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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Preston next Wingham St Mildred

 

The Parish

The parish of Preston, there being 2 of that name in the county it is necessary to distinguish this from the other near Faversham, lies in northeastern Kent roughly 5 miles northwest of the small port of Sandwich. Preston is a long strip of a village which lies along the eastern flanks of the Little Stour's valley, it sits in a broad area with no significant numbered roads, the closes being the A257, some 2 1/5 miles to Preston's south, which connects Sandwich with Canterbury. The properties in Preston area largely strung along a lane which winds northwards from Wingham to cross the Little Stour near to the Grove Ferry Nature Reserve. Preston is largely a farming community, here the arable & pastoral activities are supplemented by Kent's signature orchards which surround the village. The Little Stour drains the parish northeastwards soon joining its larger neighbour the Great Stour and reaching the North Sea through Sandwich. Preston is sited at around 10 metres above the sea with some properties as low as a mere 3 metres, land rises slowly to the south reaching just over 30 metres at the A257. Preston was fairly typically sized for eastern Kent, covering just under 1,500 acres it would have supported a population of around 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Preston was held by Canterbury Abbey and was a well-to-do place offering 13 ploughs.


The Church

St Mildred's church sits away from the village by almost a half mile west, a pretty collection of church 19th century villa (Preston Court) and oast house sit close by the banks of the Little Stour. The church dates from the Early English Gothic period fashionable in the early part of the 13th century. The thin lancet windows of the western tower are indicative of that style which is used not only in the tower but also the nave, its arcades, and also the chancel. Some work spread into the later Decorated style, the aisles were presumably added at that time and also the northern chapel. There matters rested until the usual Victorian restoration which not only refreshed the building but also added the rather jaunty pyramidal cap to the tower, this work was conducted in the late 1850s. Court Lane wanders westwards from the lane leading to Wingham, at its dead-end one finds the church with just about enough room for a single car outside its entrance. a wooden gate leads to a diagonal path across the churchyard to the church. The churchyard is adequately spacious and with no significant obstacle to photography,


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 15th April 1754 - 13th October 1812 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/245/1/A4 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
2 19th April 1813 - 27th May 1837 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/245/1/D1 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Wickhambreaux St Andrew
Wickhambreaux St Andrew
Stourmouth All Saints
Wickhambreaux St Andrew
Ash by Sandwich St Nicholas
