Pennington St Michael

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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Pennington St Michael

The Parish

The parish of Pennington lies in "Lancashire over the Water" in the Furness Peninsula in what was transferred to Cumbria in Local Government reorganisation in the 20th century. Pennington is located roughly 2 miles southwest of the market town of Ulverston and sits a half mile northwest of the A580 road which links Ulverston with Barrow in Furness. Pennington is a rather loosely constructed parish, Pennington itself being merely a scatter of farms and cottages whilst the main settlements are of Swarthmoor on the A580 and largely modern and Loppergarth with the parish's main inn and a centre of sorts. Pennington occupies a shelf of land at the point where the coastal plain gives way to substantial hills. That location gave its pastoral farmers access to both richer pastures on the lower land for cattle whilst hardy Herdwick sheep grazed the upper levels. Across the parish there are mine-shafts remaining from the workings of the extractive industries with lead a frequent target along with other metalliferous ores. Modern developments have come to the parish with the arrival of the railway line connecting Barrow in Furness to the West Coast Main Line at Carnforth passing through the parish without granting a station. Pennington is drained eastwards by the Levy Beck which makes its way through southern Ulverston to the sea at Morecambe Bay. Pennington is sited at around 80 metres above the sea but land rises to the local hills of Copse Hill and Castle Hill at 205 and 234 metres respectively both sitting within a mile of the church, a little further northwest rises Bank House Moor towering at 311 metres. Pennington parish was small compared with its Furness neighbours but still covered around 2,700 acres and supported a population of close to 400 parishioners. Whilst Pennington is mentioned in Domesday Book as a holding of King William like so much of the north it had no population and was described as "waste".

The Church

St Michael's church sits within a circular churchyard reminiscent of those found in Celtic lands such as the Welsh "llan" and usually indicative of an early Christian site. There is certainly evidence of a Norman origin for St Michael despite major changes made in both the 19th and 20th centuries which have largely turned it into a modern building. Pevsner points us to the tympanum and to the scalloped capitals of the porch as evidence for this early origin. It is the modern fabric which does, however, make up the majority of the building. The western tower and nave were rebuilt in Georgian times and completed in 1827 whilst the chancel, in a polygonal form was also rebuilt in the 20th century and completed in 1926. All of these rebuilds reused some of the early fabric hence the Norman style reused in the porch also 20th century. Outside the churchyard there is a substantial bay for parking allowing for an extended visit, the churchyard only has a group of trees sitting to the church's south and not unduly restricting the otherwise unimpaired views available for the photographer.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	17th June 1754 - 14th November 1812	Westmorland & Furness Archives - Barrow - Reference - BPR/24/6	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	30th January 1813 - 13th May 1837	Westmorland & Furness Archives - Barrow - Reference - BPR/24/7	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Dalton in Furness St Mary	Ulverston St Mary	Ulverston St Mary
Dalton in Furness St Mary		Ulverston St Mary
Dalton in Furness St Mary	Urswick St Mary & St Michael	Urswick St Mary & St Michael

