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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Orpington All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of Orpington lies in northwestern Kent, it would once have been a country parish but has now been engulfed by the spread of Greater London and is now a suburb of the capital and currently marks the edge of the sprawl with fields to the east. Orpington village originally grew up around the junction of the A224 London to Sevenoaks road with the A208 which branched off heading towards Greenwich. The village has spread much to the south, particularly with the coming of the railway which followed a route about a mile to the south of the original centre. Orpington parish was quite large, around 3,500 acres, and supported a population of around 900 parishioners during the period of this transcript; it has, of course grown spectacularly since then. The parish sat at about 50 metres above sea level in the valley of the River Cray which headed northwards to the Thames near Erith. Orpington has a long history and merits two mentions in Domesday Book where it supported no fewer than 3 mills and 25 ploughs - it must have been a very different place in those times.


The Church

All Saints church is sited close to the junction which marked the original centre of the village, it is set away down some side streets from the A224. The building is a curious mix of old and new. There is a large extension of the 1950s which now forms the main space for worship, the original church, a mediaeval building, forms a sort of antechamber. The original building is much the more interesting portion of the combination with much that suggests it predates the conquest. The Saxon sundial is one of only three with runic inscriptions found in southeast England. The tower is a rebuild from the 18th century.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 29th April 1754 - 10th April 1755 Bromley Archives - Reference - P/277/1/2
Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 21st December 1755 - 31st January 1784 Bromley Archives - Reference - P/277/1/9 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
3 5th April 1784 - 4th June 1812 Bromley Archives - Reference - P/277/1/10 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
4 22nd February 1813 - 22nd February 1837 Bromley Archives - Reference - P/277/1/11 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Chislehurst St Nicholas
St Pauls Cray St Paulinus
St Mary Cray St Mary
St Mary Cray St Mary
Bromley St Peter & St Paul
Lullingstone St Botolph
Farnborough St Giles the Abbot
Farnborough St Giles the Abbot
Chelsfield St Martin of Tours
Chelsfield St Martin of Tours

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
29/04/1754 John WEST     Mary TIKNEL   St Mary Cray
24/09/1754 Thomas WATERFALL     Mary BOWLS    
26/12/1754 John SCRIVENS     Eleanor BATH    
10/04/1755 John MANSFIELD     Lucy WAYTE    
1 21/12/1755 Arthur BROOKS     Mary YEOMANS    
2 27/01/1756 Thomas WINGATE     Anne WAKELING   Chelsfield
