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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Great Dalby St Swithun

 

The Parish

The parish of Great Dalby lies in eastern Leicestershire no too far from its border with neighbouring Rutland. Great Dalby is located roughly 3 miles south of the market town of Melton Mowbray and sits on the B6047 road which connects Melton Mowbray through to Market Harborough. The B6047 zigzags through the village performing a series of right-angled bends with most of the village properties lying along the "U" shape that is produced, the "U" lying in its side. Like many parishes in this area of Leicestershire the farming has changed markedly across the years, at the time of this transcript it would have been largely pastoral but with modern machinery it has turned noticeably more arable albeit retaining the hedging typical of "hunting country". Modern developments did come to Great Dalby, a branch railway line connecting Melton Mowbray through to Leicester ran past but has nowadays been closed and dismantled. Great Dalby is drained northwards by a small tributary of the nearby River Eye, the latter becoming the Wreake westwards before joining, in turn, the Soar and finally Trent for a long journey to the North Sea reached through the Humber Estuary. Great Dalby is sited at around 110 metres above the sea and sits just north of the ironstone escarpment of Burrough Hill (topped by a hill fort) which tops out at 206 metres roughly 2 miles to the southeast. Great Dalby parish was fairly typically sized for its area, covering roughly 2,400 acres it would have supported a population of just over 450 parishioners. In Domesday times Great Dalby was an equally unremarkable place, shared three ways with the majority holding with the Bishop of Lincoln, its assets totalled 11 ploughs and some meadows.


The Church

St Swithun's church (also spelt Swithin by some sources) sits towards the western edge of the village tucked away behind fronting properties. This church met with something of a disaster in 1658 when the spire that formerly topped the western tower fell and largely demolished the then nave. As a consequence little remains of the original medieval church, the ironstone portions being the better offerings from that period. Pevsner chooses not to give a date for these portions but other sources state a 13th century date which fits with the architectural style. The remainder of the church was rebuilt in the 1660s and an unusual style of mullioned & transomed windows is seen on the southern aspect. A restoration of the late 1880s also made significant changes notable replacing most of the other windows. Parking is easily found near to the church which is accessed by a short lane opposite the "Game of Feathers" Inn. A path then leads the 100 metres or so to the church, the churchyard is expansive and has no obstacles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 12th January 1755 - 20th December 1812 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE3353/2 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 14th January 1813 - 15th May 1837 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE3353/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Kirby Bellars St Peter
Melton Mowbray St Mary
Burton Lazars St James
Kirby Bellars St Peter
Little Dalby St James
Ashby Folville St Mary
Twyford St Andrew
Burrow on the Hill St Mary
Somerby All Saints
Burrow on the Hill St Mary

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 John SWAIN
Long Clawson Jane PARKER

27/01/1754 Stephens BASS

Ann BUNNEY

11/03/1754 William SMITH

Eleanor PARKER
Little Dalby
1 12/01/1755 Thomas DENNIS

Elizabeth GIBSON

2 20/12/1756 Richard SHARP Widower
Anne SIMPSON Single
3 11/08/1757 George HAWLEY
Burrow On The Hill Hannah BLOWER

