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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Little Bowden St Nicholas

 

The Parish

The position of the parish of Little Bowden is controversial, it is here included within the county of Leicestershire because of its close association with the market town of Market Harborough of which it is a suburb, it is, however, usually administered within Northamptonshire. Suffice it to say that it is a county border parish on the border of southern Leicestershire and northern Northamptonshire. Little Bowden is contiguous with the Leicestershire market town of Market Harborough being separated only by a railway line and the River Welland (the former border). What was once a separate small village is now a suburb largely comprising estates of modern bungalows in a triangle of land enclosed by the river and the former and present routes of the busy A6 road. When this was a village the land was used mainly for mixed arable and pastoral farming, nowadays what farmland remains is almost totally arable except along the Welland flood plain. Little Bowden is sited at about 80 metres above sea level although land rises quickly from the valley to reach heights of 150 metres close by. The parish was quite large for the region at almost 2,400 acres and it supported a healthy 440 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held by one Humphry of Wigginton and supported 5 ploughs as well as a mill.


The Church

St Nicholas' church stands on the western side of Rectory Lane hidden away behind hedges from this estate of modern bungalows. The church has both northern aisle and chapel but lacks a tower being topped off by a double dovecot. The main fabric is dateable to 13th and 14th centuries, the porch a little late. The building was, however extensively restored during an early 20th century restoration from whence the bellcote came. The church and graveyard are screened by tall hedges, access is by a small wooden gate and the whole site has an enclosed feel. Much use of tarmac on the pathways gives a distinctly urban feel. Site lines are quite good although there is a tight hedge restricting end-on views of the building.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 17th February 1755 - 15th February 1810 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE663/3 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 16th June 1814 - 26th December 1836 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE663/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Great Bowden St Peter & St Paul
Great Bowden St Peter & St Paul
Market Harborough St Dionysius
Dingley All Saints, Northamptonshire
East Farndon St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire
Dingley All Saints, Northamptonshire
Braybrooke All Saints, Northamptonshire
Cliptston All Saints, Northamptonshire
Great Oxenden St Helen, Northamptonshire
Braybrooke All Saints, Northamptonshire