3 16/11/1756 John HILDER     Anne LANE   St Mary Cray
4 22/01/1757 William ARIES     Sarah HERRETT    
5 08/02/1757 John CHAPMAN     Diana PERCH    
6 12/02/1757 William DAVIES   Chelsfield Frances LANCE    
7 17/02/1757 Adam CALLOW   Dartford Alice BIGGS    
8 18/02/1757 John WRIGHT   Chelsfield Sarah WHIFFIN    
9 21/05/1757 Anthony DRAPER     Jane KELWAY   Hythe
10 01/06/1757 John SCRIVENS     Anne DAINTY    
11 24/07/1757 George VINNER Single   Mary LANE Single  
12 03/02/1758 John STILES     Mary BOWYER    
13 07/09/1758 Thomas BURKIN     Elizabeth TEAL   St Mary Cray
14 11/10/1758 William BARTON   Chelsfield Mary LAKE    
15 20/11/1759 Richard BURKIN   Eynsford Elizabeth GOARE    
16 25/11/1759 William SMITH     Frances PERTER    
17 29/12/1759 Francis PHELPS     Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
20 09/04/1760 Samuel ELCOCK   Crayford Ann BOWYER    
18 10/05/1760 Thomas WHALE     Mary YOUMANS    
19 10/06/1760 William LEET     Catharine WALTON    
21 18/08/1761 William TEAL     Elizabeth TODMAN    
22 15/09/1761 John SWEETAPPLE     Lydia TAYLOR   St Mary Cray
23 11/10/1761 Henry CARD   Farnborough Sarah STRETON    
24 11/10/1761 James HOGSFLESH     Hannah BAKER    
25 07/06/1762 John TEAL     Elizabeth WELLS    
26 06/11/1762 Edward NOLLINS     Elizabeth BLAND    
27 09/12/1762 Thomas CHANDLER     Sarah BROOMEFIELD    
28 29/05/1763 Samuel ELCOCK     Susannah HARROTT    
29 06/06/1763 John BOWYER     Mary PORTER    
30 04/09/1763 William SIMMONS     Elizabeth CHAMP    
31 06/11/1763 Richard EGLEY     Mary WINCKELL    
32 21/08/1764 John MATTEN     Mary PAINE    
33 14/10/1764 Thomas COULHERD     Mary CACKETT    
34 17/12/1764 John BRISTOW     Elizabeth BURKIN    
35 16/02/1765 William CHAPMAN     Sarah TEAL    
36 11/08/1765 James OUTTERWAY Single   Mary LOCK Single  
37 25/08/1765 John WATKINS Single St Mary Cray Ann ABBOTT Single  
38 21/10/1765 John BIRD   St Mary Cray Anne GOODWIN    
39 11/08/1766 Samuel WOOD     Ann WANDEN   Eynsford
40 22/09/1766 John TATHAM   St Mary Cray Catherine SMYTH    
41 19/02/1767 Walter MONK   St Mary Cray Elizabeth LATTER    
42 25/06/1767 James BOWYER     Elizabeth MARCHANT    
43 19/10/1767 William HOOKER   St Mary Cray Hannah BACHELOR    
44 28/02/1768 James STACEY   Chislehurst Catharine JOHNSON    
45 18/07/1768 Thomas REEDER     Margaret HARRIS    
46 29/07/1768 Timothy STEVENS     Elizabeth LOVELAND    
47 12/10/1768 James HOGSFLESH     Mary WATERFALL    
48 20/12/1768 William DUNFORD     Martha BENNETT    
49 05/02/1769 Thomas GREENHILL     Anne DUNMORE    
50 20/07/1769 John MITCHELL   St Pauls Cray Susanna VALENS    
51 24/09/1769 James PETIT     Anne BOXALL    
52 28/09/1769 John RICHARDS Single   Elizabeth WIGNELL Single St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex
53 25/02/1770 William PENN Widower   Sarah BEST Single  
54 28/08/1770 Henry DUNMELL   St Mary Cray Susanna BRISTOW    
55 25/11/1770 Edward STEVENS     Anne WHIFFIN    
56 27/11/1770 Thomas BROWN     Susanna SMITH    
57 09/02/1771 Robert HARMAN     Elizabeth FLEMMING    
58 11/02/1771 Hugh PORTER     Amy BACHELOUR    