4 06/11/1757 John HICKLYN
Twyford Ann BLOWER

5 26/12/1757 Matthew BROWN

Mary THORNTON

6 26/12/1757 Joseph SHARP

Mary CANN

7 12/02/1759 James PICK
Melton Mowbray Jane GUEST

8 26/02/1759 George COOKE
Melton Mowbray Elizabeth CALVERLY

9 02/03/1760 John BASS
Hinckley Mary BLOWER

10 18/09/1760 Robert SHARP

Frances BLOWER

11 24/11/1760 Robert OSTIN

Jane BURBIDGE

12 16/02/1761 Robert BURBIDGE

Mary KING
Ashby Folville
13 23/07/1761 William PICK

Sarah EDENBOROUGH

14 24/09/1761 John UTTING

Mary CALVERLY

15 24/11/1761 William COOK

Hannah GREAVES

16 26/11/1761 Thomas DERRY

Elizabeth COOK

17 24/12/1761 William DENNIS

Mabel BURROWBRIGS

18 04/01/1762 Jarvis WATCHORN

Elizabeth BLOWER

19 04/08/1762 William SUTHERINGTON

Alice LORD

20 26/04/1763 Thomas PICK

Ann LUMLEY

21 30/08/1763 Richard BOYFIELD

Ann DENNIS

22 20/10/1763 Edward WOODFORD
Ashby Folville Elizabeth CORNER

23 21/05/1764 Thomas HANSON

Ann SUTHERINGTON

24 11/06/1764 Joseph FRANKS

Adah BASS

25 17/07/1764 William DERRY

Elizabeth GARNER

26 13/09/1764 John BURROWBRIDGE

Sarah PEARS

27 16/09/1764 John PAIR

Mary WAINE

28 27/12/1764 Edmund GREGORY

Mary KIRKBY

29 04/07/1765 William PICK

Mary COOPER

30 26/08/1765 Joseph FRANKS

Ann SHARP

31 18/11/1765 Henry GOUGH

Mary DENNIS

32 25/11/1765 Thomas LUMLEY

Mary SIMSON

33 30/12/1765 Henry GOUDE

Elizabeth BUNNEY

34 20/05/1766 William DENNIS

Hannah PEARS

35 21/07/1766 John LANDER
Humberstone Ann PEARS

36 03/10/1766 William WHARTNABY

Sarah ARMSTRONG Widow
37 06/10/1766 Philip THORPE

Mary HARDY

38 16/12/1766 William BLOWER

Mary PICK

39 20/07/1767 Robert CORNER

Jane LORD

19/06/1768 George WESTON

Eleanor BASS

24/11/1768 Peter BURROWBRIDGE

Elizabeth REEVE

17/07/1769 John BURROWBRIDGE

Ann KING
Burton Lazars
03/10/1769 William PERRY

Elizabeth CHAMBERS

02/11/1769 Edward HUBBARD

Mary CALVERLY Single
28/04/1771 Thomas CORNER Widower
Rachael PICK Single
21/05/1771 Richard ADCOCK Single Somerby Elizabeth WYLES Single
01/08/1771 Thomas SHARPE Widower Grimston Sarah SHARPE Single
30/12/1771 William BLACK Single Ashby Folville Frances KIRKBY Single
03/07/1772 William FREESTONE Single
Elizabeth DERRY Widow
07/07/1772 Simon PEARS Widower
Ann BLOWER Widow
01/12/1772 Jonathan BURROWBRIDGE Single
Mary PEARS Single
12/04/1773 Bryan GUESS Single
Ann MARSON Single
27/06/1773 Richard SHARP Widower
Frances BLOWER Widow
05/10/1773 William BOWN Single Matlock, Derbyshire Lucy PICK Single
13/10/1773 Edward PEERS

Ann MORRIS

23/11/1773 Thomas BURROWBRIDGE Single
Ann HAINES Single
04/04/1774 John CARR Single
Mary HURD Single
14/05/1774 James PICK Single
Ann WHEATLEY Single Long Clawson
24/05/1774 George HAINES Single
Ann HUTTON Single
20/05/1775 Richard SARSON Single Ratcliffe On The Wreake Elizabeth WARD Single
29/05/1776 Thomas CALVERLY Single
Sarah CARTER Single
13/01/1778 Simon PEERS Single
Mary BLOWER Single
13/01/1778 John BAKER Single Twyford Elizabeth PEERS Single
09/06/1778 Jonathan PLATTS Single Melton Mowbray Mary BEALEY Single
25/05/1779 Matthew CARTER Single
Hannah ARMSTRONG Single
29/02/1780 John WILLMOT Single Quorndon Rachel WOOD Single
18/09/1780 John HILL Single Teigh, Rutland Sarah ARMSTRONG Single
18/09/1780 William BUNNEY Single
Grace ARMSTRONG Single
14/08/1781 John PICK Single
Ann FISHER Single
09/09/1781 John HUBBARD Single Owston And Newbald Elizabeth BUNNEY Single
20/10/1782 William PICK Widower
Mary CALVERLY Widow
26/11/1782 John ARMSTRONG Single
Margaret HARGRAVE Single
23/10/1783 Matthew DANSEY
Somerby Ann BLOWER Single
24/11/1783 William HALL Single
Jane CORNER Widow
25/11/1783 John CORNER Single
Elizabeth PRICE Single
20/01/1784 John WALKER Single
Sarah PICK Single
07/01/1785 Joseph FISHER Single
Ann GOUDE Single
20/01/1785 Thomas JOHNSON Single Saxelby Ann LUMLEY Single
30/10/1785 Daniell BULL Single
Rosamond PORTER Single
06/12/1785 William SHARPE Single
Ann BROWN Single
22/02/1786 John WARNER Single Somerby Sarah ARMSTRONG Single
24/04/1786 Thomas BARRACLUFF Widower Enderby Ann SHARPE Single
15/10/1786 James WARD Single
Sarah OLIVE Single
19/10/1786 Henry HERRING Single
Elizabeth METCALFE Single
28/12/1786 George WALKER Single
Mary DENNIS Single
09/01/1787 Richard INETT Single Melton Mowbray Elizabeth ADCOCK Single
19/02/1787 Thomas CALVERLEY Widower
Eleanor FELSTEAD Single
01/03/1787 George PEARS Single
Lidia FEWKES Single
23/08/1787 William CLARKE Single Wymondham Mary PICK Single
26/02/1788 Richard FISHER Single
Lydia HARLOW