Elmstone St John the Baptist
Wingham St Mary the Virgin
Wingham St Mary the Virgin
Wingham St Mary the Virgin

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
05/01/1754 John BICKER Margaret BEAR
1 15/04/1754 John PEALE Adisham Mary SHARP
2 11/11/1754 Thomas MANGER Sarah BROWN Stourmouth
3 13/02/1755 Richard CLARK Ickham Mary JOHNSON
4 04/03/1755 William FINCH Elizabeth GIBBS
5 05/04/1755 Henry HILLS Single Elizabeth WHITE
6 05/05/1755 Daniel LARKIN Single Mary BROWN
7 05/01/1756 John EASTLAND Widower Elizabeth READ Single
8 06/01/1756 Henry HOPKINS Single Stourmouth Jane PEAL Single
9 29/01/1756 Henry HOUGHAM Margaret LEE
10 04/10/1756 Thomas SLADDEN Elizabeth CASTLE
11 26/03/1758 Robert MINTER Widower Catherine CARDEN Single
12 12/10/1758 George PEAL Single Ash By Sandwich Ann PAGE Single
13 11/10/1759 Joseph BELSEY Single Eastry Sarah ROW Single
14 03/05/1760 Edward LAWRENCE Single Ash By Sandwich Mary DENN Single
15 16/10/1760 Henry COURT Single Sarah FULLER Single
16 23/10/1760 George KNIGHT Mary WHITE
17 29/08/1761 John JARVIS Single Anne APPLETON Single
18 09/08/1762 Richard CLEVELAND Elizabeth FULLER
19 10/08/1763 Henry HILLS Widower Elizabeth MARSH Single
20 06/02/1764 Thomas PALMER Single Elizabeth PAGE
21 26/07/1764 Thomas LASLETT Single Elizabeth EWELL
22 05/11/1764 Thomas MANGER Widower Elizabeth SAUNDERS
23 08/04/1765 James MANGER Wingham Sarah MINTER
24 13/10/1765 Stephen READ Stodmarsh Jane JOHNSON
25 02/12/1765 Thomas GOODWIN Ann GRANT
26 13/03/1766 James PRITCHARD Birchington Catherine BEARLING
27 12/05/1766 Isaac CRAMP Frances SLADEN
28 21/10/1766 William SUTTON Sarah SHONLER
29 16/05/1767 Stephen GIBBS Single Hannah HARRISON Single
30 27/12/1767 Lacy MUNNS Single Mary FOWEL Single
31 11/01/1768 John PETLEY Widower Ash By Sandwich Mary ELLINGTON Single
32 02/03/1768 Henry WHITFIELD Single Martha WHITE Single
33 20/10/1768 James THOMPSON Single St Swithin, City Of London Elizabeth Frances HARRISON Single
34 07/02/1769 Henry HILLS Widower Elizabeth ELSERY
35 18/04/1769 Edward SMITH Elmstone Elizabeth HARRISON
36 30/05/1769 Francis FOOT Catharine REED
37 05/06/1769 William KNIGHT Staple Ann FILLIS
38 29/10/1769 Stephen SMITH Susanna COURT
39 19/11/1769 Thomas LASLETT Susanna CHANDLER Ash By Sandwich
40 29/01/1770 Isaac KEEL Single Elizabeth JOY Widow
41 08/02/1770 James WOOD Single Ann KEEL Single
42 11/08/1770 John GRANT Single Sarah ANDREWS Single
43 04/11/1770 Isaac WALKER Susan BURTON
44 10/10/1771 John GRANT Elizabeth NORRIS
45 30/01/1772 James GIBBONS Elizabeth KNOTT
46 07/08/1772 Richard HOBDEE Single Edith BROWNING Single
47 13/10/1772 John SOLLEY Jane GILLAM
48 31/10/1772 Robert KEEL Elmstone Edith GIBBS
49 01/11/1772 James KEEL Stourmouth Elizabeth APPLETON
50 05/12/1772 Thomas PORTER Ann MULLART
51 10/01/1773 John ANDREWS Single Ash By Sandwich Elizabeth PORT Single
52 26/12/1773 Edward GOODBAN Littlebourne Ann STREETING
53 09/04/1774 Henry JONES Single Thanet Catharine MULLART Single
54 09/05/1774 Isaac BAKER Woodnesborough Mary MARTIN Single
55 25/07/1774 George JESSARD Monkton Elisabeth READER
56 19/08/1775 John WALL Widower Elisabeth SPEARPOINT
