliza MASTERS Single  
23 24/12/1831 Robert DITTON Single   Ann WOODGATE Single  
24 30/09/1832 Jeremiah AUSTEN Single   Ruth Rolfe BATES Single  
25 12/02/1833 William BATES Widower   Elizabeth ASHFIELD Widow Brenzett
26 08/06/1834 James LEE Single   Ann HOUGHAM Single  
27 10/02/1836 John KNIGHT Widower   Elizabeth JARVIS Single  

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