24/03/1788 John GOODACRE Single
Mary BROWN Single
08/05/1788 George PICK Single Kirby Bellars Elizabeth CORNER Widow
12/05/1788 John ARMSTRONG Single
Ann BAILY Single
13/05/1788 James BARKER Single Sileby Elizabeth DENNIS Single
25/12/1788 George PRIOR Single
Mary PICK Single
29/11/1789 John HALL Single
Elizabeth UNDERWOOD Single
08/04/1790 Valentine PARKER Single
Sarah PICK Single
06/06/1790 John SHARPE Single
Henrietta Maria PICK Single
06/06/1790 Joseph SHARPE Widower
Elizabeth PAILING Single
29/09/1790 William JOHNSON Single Cossington Jane PERRY Single
10/02/1791 John FAIRBROTHER
Ab Kettleby Jane CARTER

06/05/1792 Jonathan SHARPE Single
Elizabeth FRANKS Single
08/11/1792 William BREE Single
Ann DENNISS Single
06/02/1793 Richard NEVILL Single Birmingham, Warwickshire Elizabeth PICK Single
10/03/1793 George BARRATT Single
Ann PEERS Single
03/04/1793 Robert HARTSHORN Single Long Whatton Hannah WALKER Single
20/10/1793 Robert SKERRITT
Wilford, Nottinghamshire Elizabeth PICK

25/12/1793 Joseph FRANKS Single
Mary GREGORY Single
00/00/1794 William GARNER Single
Judith Maria PORTER Single
26/01/1794 John PEERS Widower
Ann CLAYTON Single
11/09/1794 Thomas CARDALE
Somerby Sophia SUTHERINGTON

23/11/1794 Thomas FISHER

Ann PICK

19/01/1795 William PICK
Whissendine, Rutland Mary PICK

26/01/1795 William BURROWBRIDGE

Mary DENNIS

16/02/1795 Richard Martin BECK
Normanton Le Heath Mary CHARITY

16/02/1795 John ALLSOP

Ann GUESS

03/12/1795 William RICHARDSON
Ashby Folville Frances ARMSTRONG

28/12/1795 Samuel BURDITT
Thistleton, Rutland Elizabeth IRELAND

27/01/1796 John DEWEY Single Long Clawson Priscilla PICK Single
15/03/1796 Peter BORROUGHBRIDGE

Margaret HILL
Kirby Bellars
28/03/1796 Thomas DENNIS
Frisby On The Wreake Sarah BALEY

24/04/1796 William SHARPE Single Twyford Mary SHARPE Single
09/10/1796 Charles BORROWBRIDGE

Sarah BUSS

25/11/1796 James BREWTNELL

Mary LEEK

26/11/1797 William RICHARDSON

Ann MATTHEWS

01/01/1798 William HAWLEY Single Old Dalby Suzannah PICK Single
09/04/1798 Thomas WOOLSTONE

Sarah PEARS

16/09/1798 Robert SHARP Widower
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG Single
05/06/1799 John BROWN Widower St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex Mary PEARS Single
15/12/1799 James BORROWBRIDGE