57 21/08/1775 Stephen GIBBONS Widower Mary PEALE Widow
58 06/05/1776 Isaac WILMER Single Stourmouth Margaret BICKER Widow
59 23/12/1776 George WOOD Single Ann EWELL Single
60 12/02/1777 Richard STREETLING Single Martha WHITFIELD Widow
61 11/10/1777 Thomas SPAIN Sarah BROWNING
62 11/12/1777 Thomas ANDREWS Widower Sarah KING Single
63 25/01/1778 James GORELY St Margaret, Canterbury Sarah READER Single
64 13/10/1778 George CULMER Single Sarah KNIGHT Single
65 18/10/1778 Edward BARRAS Single Sarah ARNOLD Single
66 18/01/1779 John JARRED Single Mary SMITH Single
67 30/03/1779 Edward SMITH Widower Mary GIBBS Single
68 27/04/1779 William HOG Single Mary HINSBY Single
69 05/07/1779 Thomas HUXTEP Single Ann FOREMAN Single
70 11/10/1780 John STURGES Single Ann FOX Single
71 13/11/1780 Edward CAPON Widower Deal Sarah ALLEN Widow
72 18/11/1780 Henry SARVEST Single Liddy SPAIN Single
73 06/10/1781 William WANSTALL Single Ann JOY Single
74 11/10/1781 William FINCH Single Sarah MARTIN Single
75 14/10/1781 Henry CASTLE Single Bishopsbourne Sarah LARKIN Single
76 03/11/1782 John CULMER Single Hannah CASTLE Single
77 04/02/1783 John MOAT Widower Mary JARVEST Single
78 21/04/1783 William RALPH Deal Elizabeth SOLLEY
79 29/09/1783 Holltum CULMER Single Ann THURSTON Single
80 22/09/1784 Richard MAXTED Single Ickham Ellen FINCH Single
81 12/10/1784 Henry KNIGHT Single Ann MINTER Single Elmstone
82 27/12/1784 George KNIGHT Single Charlotte LAWRENCE Single
83 27/12/1784 Robert COURT Single Elisabeth LARKIN Single
84 22/02/1785 William BAKER Single Jane HORN Single
85 22/03/1785 Thomas WOODWARD Single Ann COCK Single
86 28/02/1786 Thomas CHANDLER Sarah HORN Single
87 01/07/1786 Henry CHURCHMAN Single Minster In Thanet Elisabeth SMITH Single
88 14/10/1786 Henry SLADDEN Single Lydia WILLIAMS Single
89 06/10/1787 Solomon WARDEN Widower Elisabeth BRANFORD Single
90 14/10/1787 William SUTTON Single Ash By Sandwich Elisabeth BEALE Single
91 31/08/1788 Stephen SPAIN Single Stourmouth Susannah GIBBS Widow
92 11/04/1789 Edward PETTIT Single Ash By Sandwich Charlotte CASTLE Single
93 16/05/1789 John DAVIS Single Wickhambreaux Sarah SITHERS Single
94 02/06/1789 George KNIGHT Single Elisabeth MARKS Single
95 25/07/1789 John APPLETON Single Ickham Keziah FOREMAN Single
96 18/02/1790 William DUCKETT Single St Lawrence, Thanet Mary RALPH Single
97 05/04/1790 John LOVE Single Wingham Jane BROWNING Single
98 12/10/1790 Isaac WILLIAMS Single Birchington Susan SPAIN Single
99 08/01/1791 John SAVVEN Single Woodnesborough Ann EASTESS Single
100 11/06/1791 John MARTIN Single Stourmouth Sarah COCK Single
101 28/08/1791 Henry KINGSLAND Holy Cross, Canterbury Elisabeth RUSSELL Single
102 13/10/1791 William MARTIN Single Elisabeth GIBBS Single
103 04/02/1792 Thomas HOGBEN Single Elizabeth LAWRENCE Single
104 08/05/1792 John TWYMAN Single Mary SPAIN Single
105 29/08/1792 George SPOND Mary SIDDERS Single
106 20/10/1792 William PEAKE Widower St John, Thanet Alice CRUMP Widow
107 26/12/1792 Henry BAKER Single Wickhambreaux Sarah JARVIS Single
108 11/06/1793 Isaac IMPETT Single Elizabeth MANGER Single
109 19/02/1794 James SPONG Single Mary KEEL Single
110 09/11/1794 Henry HAYCOCK Single Sarah PEALE Single