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
07/01/1754 Robert BLAXELY   Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire Elizabeth TURNER    
1 17/02/1755 William SMITH Single Rothwell, Northamptonshire Anne BILLSON Single  
2 17/02/1755 Joseph WELLS Single   Elizabeth PYWELL Single St Mary
3 14/10/1755 Edward COLEMAN Single Market Harborough Anne BRANSON Single  
4 08/12/1755 Benjamin FLUDE Widower Church Langton Anne CORT Widow  
5 06/04/1756 John WARD Single Welford, Northamptonshire Hannah PAIN Single  
6 27/05/1756 John GOUD Single Lubenham Mary TOLTON Single  
7 03/06/1756 John TOWNSEND Single   Anne HOLMES Single  
8 13/06/1756 William HARDING Single St Mary Susannah DEXTER Single  
9 30/06/1756 William COLLINS Single   Anne MORCOURT Single  
10 16/10/1756 John TILLY Single   Elizabeth BOYER Single  
11 12/12/1756 Samuel BUCKBY Single   Rebecca KENDALL Single St Mary
12 08/10/1758 Robert PADMORE Widower   Elizabeth PERKINS Single  
13 19/07/1759 Thomas WADDS Widower   Sarah BOSWORTH Single  
14 21/10/1759 Thomas WELLS Single   Mary COLLIS Single  
15 21/11/1759 Thomas PALMER Single   Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
16 21/01/1760 Joseph RENCHER Single All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire Elizabeth KENDALL Single  
17 24/01/1760 Thomas CLARKE Widower   Mary MOORE Widow  
18 07/05/1760 William HEFFORD Widower Market Harborough Mary PAYNE Single  
19 30/05/1760 Francis HOLMES Single   Hannah BRANSOME Single  
20 28/07/1760 William YORK Widower   Elizabeth KNIGHT   Welham
21 08/09/1760 David HOLMES Single Rushton, Northamptonshire Anne CORT Single  
22 09/11/1760 Giles BROUGHTON Single   Susannah BILLSON Single  
23 08/12/1760 Daniel COULSON Single   Ann BUCKBY Single  
24 17/12/1761 William KENDALL Widower   Mary WATERFIELD Single Market Harborough
25 25/04/1762 William TOWNSEND Single   Sarah TOMASIN Widow Market Harborough
26 20/09/1762 Edward GEE Widower North Kilworth Mary TURNER Widow  
27 24/10/1762 John WADDS Single   Sarah MARVELL Single Great Bowden
28 04/05/1763 William COLLINS Single St Mary Mary SPRIGGS Single  
29 14/08/1763 John TOWNSEND Widower   Elizabeth SHIPLEY Widow  
30 26/10/1763 Thomas COLLINS Single St Mary Anne WALTER Single  
31 04/07/1764 William COX Single Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire Ann ATTERBURY Single  
32 26/02/1765 John SWINGLAR Single   Mary DARLOW Single  
33 06/10/1765 John JOHNSON Single St Mary Ann WADDS Single  
34 22/01/1766 John VICE Single   Mary WELLS Single  
35 10/08/1766 Thomas CHAMBERS Widower   Elizabeth WELLS Widow  
36 02/09/1767 John ELLIOT     Elizabeth ATTERBURY    
37 30/10/1767 John PADMORE     Ann HARRIS   Market Harborough
38 25/05/1768 Benjamin BOYCE   Kettering, Northamptonshire Mary TAYLER    
39 27/03/1769 Robert KING     Hannah JAQUES   Market Harborough
40 25/10/1769 James CHATER   Market Harborough Frances WALTER    
41 03/06/1770 Richard PEARSON   Market Harborough Mary LAW    
42 20/10/1770 John PEBODY     Elisabeth WEBSTER    
44 24/06/1771 John BENNET   Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire Frances BRANSTON    
45 09/12/1771 William MARTIN   Market Harborough Elizabeth WADDS    
46 02/06/1772 James WRIGHT     Frances DARLOW    
47 20/10/1774 Thomas BURGIS   Great Bowden Elizabeth COWPER    
48 12/11/1774 William FOX Single   Ann TOMLIN Single Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
49 08/06/1775 Thomas PALMER     Mary SNOW   St Mary
50 15/08/1775 Thomas PAINE     Mary KNIGHT    
51 09/11/1775 Thomas BROWN Single Church Langton Mary CORT Single  
52 11/12/1775 William PEBEDY Single   Lucy MURDIN Single  
53 11/02/1777 Francis HOLMES Single   Frances EDGELEY Single  