Priscilla BLOWER

15/09/1800 Samuel SKERRITT
Long Clawson Sarah GUDE

12/02/1801 John WARTNABY
Northamptonshire Ruth WARTNABY

22/02/1802 William SUTHERLAND Widower Melton Mowbray Lucy RILEY

23/08/1802 William CHAMBERS
Lowesby Mary PICK

14/03/1803 Edward SWANSON
Hungerton Lucy PICK

14/03/1803 John FLEWITT

Frances PICK

24/11/1803 Stephen SMITH

Sarah WESSON

24/05/1804 George HAWLEY Single Burrow On The Hill Lydia FISHER Widow
26/09/1804 Henry KING Single
Mary CORNER

24/12/1804 James DIGBY

Elizabeth DERRY

25/12/1804 George SHARP

Ann PEARS

12/03/1805 William BLOWER

Mary NOTTINGHAM Single
14/04/1805 Robert CALVERLEY

Bridget COBLEY

05/08/1805 Edward SHARP

Sarah PICK

20/01/1806 George PEPPER

Elizabeth BUNNEY

06/05/1806 John SMITH

Mary SHARPE

21/05/1806 Robert HALL
Oakham, Rutland Frances MALTBY

28/08/1806 Thomas TUCKWOOD
Ab Kettleby Ann PICK

24/11/1806 John DAFT

Elizabeth PILKINGTON

01/12/1806 George ADCOCK
Kirby Bellars Alice LOCKTON

22/12/1806 William CORNER

Frances KIRTON

28/08/1808 William CLUER

Mary SMITH

14/05/1809 Henry WILDBORE
Billesdon Elizabeth BREWITT

06/12/1809 George HAINES

Elizabeth BLOWER

19/04/1810 Thomas RAWORTH Single Oakham, Rutland Harriett BREWITT

23/07/1810 Samuel TYERS
Kirby Bellars Ann PEARS

31/07/1810 Joseph HOUGHTON
Nuthall, Nottinghamshire Sarah FISHER Single
02/12/1810 John STATON
Bunny, Nottinghamshire Mary WALKER

05/03/1811 James MEADOWS
Walcot, Lincolnshire Sarah LEADBETER

03/06/1811 James CROSS

Mary JOHNSON

24/06/1811 John ROLLINGS
Frisby On The Wreake Lucy PICK

23/09/1811 Thomas HULL
Twyford Mary SPENCER

13/05/1812 John SHARP

Ann SMITH

21/06/1812 John KILBORNE
Pickwell Mary SKERRETT

23/08/1812 John WIGGINTON

Mary COLEY

14/12/1812 John CARNAL
Waltham On The Wolds Ann BARNS

20/12/1812 Samuel PICK

Martha EDSON

1 14/01/1813 James PALMER
Melton Mowbray Frances PEARS

2 18/05/1813 Francis PEARS

Elizabeth PRYOR

3 08/08/1813 Charles BARKER
Goadby Marwood Mary WALKER

4 22/11/1813 William SMITH
Oakham, Rutland Catherine PALMER

5 28/03/1814 William HEAYS

Lucy BUNNEY

6 12/10/1814 George HASTINGS
Diseworth Mary PARKER Single
7 17/04/1815 William RICHARDSON Widower
Frances ELEANOR

8 03/07/1815 Isaac STABLEFORD

Elizabeth GOODACRE

9 27/11/1815 John WILLSON

Ann WALKER

10 15/09/1816 William BURBIDGE

Sarah ALLSOP

11 10/06/1817 Richard BAKER Single Walcot, Lincolnshire Hannah WALKER Single
12 14/06/1818 Robert HORNBY

Mary GOODMAN

13 31/05/1819 William SLEATH Single Somerby Sarah WALKER Single
14 23/12/1819 John PEARS

Ann ARMSTRONG

15 05/01/1820 Simon PEARS

Ann SHARP

16 05/06/1820 William RICHARDSON
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Sarah PARKER