111 04/12/1794 John MARTIN Single Mary FARRIER Single
112 26/05/1795 Thomas HUXTEP Single St Nicholas At Wade Elizabeth HEWSON Single
113 12/10/1795 Henry STROOD Single Elmstone Grace CRUMP Single
114 19/03/1796 John TAYMAN Single Ash By Sandwich Mary PEAL Single
115 12/10/1796 John HOLE Single Ann FIELD Single
116 22/10/1796 John KENTON Single Ash By Sandwich Susannah YOUNG Single
117 17/12/1796 James JOHNSON Single Wingham Elizabeth KEEL Single
118 03/10/1797 John GREGORY Single Margaret GILLON Single St Nicholas At Wade
119 14/10/1797 John SPAIN Stourmouth Susannah PEALE
120 16/10/1797 George HILLS Single St Peter, Sandwich Maria WILLIAMS Single
121 28/10/1797 Ingram PEARPOINT Single Sarah KENNET Widow
122 02/12/1797 John KINGSLAND Wingham Sarah PRATT
123 17/02/1798 Henry HOGBEN Sarah SOLLEY
124 08/04/1798 George SOLLEY Single Ash By Sandwich Sarah BICKER Widow
125 09/04/1798 William HAWKES Single Wingham Elizabeth YOUNG Single
126 13/10/1798 John LAWRENCE Single Ann MARSH Single
127 13/10/1798 Zacharias MARSH Widower Elizabeth GIBBS Single
128 10/11/1798 Robert KEEL Single Phoebe FRIER Single
129 23/02/1799 Stephen MARSHALL Single Stourmouth Elizabeth GIBBS Single
130 20/04/1799 George EPPS Single Wingham Martha STROOD Single
131 12/10/1799 Henry MINTER Single Ickham Ann MORTON Single
132 23/11/1799 James JARVIS Single Ann MARTIN Single
133 20/05/1800 John STODDARD Single Littlebourne Sarah BRADLEY Single
134 15/11/1800 Isaac WALKER Single Ann IMPETT Single
135 06/03/1801 John HARRISON Single Chislet Ann HOLNESS
136 12/10/1801 William ROBINSON Single Patty CULMER Single
137 04/12/1801 William BEAKE Single Sarah WALKER Single
138 07/01/1802 Henry SPAIN Single Mary PAIN Single
139 12/10/1802 John TURNER Single Lydia CRUMP Single
140 28/02/1803 Michael HUGHES Single Sarah GARDENER Widow
141 08/08/1803 William JOHNSON Widower Sarah ELGAR Single
142 08/09/1804 William KNIGHT Single Elizabeth HAWKES Single
143 30/10/1804 George SIMMONDS Single Christ Church, Canterbury Sarah CULMER Single
144 10/11/1804 John SOLLEY Single Sarah FAGG Single
145 23/02/1805 Henry LARDNER Single Mary BRADLEY Single
146 28/02/1805 William LUCAS Widower Chislet Elizabeth OLIVER Single
147 28/10/1805 Benjamin HOPKINS Single Frances SITHERS Single
148 16/11/1805 Isaac READ Minster In Thanet Mary SITHERS
149 28/11/1805 William HOPKINS Thomason SITHERS
150 13/10/1806 John READ Phoebe HILLS
151 13/10/1806 Henry FAGG Elmstone Sarah BROWNING
152 14/10/1806 Henry WALL Staple Sarah FINCH
153 27/12/1806 Joseph WALL Stourmouth Ann NEWMAN
154 12/01/1807 Richard LOVE Stourmouth Ann JOINER
155 21/03/1807 John ADLEY Northbourne Sarah GIBBS
156 13/10/1807 James SOLLEY Single Ash By Sandwich Eleanor GARDINER Single
157 15/10/1807 Stephen WARDEN Single Elizabeth KNIGHT Single
158 02/07/1808 Michael HUGHES Widower Ann BROWNING Single
159 14/01/1809 Jesse HAMMOND Widower Ash By Sandwich Rachel SPICKET Single
160 03/04/1809 Henry HOLNESS Single Esther PAGE Single
161 08/06/1809 John WHALE Single Wickhambreaux Elizabeth SOLLEY Single
162 18/07/1809 Richard SUTTON Barham Mary ANDREWS
163 12/10/1809 Thomas BROWN Single Jane COURT Single