59 17/08/1771 Robert WATERS Widower   Henrietta WALLRAVEN Single  
60 19/01/1773 Thomas HARWOOD   Woolwich Anne HALL    
61 04/07/1773 Thomas BRAND   Bexley Elizabeth ALAND    
62 24/10/1773 Robert BOND     Elizabeth THORNBURY   Bromley
63 27/06/1774 John KITE   Eltham Martha KEMP    
64 20/07/1774 Moses MURRELL Single   Mary COLEMAN Single  
65 04/09/1774 William JONES Widower   Jane STOWE Single  
66 04/08/1775 John GLOVER Single   Mary TAYLOR Single Westerham
67 11/10/1775 Thomas WINN Widower Farnborough Eleanor SELMES Widow  
68 18/10/1775 William BASSETT Single   Elizabeth GOODHEW Single  
69 14/02/1776 James TOWNSEND Single   Maria Anne STILES Single  
70 11/04/1776 William SHARVILL Single   Mary DIXON Single  
71 11/06/1776 Thomas MOSYER Single   Sarah BIGGS Single  
72 18/06/1776 George PARKERSON Single   Elizabeth WELLER Single  
73 04/07/1776 James MANSFIELD Widower   Elizabeth BIGGS Single  
74 09/11/1776 William TAYLOR Single   Sarah BATCHELDOR Single Farnborough
75 17/11/1776 Thomas TAYLOR Single   Ann WILDER Single  
76 24/12/1776 Samuel PEACOCK Single   Sarah BIGENDEN Single  
77 13/11/1777 Thomas WHERRY Single Chislehurst Elizabeth BRAND Single  
78 09/08/1778 George COVIL Single   Lucy WESTBROOKE Single  
79 18/01/1779 Richard TURPIN Single   Mary HORE Single  
80 20/12/1779 John GREEN Single   Mary MAIDEN Widow  
81 26/01/1780 Thomas BLANE Single   Mary PENN Single  
82 15/04/1780 William PAYNE Single   Anne BURKIN Single  
83 31/08/1780 Thomas DEADMAN Single   Mary VAUGHAN Single Chislehurst
84 17/06/1781 William MILLS Single Eltham Sarah BRAND Single  
85 07/03/1782 Geofery TAYLOR Widower   Anne DICKINSON Widow  
86 09/06/1782 John SHARVILL Single   Susanna PHIPPS Single  
87 30/07/1782 James JACKSON Widower   Elizabeth AUSTIN Widow  
88 30/10/1782 William WELTON Single   Sarah STILES Single  
89 19/01/1783 John FELLOWS Widower   Sarah WHALE Widow Eynsford
90 01/04/1783 Charles OSBORN Single Downe Mary STEVENS Single  
91 20/04/1783 Thomas HOTH Widower   Sarah FOSTER Widow  
92 11/05/1783 William WATTS Single   Elizabeth LEE Single  
93 11/05/1783 John BROWN Single   Mary ELLIOTT Widow  
94 27/05/1783 George PAYNE Single   Anne SHARP Single  
95 24/07/1783 George WERRY Single St Mary Cray Sarah CASELTON Single  
75 06/09/1783 Thomas KEMP Single Sevenoaks Sarah WHITING Single  
96 31/01/1784 Thomas ROOTS Single   Mary HOLLAND Widow  
1 05/04/1784 Richard LEE Widower   Sarah JEAL Single  
2 12/05/1784 William STEPTO Single   Mary WOOD Single  
3 08/08/1784 William KIPPS Single   Elizabeth BOWLES Single  
4 31/08/1784 Elvey REDLEE Single   Mary WATTERS Single  
5 15/12/1784 Nicholas MARTIN Widower   Phoebe RINGWOOD Single  
6 16/01/1785 James SOUTHBY Single   Sarah ROBERTS Single  
7 25/01/1785 John LAWRENCE Widower Westerham Sarah PALMER    
8 06/02/1785 John SAWYER Single   Elizabeth SAXBY Single  
9 16/05/1786 John PIPER Single   Jane MARTIN Single  
10 09/07/1786 William SKINNER Single   Hannah CRIPS Widow  
11 20/07/1786 Thomas JONES Single   Mary SMEED Single  
12 29/07/1786 Henry THORNBURN Single   Sarah BROWNE Single  