17 07/06/1820 George SPRECKLEY
Freeby Adah FRANKS

18 01/11/1820 Edward STEVENSON
St Margaret, Leicester Sarah WALKER

19 15/01/1821 Isaac WAITE
Ab Kettleby Lucy Ann PARKER

20 30/10/1821 Robert TOMLIN
Shoreditch, Middlesex Susanna BARKES

21 26/08/1822 William PARKER

Henrietta Maria WALKER

22 15/12/1822 Edward PEARS

Mary DENNIS

23 26/12/1822 Richard SHARP

Ann BRUTNALL

24 24/02/1823 George SHELDON
Frisby On The Wreake Henrietta Maria SKERRITT

25 01/09/1823 John WILLIAMSON
Swithland Mary WALKER

26 24/09/1823 William HOLLAND

Frances SHARP

27 20/10/1823 Joseph FISHER

Mary PARKER

28 01/01/1824 Henry KNAPP
Harby Elizabeth ARMSTRONG

29 19/01/1824 William MILES
Loddington Sarah ARMSTRONG

30 19/01/1824 John PEARS

Elizabeth ARMSTRONG

31 16/05/1824 William GRANT
Empingham, Rutland Mary GREGORY

32 14/06/1824 William GROOBY
Stapleford Dorothy SHARP

33 05/09/1824 Joseph GOULD

Elizabeth CARTER

34 24/01/1825 William BURROWBRIDGE

Elizabeth JOHNSON

35 10/08/1825 George ROSE

Sarah SHILCOCK
Twyford
36 27/11/1825 Charles GREGORY
Little Dalby Sarah PRESTON

37 24/07/1826 Joseph WALKER

Sarah BLACK
Ashby Folville
38 01/01/1827 William MEASURES

Margaret JOHNSON

39 08/03/1827 Thomas FRANKS

Sarah HAINES

40 11/07/1827 John HOLLINS

Eliza DRAYTON
St Margaret, Leicester
41 03/12/1827 John COOPER
Melton Mowbray Adah SHARP

42 24/01/1828 Benjamin BRYAN
Melton Mowbray Ann PARKER

43 26/05/1828 Henry CHARLESWORTH
St Margaret, Leicester Elizabeth HILL

44 18/11/1828 Richard BRUTNELL
Ashby Folville Ann SCAMPTON

45 22/12/1828 George DUFFIN

Elizabeth WALKER

46 20/04/1829 James HAYES

Frances DALBY

47 22/04/1829 Thomas BROWN
Wymondham Elizabeth BARKS

48 22/06/1829 Thomas AUSTIN
Scalford Elizabeth FOULKS

49 15/02/1830 Joseph WILEMAN
Oakham, Rutland Mary BOND

50 14/06/1830 Thomas HASTINGS
Barkby Anne ARMSTRONG

51 30/09/1830 John JOHNSON

Henrietta Maria PARKER

52 31/01/1831 John GEORGE

Ann DALBY

53 18/07/1831 John WESTON
Wymondham Anne WALKER

54 26/10/1831 John VELLAM
Twyford Frances SHARP

55 14/05/1832 Thomas HALLAM
Frisby On The Wreake Frances SHARP

56 25/11/1832 William BRECKS Single
Emily PEARS Single
57 05/12/1832 Robert GLOVER
Melton Mowbray Sarah PARKER

58 10/12/1832 James HAINES Single
Sarah GOULD Single
59 29/09/1833 Joseph WHITE Single Kegworth Anne CLEWER Single
60 02/12/1833 John WALKER Single Kirby Bellars Sarah PEARS Single
61 22/12/1833 Charles BLANKLEY Single Syston Jane CRINER

62 17/03/1834 Jonathan SHARPE Widower
Elizabeth PARKER Widow Whissendine, Rutland
63 20/04/1834 Thomas FISHER Single
Mary Maria TANNER

64 20/11/1834 Francis DIGBY Single
Joannah WALKER Single
65 02/03/1835 George TOLLINGTON Single Twyford Ann BUNNEY Single
66 12/07/1835 John CORNER Single
Ruth WOODCOCK Single
67 16/12/1835 John WARNER Single
Elizabeth PEARS Single
68 31/12/1835 John UNDERWOOD

Mary Ann PEARS

69 15/02/1836 George SHARP Single
Frances RICHARDSON Single
70 28/09/1836 John SHARP Single
Mary Ann FISHER Single
71 10/10/1836 William IRONS Single Melton Mowbray Sarah SMITH Single
72 15/05/1837 George WALKER

Ann SKERRITT

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