164 26/05/1810 Thomas SAYER Single Elizabeth SUTTON Single
165 13/10/1810 George TURNER Single Sarah KEEL Single
166 13/10/1810 George KNIGHT Single Hannah LAWRENCE Single
167 15/10/1810 John NORTON Single Elizabeth FINCH Single
168 14/11/1810 William HUGHES Single Mary PERKINS Single
169 04/12/1810 John SANDY Single Eleanor FINCH Single
170 02/03/1811 Henry HALL Single Mary MARTIN Single
171 15/10/1811 Edmund GIBBS Single Sarah SMITH Single
172 17/11/1811 Edward CASTLE Single Ann PEARCH Single Adisham
173 22/11/1811 Samuel HILLS Single Susanna RICKFORD Single
174 07/03/1812 John GOODWIN Single St Peter, Sandwich Frances GOLDFINCH Single
175 28/03/1812 Edmond HOUGHAM Single Mary SMITH Single Wingham
176 13/06/1812 John FAGG Single Mary FINCH Single
177 13/06/1812 Thomas JENNER Single Sarah MARSH Single Wingham
178 11/07/1812 George PEAL Single Ickham Kezia NORTON Single
179 13/10/1812 John TURNER Widower Charlotte KNIGHT Single
1 19/04/1813 Robert RUSSEL Single Sarah STOKES Single
2 12/10/1813 Daniel PIESDEN Ash By Sandwich Ann BRADLEY
3 12/01/1814 Valentine HOILE Single St Peter, Sandwich Mary Ann MCCANN Single
4 30/04/1814 Henry HOUGHAM Single Ann DANIELS Single
5 06/10/1814 Michael PETT Single Susannah HOLNESS Single
6 14/10/1814 Stephen CLEVELAND Single Staple Ann FRYER Single
7 19/11/1814 Isaac WALKER Widower Ann KEVINS Widow
8 29/01/1815 Charles BROWN Single Wingham Sarah GIBBS Single
9 27/03/1815 Thomas RALPH Single Elizabeth MARKS Single Littlebourne
10 13/10/1815 William GOLDFINCH Single Sarah SHAKESTEAD Single
11 25/11/1815 William JULL Single Ann HILLS Single
12 24/08/1816 James SMITH Single Mary COURT Single
13 26/10/1816 John SOLLY Widower Martha PRETT Single Ash By Sandwich
14 24/12/1817 Richard DYE Single St Peter, Sandwich Hannah JOHNSON Single
15 28/03/1818 Robert COURT Single Elizabeth SPONG Single
16 20/07/1818 William GIBBS Single Charlotte SPEARPOINT Single
17 18/08/1819 John FRIER Single Elmstone Hannah BAKER Single
18 07/12/1819 Thomas ASHBEE Single Herne Elizabeth ADDLEY Single
19 09/09/1820 Henry BING Single Wickhambreaux Sarah KNIGHT Single
20 05/10/1820 Stephen SOLLEY Single Zipporah RALPH Single
21 21/10/1820 William WHITE Single Elizabeth SMITH Single
22 21/10/1820 George SPAIN Single Elizabeth SPAREPOINT Single
23 23/12/1820 William TERRY Single St Lawrence, Thanet Hannah APPLETON Single
24 25/12/1820 James ARNOLD Single Lyminge Mary KNIGHT Single
25 16/06/1821 William TURNER Single Mary SMITH Single
26 09/10/1821 Henry SANKEY Single Wingham Frances Elizabeth HARRISON Single
27 13/10/1821 James MARSH Single Charlotte HOOKER Single
28 03/01/1822 John GRIGGS Single Ann LAWRENCE Single
29 12/10/1822 George Keel SPONG Single Sarah WHITE Single
30 12/10/1822 Henry HOGBEN Widower Elmstone Ann SHAKESTED Single
31 21/05/1823 Daniel RALPH Single Mercy SOLLEY Single
32 16/10/1823 Stephen SATTERFIELD Minster In Thanet Charlotte GIBBS
33 18/10/1823 William AYRES Littlebourne Eliza GOLDFINCH
34 25/03/1824 Stephen CHANDLER Single Ash By Sandwich Mary MARTIN Single
35 15/07/1824 George MUTTON Single Minster In Thanet Hannah PRIOR Single
36 12/10/1824 David DADD Mary TWYMAN St Nicholas At Wade