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	17/06/1754	James	WAYKES		St Dunatsn In The West, City Of London	Mary	FELL	Single
2	20/07/1754	John	PENNINGTON			Grace	BENSON	Single	Dalton In Furness
3	17/11/1754	Edward	WALTON			Hannah	LOWTHER
4	09/01/1755	Richard	FELL			Agnes	HART		Dalton In Furness
5	09/10/1755	Robert	COWARD			Agnes	PRESTON	Widow
6	30/11/1755	Thomas	KENDALL			Eleanor	TOWERS
7	13/12/1755	Joseph	ATKINSON		Ulverston	Mary	FELL
8	02/12/1756	Joseph	BENSON		Ulverston	Agnes	COWPERTHWAITE
9	16/05/1758	William	FELL			Eleanor	GRICE
10	19/05/1759	George	FELL			Mary	HOLME
11	18/09/1759	William	WILLAN		Cartmel	Elizabeth	BIGGENS
12	10/12/1759	Thomas	WILSON			Jane	HOLME
13	20/01/1760	John	AINSWORTH			Mary	PERRY
14	15/11/1760	William	TOWNSON			Elisabeth	FELL
15	17/11/1760	James	HUDDLESTONE		Dalton In Furness	Anne	STABLE
16	01/03/1761	Edward	KEEN			Mary	PRITT	Single	Ulverston
17	08/07/1761	Thomas	TAYLOR		Tatham	Isabel	TOWNSON	Single
18	20/09/1761	Isaac	DANSON		Kirkby Ireleth	Eleanor	POSTLETHWAITE	Widow
19	17/06/1762	John	JAMES		Ulverston	Mary	STEPHENSON	Single
20	14/11/1763	John	TAYLOR		Dalton In Furness	Margaret	GADASS
21	26/10/1766	John	PRESTON			Martha	PERRY
22	29/11/1766	John	CRAVEN		Bentham, Yorkshire	Anne	SHAW	Single
23	24/02/1767	John	TOWNSON	Widower		Mary	FELL	Single
24	29/01/1769	Jonathan	WATSON			Mary	PAINE	Single
25	02/02/1769	John	PORTER			Mary	RANKIN	Single
26	03/07/1769	John	POTTS		Ulverston	Elizabeth	ROGERSON	Single
27	19/09/1769	Thomas	RYDFER		Ulverston	Jane	TROUGHTON	Single
28	30/10/1769	John	BROCKBANK			Bridget	SMITH	Single
29	13/05/1770	Thomas	LOWTHER			Agnes	HARTLEY	Single
30	02/12/1770	John	BELLMAN	Widower	Ulverston	Agnes	FELL	Widow
31	03/09/1772	John	GAWITH		Ulverston	Jane	NICHOLSON
32	05/12/1772	James	PRATT			Sarah	TADY
33	22/08/1774	James	BROOM		Dalton In Furness	Elizabeth	LOWTHER	Single
34	17/09/1774	John	MASON		Dalton In Furness	Ann	ENDERSON	Single
35	19/11/1774	Robert	KINLEY		Ulverston	Agnes	RODMAN	Single
36	01/06/1776	Tiras	REDHEAD			Elizabeth	RICHARDSON
37	03/06/1776	George	DAVIS		Dalton In Furness	Jane	PARK
38	10/06/1776	William	WATERS			Jane	FELL
39	30/06/1776	William	NICHOLSON			Elizabeth	CARTER
41	28/01/1777	William	DIXON		Ulverston	Mary	TEASDALE
40	31/03/1777	Joseph	NICHOLSON		Dalton In Furness	Elizabeth	FAWCET
42	11/05/1777	John	GRICE			Margaret	BROWN
43	07/09/1777	Benjamin	CARVER			Isable	DICKESON
44	03/05/1778	Thomas	BROCKBANK		Ulverston	Agnes	NICHOLSON	Single
45	08/06/1778	John	HIGGINS		Ulverston	Eleanor	COWARD	Single
46	26/06/1779	George	BRIGGS		Dalton In Furness	Isabella	SANDERSON	Single
47	26/07/1779	Robert	WILKINSON		Urswick	Mary	HOULDING	Single
48	16/01/1780	James	BRADE		Kirkby Ireleth	Peggy	KENDAL	Single
49	16/05/1780	David	DAVIS		Broughton In Furness	Ann	CRAGG	Single
50	11/11/1781	Thomas	KENDALL			Mary	TOWNSON	Widow
51	22/11/1781	William	NICHOLSON			Agnes	BROCKBANK	Single
52	07/08/1782	Thomas	LOWTHER	Widower		Margaret	WILD	Widow	Ulverston