54 12/06/1777 William PLANT Widower   Elizabeth BARLOW Single  
55 15/07/1777 Samuel POLLARD Single   Sarah ORAM Single Rothwell, Northamptonshire
56 30/10/1777 Joseph DARLOW Single   Martha TOWNLEY Single Market Harborough
57 03/11/1777 John HESTIN Single Braybrooke, Northamptonshire Anne FLAVEL Single  
58 27/07/1778 Thomas RIDDINGTON Single Lubenham Elizabeth FOSTER Single  
59 10/08/1778 Joseph HARDING Single St Mary Ann BRANSTON    
60 28/10/1778 Daniel BUSWELL Widower   Elizabeth COLLINS Widow  
61 15/10/1780 John PADMORE     Elizabeth BRANSTON    
62 08/05/1781 John HALFORD   Foxton Mary COLLINS    
63 18/05/1781 John BUCKBY Single   Elizabeth CLARK Single  
64 18/01/1782 Barnat BARLEY     Elizabeth ILIFF    
65 04/02/1782 James FLAVELL Single   Elizabeth LAW Single  
66 23/03/1782 William SHARMAN     Ruth WOODWARD Single St Mary
67 16/05/1782 Paul HARDIN   Market Harborough Ann DEXTER    
68 25/08/1782 Richard WADSWORTH Single   Elizabeth HAMES Single  
69 29/10/1782 John BRANSTON     Mary CHESHIRE    
70 28/08/1785 Thomas CLARK     Ann BUCKBY    
71 12/12/1785 Thomas TILLEY Single Great Bowden Mary BUSWELL Single  
72 23/01/1786 Joseph ILIFFE     Anne GILBERT    
73 09/02/1787 Edward NEWHAM     Mary EAMES   Market Harborough
74 25/05/1787 Jonathan PAIN     Elizabeth WATTS    
75 25/10/1787 Robert KIRBY Single   Mary PADMORE   St Mary
76 03/04/1788 William WALTER Single   Dorothy MUTTON Single  
77 03/05/1789 Robert POLLARD Widower   Mary ILIFFE Widow  
78 21/10/1789 Francis CHAPMAN Single Braybrooke, Northamptonshire Hannah HASLEDINE Single  
79 13/12/1789 Richard GREEN Single   Ann COLLINS Single  
80 18/04/1790 William HOLMES Single   Jane BIRD Single  
81 10/01/1791 Joshua THOMASON Widower Market Harborough Mary HOUGHTON Widow  
82 12/08/1791 William FRIDMORE   Market Harborough Anne SMITH    
83 01/04/1792 Thomas SMITH Widower   Anna Maria BARKER Single  
84 27/04/1792 John SMITH Single   Rebeccah FLAVELL Single St Mary
85 25/11/1792 Thomas ISSETT Single   Anne CLARK Single  
86 10/12/1792 James HULL Single   Dorothy HOLMES Single  
87 11/02/1793 Abraham WALTER Single   Catherine CRICK Single  
88 22/10/1793 Joseph WOODINGS   Piddington, Northamptonshire Anne WELLS    
89 06/06/1794 John SPRIGGS     Mary SQUIRES    
90 22/09/1794 Edward GAMBLE     Hannah ILIFFE    
91 14/10/1794 Richard HOMAN     Ann HIPWELL   Dingley, Northamptonshire
92 11/08/1795 Thomas GILL Widower Avon Dassett, Warwickshire Sarah DAVIE Single  
93 19/01/1796 Thomas JARVIS   Islip, Northamptonshire Sarah TAYLOR    
94 03/02/1796 Samuel WILFORD   Naseby, Northamptonshire Mary SPRIGGS    
95 03/10/1796 Robert WILLIAMSON     Anne MARTIN    
96 30/10/1796 Thomas WARD     Lucy MURDEN    
97 02/11/1796 Joseph CLARK     Elizabeth WADDS    
98 28/11/1796 John MOTT     Mary FULFORD    
99 30/01/1797 Thomas WHITWELL   Braybrooke, Northamptonshire Anne SPRIGGS    
100 13/08/1797 Richard CLARK Widower   Elizabeth CHALTON    
101 21/10/1797 Thomas MARTIN   St Mary Anne CRAMP    
102 11/12/1797 John CLARK     Mary FELLOWS    
103 30/05/1798 William ILIFFE     Hannah SPRIGGS   Lubenham
104 17/11/1801 Solomon HUTCHINS Single Piddington, Northamptonshire Mary LIQUORISH Single  
105 15/07/1802 William FLAVELL Single   Martha BARKER Single St Mary
106 02/04/1804 John COLEMAN Single Market Harborough Anne BELL Single  
107 25/10/1804 William WHYMANT Single   Jemima PAGE Single  
108 24/01/1805 John MOTT Widower   Mary BROUGHTON Single  
109 21/05/1806 Thomas PEBODY Single   Hannah STANION Single Market Harborough
110 30/04/1807 William SEDGLEY Widower Rugby, Warwickshire Mary FLAVELL Single  
111 07/08/1809 Daniel SPENCER Single Dingley, Northamptonshire Alice MARSHALL Single  