37 13/10/1824 Thomas IRELAND Single Hoath Sarah HOOKER Single
38 12/02/1825 Henry HALL Widower Elizabeth NORTON Widow
39 16/07/1825 James WILLIAMS Single Wickhambreaux Elizabeth IRELAND Single
40 14/10/1825 William SHAXTED Single Harriet HUXSTEP Single
41 16/10/1825 Stephen IMPETT Sarah HAYWARD Stourmouth
42 08/04/1826 James KENNET Single Mercy YOUNG Single
43 20/05/1826 John BROWNING Single Elmstone Mary MAYNARD Single
44 15/07/1826 Thomas IMPETT Single Stourmouth Fanny CHANDLER Single
45 12/08/1826 George GIBBS Single Chislet Harriet HUXSTEP Single
46 08/01/1827 Thomas SLADDEN Single Mary KENTON Widow Stourmouth
47 03/05/1827 James DOWKER Single Stourmouth Sophia Frances READER Single
48 04/10/1827 Robert MARTIN Single Ann PETTIT Single Elmstone
49 13/10/1827 James JOINER Single Wingham Mary BEAKE Single
50 16/10/1827 William MARSH Single Hester HOLDNESS Widow
51 10/11/1827 Stephen HARLEY Single Chilham Elizabeth WALKER Single
52 19/12/1827 John MOIN Single Staple Mary Ann BUSHELL Single
53 31/07/1828 George ROBERTS Widower Frances CULMER Single
54 08/08/1829 William UDEN Single Elizabeth HOGBIN Single
55 13/10/1829 James WYBORN Single Jane MUZZRED Single
56 16/10/1829 Henry HILLS Single Harriett FINCH Single
57 24/06/1830 James Stable NEALES Single St Mary, Dover Maria ROBINSON
58 05/02/1831 Thomas FARRIER Single Ash By Sandwich Elizabeth MARTIN Widow
59 16/07/1831 John CHANDLER Widower Elizabeth GRIGGS Single
60 30/07/1831 Thomas READ Widower Sarah SMITH Single
61 13/10/1831 William MARTIN Single Elmstone Sarah LAWRENCE Single
62 13/10/1831 William DANIEL Single Catherine Holloway GIBBS Single Stourmouth
63 03/11/1831 Charles HOLMAN Single Mary RALPH Single
64 11/06/1832 Thomas HUGHES Single Sarah WEBB Single
65 07/07/1832 Samuel Steed BAKER Single Jane ELVEY Single
66 04/08/1832 Thomas SLADDEN Single Chislet Sarah FINCH Single
67 20/09/1832 George KNIGHT Single Nonington Eliza MARTIN Single
68 12/10/1832 James WALSGRAVE Single Jane WALKER Widow
69 13/02/1833 Henry KNIGHT Single Elizabeth SAYER Single
70 30/03/1833 William SHAXTED Widower Hannah GRIGGS Single
71 04/06/1833 John HARMAN Single St Alphege, Canterbury Caroline Culmer ROBINSON Single
72 29/06/1833 Thomas SAYER Single Mary Ann KNIGHT Single
73 13/10/1834 Henry HUCKSTEP Single Woodnesborough Hannah SMITH Single
74 19/02/1835 Thomas MARSH Single St Martin, Canterbury Susannah MARTIN Single
75 14/03/1835 William KNIGHT Widower Monkton Anna SHAKESTED Single
82 06/06/1835 William YOUNG Single Staple Anne WALL Single
83 18/07/1835 Thomas MARTIN Single St Peter, Thanet Mary WALL Single
84 26/08/1835 John PRYER Widower Sophia ANDREWS Single
85 12/10/1835 Henry REYNOLDS Single Littlebourne Elizabeth LEDNER Single
86 16/01/1836 Thomas DILNOT Single Eastry Mary HUXTEP Single
87 14/06/1836 Edward GOODSON Single Kezia MINTER Wingham
88 09/07/1836 William LEDNER Single Stourmouth Mary PRETT Single
89 15/10/1836 George MORGAN Single East Wickham Mary PRETT Single
90 01/04/1837 Charles MEASDAY Widower Sarah LAWRENCE Widow
91 27/05/1837 William BATCHEL Single Frances CULMER Single Wingham

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