53	21/09/1782	Samuel	GAWITH			Jane	KENDALL	Single
54	19/10/1783	Francis	KENDAL		Aldingham	Alice	KENDAL	Single
55	02/06/1785	John	HARRISON	Widower		Betty	LEECE	Single	Ulverston
56	04/05/1786	George	HODGSON			Jane	MARTIN
57	13/05/1788	Malachi	CRANKE		Dalton In Furness	Eleanor	FELL	Single
58	22/08/1788	Thomas	DANSON	Single	Dalton In Furness	Margaret	GORREL	Single
59	28/08/1788	John	HARTLEY	Single		Fanny	WILSON	Single
61	06/06/1789	William	MASHITER	Widower		Mary	POSTLETHWAITE	Single
62	07/11/1789	John	HODGSON	Single	Ulverston	Sarah	LINDOW	Single
63	27/04/1790	Thomas	PHYZACKERLEY	Single		Jane	ROBINSON	Single
64	10/05/1791	John	PHYZACKERLEY			Mary	ROBINSON	Single
65	10/07/1791	John	WALTON			Sarah	NICHOLSON	Single
66	18/09/1791	Thomas	ECCLESTON			Agnes	CONKEY	Single	Aldingham
66	21/12/1791	Thomas	ASHBURNER		Ulverston	Agnes	RICHARDSON	Single
67	26/05/1792	William	SWAINSON		Ulverston	Agnes	COWARD	Single
68	16/06/1793	William	POSTLETHWAITE			Frances	DEASON	Single
69	13/07/1793	James	COWARD		Windermere, Westmorland	Margaret	MOLINEUX	Single
70	10/02/1794	Isaac	BIRD			Ann	THOMPSON	Single
72	11/10/1794	Matthew	CARTER	Widower	Coniston	Eleanor	FEIGHNEY	Single
73	06/04/1795	William	WEDDERBURN			Ann	GORREL	Single
75	16/05/1795	John	SHARP	Single	Urswick	Agnes	WILSON	Single
77	02/07/1795	Thomas	FISHER		Dalton In Furness	Sarah	NICHOLSON	Single
78	01/08/1796	George	ASHBURNER	Single		Jane	TOWNSON	Single
79	17/12/1796	Thomas	BRIGGS	Single	Dalton In Furness	Isabella	NICHOLSON	Single
80	22/12/1798	William	BIBBY		Drigg, Cumberland	Ann	POSTLETHWAITE	Single
81	08/01/1799	Thomas	FISHER	Single		Dorothy	GORRELL	Single
82	11/05/1799	James	STRICKLAND	Single		Eleanor	THOMPSON	Single
83	18/05/1799	John	WILSON	Single	Kirkby Ireleth	Agnes	BOADLE	Single
84	07/06/1802	Thomas	JACKSON	Single	Ulverston	Mary	BRIGGS	Single
85	25/12/1802	George	PEARSON	Single	Ulverston	Dinah	PHYZACKERLEY	Single
86	13/10/1804	Thomas	BOWS		Millom, Cumberland	Margaret	SIMPSON	Single
87	13/05/1805	Thomas	RAVEN			Mary	SHAW	Single
88	15/02/1806	Thomas	THOMPSON		Dalton In Furness	Betty	POSTLETHWAITE	Single
89	06/05/1806	George	PHYZACKERLEY	Single		Betty	SEWETT	Single
90	24/05/1806	Mark	HIGGIN	Single		Jane	LOWES	Single
91	08/12/1806	James	TYSON		Ulverston	Alice	ECCLESTON	Single
100	27/04/1807	William	VICARS	Single		Betty	WILSON	Single
101	03/09/1808	George	GARNETT	Single	Ulverston	Mary	PORTER	Single
102	25/02/1809	Miles	HARTLEY			Ann	ORMANDY	Single
103	13/01/1810	Robert	KEEN	Single		Peggy	WILSON	Single
104	07/05/1810	Thomas	RICHARDSON	Single	Urswick	Margaret	SERGINSON	Single
105	02/06/1811	Thomas	PHYZACKERLEY			Margaret	GARDNER	Single
106	03/08/1811	Edward	ELLERTON		Colton	Sarah	NICHOLSON	Single
107	05/10/1811	James	KENDAL			Dorothy	BELL	Single
108	21/03/1812	John	WILSON			Mary	JACQUES	Single
109	09/05/1812	Christopher	SIMPSON	Widower		Agnes	ATKINSON	Widow	Ulverston
110	11/07/1812	Allen	PENNY	Single	Ulverston	Alice	PHYZACKERLEY	Single