13 13/10/1786 James PARKINSON     Jane KING Single  
14 27/12/1786 James BULL Single   Sarah SMITH Single  
15 08/01/1787 Edward MILLS Single   Anne WATERS Single  
16 08/02/1787 William CHILD Single   Mary CHANDLER Single  
17 23/09/1787 Joshua REEVES Widower   Mary AUSTIN Widow  
18 25/09/1787 John SHEPPARD Single   Elizabeth Warren FINCH Single  
19 16/06/1789 Richard MAY Single   Mary PETTY Single  
20 01/10/1789 Thomas COWLARD Single   Hannah NEWSTED Single  
21 20/10/1789 Henry WHITING Single   Mary PORTER Single  
22 25/11/1789 Thomas WALE Single   Anne TIBBS Widow  
23 29/01/1790 William WALE Single   Mary EVANS Single  
24 06/05/1790 Michael WOODHAMS Single   Mary SAWYERS Single  
25 13/07/1790 John AKER Single   Elizabeth THATCHER Single  
26 07/11/1790 John PRICE Single   Elizabeth VOLLINS Single  
27 04/12/1790 William SIMMS Single Downe Jane SIMMONS Single  
28 23/05/1791 James CULLINGHAM Single   Catherine WALTON Single  
29 12/06/1791 Joseph GREAVES Single St Andrew Holborn, City Of London Elizabeth FULLJAMES Single  
30 26/06/1791 James KEMP Widower   Alice HALL Single  
31 09/04/1792 James WILLIS Single   Sarah VENNER Single  
32 18/06/1792 William PACKMAN Single   Sarah HARMAN Single  
33 11/10/1792 William COSENS Single   Eleanor VOLLINS Single  
34 15/10/1792 William SAKER Widower   Sarah HOPPER Single  
35 13/12/1792 William HOOPER Single St Mary Cray Elizabeth LEE Single  
36 24/12/1792 Henry THORNBURN Widower   Mary ELLIOTT Single  
37 24/02/1793 John WALE Single   Anne STILES Single St Mary Cray
38 23/05/1793 James AKHURST Single   Letitia WELLS Widow  
39 17/10/1793 George MITCHEL Single   Anne BOWYER Single  
40 25/12/1793 Mark LANE Single   Anne TWINDEL Single  
41 12/03/1794 Samuel YATES Single   Sarah SAWYER Single  
42 12/05/1794 Alexander WIFFEN Widower   Martha TYE Widow  
43 17/08/1794 John SOUTHBY Single   Sarah FARNES Single  
44 01/06/1795 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Mary SALMON Single  
45 20/06/1795 John WHITE Single   Elizabeth HARMAN Single  
46 03/11/1795 George WEST Widower   Mary VOLLENS Single  
47 10/11/1795 James SAWYER Single   Elizabeth JOHNSON Single  
48 25/01/1796 John ASHDOWN Single   Sarah BROWN Single  
49 08/05/1796 John KIBBEL Single   Mary JEAL Single  
50 10/10/1796 Thomas KIMBER Single   Jane SIMS Widow  
51 03/09/1797 John CHEESEMAN Widower   Mary HEARN Widow  
52 03/11/1797 John EVES Single   Sarah BOOKER Single  
53 20/05/1798 James PILGRIM Single   Sarah BULL Widow  
54 27/09/1798 John WANSBURY Single   Elizabeth PETMAN Single  
55 13/10/1798 Abraham RICHARDS Single   Mary HARMAN Single  
56 04/11/1798 James HEATHER Single   Mary HIDE Single  
57 18/11/1798 Edmund LEE Single   Maria ROSE Single  
60 00/12/1798 John PENN Widower   Sarah ALLEN Single  
58 24/12/1798 William TAPSELL Single   Barbara COOK Single  
59 25/12/1798 William WANSBURY Single   Mary MAIDMEN Single  
61 12/03/1799 Thomas Stokes SALMON Single   Mary PRATT Single  
62 08/06/1799 John ELLIOTT Single   Margery SIMMONS Single  
63 05/11/1799 John WHITEHEAD Single   Mary TEMPLER Single  