112 07/08/1809 William WESTON Widower   Mary SPRIGGS    
113 20/10/1809 John PLANT Single Great Bowden Anne CHEANEY Single  
114 15/02/1810 John HOLMES Widower   Mary CLARK Widow  
1 16/06/1814 John Turville REYNOLDS Single   Elizabeth SALE Single Clifton Upon Dunsmore, Warwickshire
2 17/10/1814 William CLIFTON Widower Market Harborough Chrisiah PLANT Widow  
3 20/10/1814 Thomas STAFFORD Single   Catharine PAGE Single  
4 06/03/1815 Samuel FLAVELL Single   Jane SMITH Single Caldecott, Rutland
5 02/10/1816 William NEAL Single Ashley, Northamptonshire Elizabeth CLARK Widow  
6 21/01/1817 James BARLOW Single   Elizabeth BROUGHTON Single  
7 27/01/1817 William EXTON Single Market Harborough Mary SWINGLAR Single  
8 08/09/1817 Samuel CARTER Single Great Bowden Sarah HOLMES Single  
9 08/10/1818 John COWLEY Single Thorpe Langton Sarah STANION Single  
10 19/10/1819 John BROUGHTON Single   Ruth WADDS Single  
11 13/12/1819 Joseph SEAL Single Great Bowden Anne SPRIGGS Single  
12 05/01/1820 Thomas COX Single Market Harborough Sarah Anne GILL Single  
13 12/10/1820 George SMITH Single Great Bowden Sophia PLANT Single  
14 07/11/1820 Samuel WILFORD Single Clipston, Northamptonshire Elizabeth ILIFFE Single  
15 10/01/1821 William DUNKLEY Single Braybrooke, Northamptonshire Elizabeth HOLMES Single  
16 29/04/1821 John FOSTER Widower   Elizabeth SPRIGGS Single  
17 25/06/1821 Charles GILBERT Single All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire Ann LOVEDAY Single  
18 18/11/1821 William SPRIGGS Widower   Dorothy HULL Widow  
19 06/08/1823 John WEST Single   Sophia Mary FISHER Single St Mary
20 01/10/1823 John MONK Single   Mary SMITH Widow  
21 06/05/1824 William PEARS Single Thorney, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth REYNOLDS Single  
22 21/10/1824 Henry BUSWELL Single Tur Langton Anne GODDARD Single  
23 02/10/1825 Robert WHITWELL Single   Martha RAWSON Single  
24 20/10/1825 Robert SIMPKIN Single   Mary ILIFFE Single  
25 12/12/1825 William Marvell WADDS Widower   Frances HOLMES Widow  
26 12/12/1825 Charles STEPKINS Single Great Bowden Anne PEBODY Single  
27 18/04/1826 William BURTON Single Great Glen Sophia Penfold PRICE Single  
28 27/12/1826 James HANNEL Single Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire Elizabeth WALTON Single  
29 10/03/1828 Edward FALKNER Single   Sarah ASHER Single  
30 07/12/1829 Henry BLAND   St Margaret, Leicester Sarah WELLS Single  
31 16/06/1830 Samuel PEBARDY Single   Elizabeth SCOTT Single  
32 18/10/1830 Henry WHYMENT Single   Mary SMITH Single Thorney, Cambridgeshire
33 04/07/1831 William TEASDALE Single   Elizabeth Ann WADSWORTH Single  
34 14/09/1831 Thomas ILIFFE Widower   Alice SNOW Single  
35 24/10/1831 Samuel MAYCOCK Single   Sarah DAVIS Single  
36 08/11/1831 Austin DONEGAN Single   Charlotte HOLMES Single  
37 21/01/1832 John STACEY Single Galby Mary TYERS    
38 18/10/1832 William WEBSTER Single   Ann WHYMENT Single  
39 12/06/1833 William HEFFORD Single   Martha JESSON    
40 24/06/1833 Charles BROWN Single   Mary SHORTLAND Single  
41 01/05/1834 Richard LUCK   St Martin, Leicester Anne TAYLOR    
42 24/09/1834 Thomas CLARKE     Mary SMEETON    
43 30/10/1834 William ROE   Harrington, Northamptonshire Frances BUCKBY    
44 10/11/1834 John ILIFFE     Mary Ann WADSWORTH    
45 20/11/1834 William CHAMBERLIN   St Margaret, Leicester Mary GILL    
46 16/07/1835 Reuben LANGTON Widower   Susannah OLIVER Single  
47 29/10/1835 James WELLS     Amy BELLAMY    
48 08/06/1836 Benjamin PALMER   Clipston, Northamptonshire Elizabeth CLARK    
49 20/06/1836 Charles ABBOTT   Market Harborough Elizabeth COX    
50 26/12/1836 Joseph PEAK     Mary GARFIELD    

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