111	14/11/1812	Robert	NICHOLSON		Dalton In Furness	Margaret	BELL	Single
1	30/01/1813	John	DANSON		Millom, Cumberland	Ann	JACKSON	Single
2	24/04/1813	Thomas	TYSON			Isabella	LEE	Widow
3	12/06/1813	William	SILVER		Ulverston	Elizabeth	KITCHEN	Single
10	10/04/1814	John	WILSON		Dalton In Furness	Hannah	BELL	Single
11	14/05/1814	Joseph	DIXON			Agnes	KENDAL	Single
12	04/06/1814	William	SATERTHWAITE		Ulverston	Agnes	HODGSON	Single
4	29/04/1815	Enoch	HOLMES		Ulverston	Isabella	HOOPS	Single
5	29/04/1815	John	HARTLEY			Jane	BRIGGS	Single
13	01/06/1816	Joseph	WAYLES		Coniston	Ann	ASHBURNER	Single
14	01/02/1819	Henry	JACKSON			Eleanor	JACQUES	Single
15	03/04/1819	William	JAQUES			Mary	PLADY	Widow
16	03/08/1819	John	BROWN		Cockermouth, Cumberland	Betty	RAWCLIFFE
17	25/12/1819	William	BIRKET		Millom, Cumberland	Bridget	SHARP
18	19/02/1820	Thomas	CASSON	Single		Bella	WILSON
19	18/03/1820	Thomas	LOWRY	Single	Ulverston	Margaret	SIMPSON	Single
20	08/04/1820	Robert	PEARSON	Single	Dalton In Furness	Ann	BRIGGS	Single
21	10/06/1820	Elias	HOLMES		Broughton In Furness	Ann	NOBLE
22	20/02/1821	Anthony	PATRICKSON		Millom, Cumberland	Hannah	CHADWICK
23	01/06/1822	Robert	POSTLETHWAITE	Single		Agnes	NEWBY	Single	Ulverston
24	21/12/1822	Thomas	FELL	Single		Ann	KENDALL	Single
25	17/04/1824	Edward	TURNER	Single		Eleanor	STEEL	Single
26	11/12/1824	Miles	BROCKBANK			Sarah	SHARP	Single
27	09/07/1825	Jonathan	KELLET	Single	Dalton In Furness	Elizabeth	KENDAL	Single
28	14/08/1825	James	FREARSON	Widower	Kirkby Ireleth	Ellen	STEEL	Single
29	15/10/1825	George	BIRKETT	Single	Windermere, Westmorland	Sarah	POSTLETHWAITE	Single
30	21/12/1825	William	ACKERS	Single	Prescot	Eleanor	ASHBURNER	Single
31	04/02/1826	James	MCGOUGH		Dalton In Furness	Agnes	THOMPSON
32	04/03/1826	Thomas	ATKINSON	Single		Mary	KENDALL	Single
33	10/11/1827	William	CRELLING	Single		Elizabeth	THOMPSON	Single
34	24/12/1827	William	POSTLETHWAITE	Single		Agnes	MACHELL	Widow
35	01/01/1829	John	DOWNWARD	Single	Walton Le Dale	Mary	FLEMING	Single
36	23/01/1829	William	KENDAL	Widower		Jane	TURNER	Single
37	26/05/1829	Thomas	KENDAL	Single	Aldingham	Margaret	SWARBRICK	Single
38	24/10/1831	William	RICHARDSON	Single		Hannah	HUGHES	Single
39	05/03/1832	William	BENSON	Single	Heversham, Westmorland	Frances	POSTLETHWAITE	Single
40	11/06/1832	John	CREWDSON	Single	Ulverston	Betty	STONES	Single
41	16/02/1833	James	POSTLETHWAITE	Single		Bridget	DENNEY	Single
42	10/08/1833	Christopher	THOMPSON	Single		Margaret	PARKE	Single
43	07/10/1833	Joseph	CHADWICK	Single		Jane	BRIGGS	Single
44	03/05/1834	John	MARSHALL	Single		Ann	DIXON	Single
45	26/07/1834	Thomas	POSTLETHWAITE		Dalton In Furness	Mary	DENNEY
46	12/11/1836	Matthew	PARKE	Single	Aldingham	Margaret	NICHOLSON	Single
47	19/11/1836	Peter	ATKINSON	Single	Lindale	Eleanor	SIMPSON	Single
48	06/03/1837	Thomas	BIBBY	Single	Urswick	Hannah	WILKINSON	Single
49	13/05/1837	Matthew	ARMER	Single	Dalton In Furness	Elizabeth	DIXON	Single

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