64 13/10/1800 James REYNOLDS Single   Elizabeth RANGER    
65 02/11/1800 Joseph NELL Single   Harriot BOXALL Single  
66 25/01/1801 George HARBBER Single   Margaret SAUNDERS Single  
67 15/03/1801 Richard CANNON Single   Prudence DEVOT Widow  
68 11/08/1801 Richard REYNOLDS Single   Mary HOLMES Single  
69 27/11/1801 George MITCHELL Widower   Jane FARRANT Single  
70 29/08/1802 Thomas ARRETER     Mary HOLLOWAY    
72 16/11/1802 John JEFFERY Single   Jane HAIRBRIDGE Single  
73 19/12/1803 John DOLLEY Single   Mary WOOD Single  
74 11/01/1804 John DIPLOCK Single   Sarah SAKER Single  
76 09/02/1805 John MERCER Single   Anne BROWN Single  
77 17/02/1806 Benjamin KIMBLE Single   Hannah NORMAN Single  
78 27/02/1806 John SNOW Single   Ann FORD Single  
79 09/03/1806 Stephen HARRIS Single   Sarah SOUTHBY Single  
80 16/03/1806 John RUSSELL Single   Rose FINCH Single  
81 15/10/1806 Richard DOLLEY Single   Elizabeth WHIFFIN Single  
82 24/09/1807 John Grenside WEDDELL Single St Andrew Holborn, City Of London Caroline FOYSTER Single  
83 07/04/1808 James SOUTHBY Widower   Ann ELZY Single  
84 07/09/1809 James STANLY Single Plumstead Sarah PETTY Single  
85 18/11/1810 James SMITH Single   Elizabeth BRISTOWE Single  
86 10/05/1812 John BRISTOW Single   Elizabeth ELLIOTT Single  
87 11/05/1812 William SMITH Single   Mary STANDWICK Single  
88 04/06/1812 George TAYLOR Single   Sarah MARTIN Single  
1 22/02/1813 George PARKER Single   Elizabeth BLATCHER Widow  
2 28/06/1813 Phillip KILLICK Single   Ann HARDS Single  
3 22/05/1815 George CRISMIS Single   Diana MARTIN Single  
4 20/04/1816 Nathaniel Warner SYMONDS Widower St Olave Hart St, City Of London Elizabeth TANNER Single  
5 16/07/1816 Thomas VENUS Single   Charlotte WATSON Single  
6 16/07/1816 William PIKE Single   Mary WATSON Single  
7 18/07/1816 Richard BAILEY Single City Of London Mary Ann TANNER Single  
8 18/08/1816 David RUSSELL     Amelia SPRATT    
9 19/12/1816 Josiah BLACKBURN Single St Peter, Thanet Mary Ann JONES Single  
10 12/03/1817 James MORGAN Widower   Mary TAYLOR Single  
11 01/06/1817 Mark LAWE     Phoebe MARTIN    
12 02/08/1817 Thomas GREEN   Greenwich Ann MUNNS    
13 11/10/1817 William VINSON Single   Jane CAMPKIN Single  
14 29/08/1819 William HEAD Single   Jane SINEY Single  
15 16/01/1820 Henry WELLING Single   Sarah READ Single  
16 05/02/1820 William KINGSLAND     Mary MEAD    
17 02/04/1820 William COUSINS Single   Frances PIKE Single  
18 01/05/1820 William DUKE Single   Ann KING Single  
19 24/06/1820 Thomas JOHNSON     Elizabeth JEAL    
20 04/01/1821 Frederick Wellum TAYLOR   Cudham Harriet MORGAN    
21 11/09/1821 William HOLDEN Single   Elizabeth DABNER Widow  
22 08/10/1821 Thomas STRANGE Single   Susanna BOUGHER Widow  
23 23/09/1822 William ELDRIDGE Single   Sophia JEAL Single  
24 29/09/1822 William WATTON Widower   Sarah THORNBURY Single  
25 30/09/1822 John SKEGGS Single Farnborough Mary MORGAN Single  
26 02/11/1822 William EMARY Single   Sarah COUSINS Single  
27 02/12/1822 John STEPTOE Single   Elizabeth COUSINS Single  
28 02/12/1822 William VOLLINS Single   Mary STEPTOE Widow  
29 14/05/1823 Thomas COUSENS Single   Mary STEPTOE Single  
30 24/05/1823 James NEVELL Single   Susan ABBOTT Single  
31 07/06/1824 James BRISTOW Single   Hannah PAGE    
32 20/09/1824 James CHEVERIS Widower   Sarah SMITH Single  
33 24/10/1824 James FRANCIS Single   Sophia HAWKINS Widow  
34 07/11/1824 James STEPTOE     Sarah VALLINS    
35 26/09/1825 Robert COUSINS Single   Mary BURKIN Single  
36 03/01/1826 James MONK     Sarah GOODCHILD    
37 30/01/1826 James SAMSON     Lydia RICHARDS    
38 26/03/1826 John WATERS     Mary Ann JORDAN    
39 02/07/1826 Jonathan OSBORN Single   Mariah BASHFORD Single  
40 16/07/1826 Edward FARLEY Single   Ellin CAMPION Single  
41 23/07/1826 Benjamin BEAMON Single   Mary HARLAND Single  
42 24/09/1826 Henry EMARY Single   Mary SLADE Single  
43 26/02/1827 James PETTY Single   Sarah JONES Single  
44 19/01/1828 William WOOD Single   Sarah VINSON Single  
45 10/02/1829 Zacheriah KELSEY Single   Sarah LEE Single  
46 06/05/1829 William SMITH Single   Elizabeth BEDWARD Single  
47 26/09/1829 George TUCKER Single   Louisa MINSHAW Single  
48 11/01/1830 George WHITEHEAD Single   Maria SMITH Single  
49 02/05/1830 Thomas SMITH Single   Elizabeth COOK Single  
50 09/02/1831 James BOND Single   Mary Ann WICKENDEN Single  
51 08/05/1831 Charles HOOPER Single   Phoebe COUSINS Single  
52 18/10/1831 Richard HOLLAND Single   Mary Ann ALLCHORNE Widow  
53 22/10/1831 John PRESKETT Single   Mary Ann TAYLOR Single  
54 04/02/1832 Thomas TAYLOR Single   Phoebe PIKE Single  
55 06/02/1832 William ROW Single   Caroline COLLINS Single  
56 11/06/1832 Robert BAKER Single   Ann NEALD Single  
57 17/06/1832 William VENNER Single   Sarah RING Single  
58 01/07/1832 George KING Single   Ann JONES Single  
59 11/08/1832 Harvey JEAL Single   Elen LANE Single  
60 01/10/1832 Joseph LAMB Single   Elizabeth CLARK Single  
61 15/10/1832 Charles WHITEHEAD Single   Emma BOND Single  
62 05/11/1832 Joel Hippolyte Daniel DE ST ANTOINE Single Paris, France Eliza Mary KIRWAN Single  
63 20/01/1833 Richard WISEMAN Single   Susan PIPER Single  
64 02/02/1833 Thomas MORGAN Single   Maria MORGAN Single Eynsford
65 21/04/1833 Richard YEATES Single   Eleanor PETERS Single  
66 06/10/1833 James IVORY Single   Sophia WHITEHOUSE Single  
67 03/03/1834 Aaron LETCHFORD Single   Ann JULET Single  
68 12/05/1834 James REEVES Single   Rebecca BROOKS Single  
69 03/02/1835 Peter TOWNSEND Single   Martha BRISTOW Single  
70 28/07/1835 John COLLINS Widower   Jane WHITEHEAD Single  
71 16/08/1835 George TAPSELL Single   Jane BURT Single  
72 25/10/1835 Richard HILLIER Single   Sarah Louisa BROOKS Single  
73 07/11/1835 George BEST Single   Emma WOOD Single  
75 15/02/1836 Richard BROOKS Single   Elizabeth LEE Single  
76 23/04/1836 David DEADMAN Single Otford Sally HOLMES Single  
77 23/10/1836 William BEATRUP Single   Amy BROOKS Single  
78 05/12/1836 William HILLS Widower   Amelia FOULKS Widow  
79 22/02/1837 Thomas GROVER Single   Mary GOODCHILD Single  

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