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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Twycross St James

 

The Parish

The parish of Twycross lies in western Leicestershire quite close to its border with neighbouring Warwickshire and also Staffordshire. Twycross is located about 6 miles east of the Staffordshire market town of Tamworth. Twycross is a small and compact village sitting on the A444 road which connects Nuneaton with Burton Upon Trent. The local economy at the time of this transcript would have been based upon pastoral farming, a land of hedges and gently rolling pastures. The parish is drained by small tributaries of the River Sene, this joins the Anker, Tame & then Trent to reach the North Sea through the Humber Estuary. Twycross parish was of a fairly typical size for a Leicestershire parish covering just over 1,500 acres it would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Twycross was held by one Henry of Ferrers and could offer just 7 ploughs.



The Church

St James' church sits on the southern side of twycross on the northern side of the A444, here called Church Street. The church is largely 14th century with nave and chancel, in the Decorated style, being slightly older than the western tower which is Perpendicular. The standard layout of nave, chancel & western tower is augmented by an arcade of four bays which is of similar age. The church was subject to a significant restoration in the 1840s but much of the original fabric remains detectable. A notable feature of the church is the stained glass of the eastern window, inserted as part of that restoration, it was believed to have originated in Sainte Chapelle of Paris and have been created in the 1240s. The glass was an apparent gift from King William IV to Earl Howe. Pevsner, however, reports the glass as coming from a number of sources including Saint Chapelle but with dating from a century earlier and being from Saint Denis. St James sits in a slightly elevated position with a local stone wall buttressing the elevated churchyard at slightly below shoulder-height. Access is by a metal gateway at the northwestern end of the site, the churchyard is relatively open and there are few obstacles to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th October 1754 - 4th March 1777 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1553/3 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 31st January 1779 - 12th July 1812 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1553/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads This register has suffered badly from fading making some entries almost invisible and requiring resort to BTs and old transcripts to obtain detail, there may still be many misreads as a result
3 18th August 1813 - 1st June 1837 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1553/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Poor handwriting in the first 12 years may result in a few misreads


Norton Juxta Twycross Holy Trinity
Shackerstone St Peter
Norton Juxta Twycross Holy Trinity (detached)
Orton on the Hill St Edith
Norton Juxta Twycross Holy Trinity (detached)
Sheepy Magna All Saints
Sheepy Magna All Saints
Sibson St Botolph

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
08/10/1754 William NURSE   Appleby Mary HODGKINS    
01/01/1755 Thomas ENSOR     Elizabeth FARREN    
06/01/1755 Samuel WINTER     Mary DILKS   Alrewas, Staffordshire
06/02/1756 Thomas CHOICE     Elizabeth RAWLE    
21/03/1756 Thomas EVANS   Sheepy Magna Mary GILLIVER    
19/05/1758 Samuel ARCHER   Stowe, Staffordshire Mary SILBY    
19/08/1759 William WILKINS     Mary LEES    
15/09/1760 John STARTIN     Hannah HOW    
16/11/1761 John SMITH     Alice FARMER    
12/05/1762 Richard FARREN   Ratcliffe Culey Elizabeth HARCOURT    
15/09/1763 James MOSELEY     Mary WHEYWALL    
17/10/1763 George KNIGHT     Sarah JOYCE    
23/01/1764 John RICKSON     Anne HINKS    
22/04/1764 Thomas MARTIN   Shuttington, Warwickshire Sarah GRUNDY    
11/10/1764 James GRIFFIN     Anne WHEYWALL    
11/04/1765 William MELLOR     Elizabeth CLARK    
29/05/1765 Henry SHAW     Mary STEPHENS    
21/11/1765 Matthew MECHIN     Mary OLIVER    
10/02/1766 Thomas OLIVER     Mary CROXAL    
11/02/1767 John HALSTED   Buckingham, Buckinghamshire Mary WILEMAN    
02/03/1767 Thomas GREASLEY     Ann BULLOCK    
03/03/1767 Thomas ORTON   Appleby Ann MELLOR    
31/10/1768 William MASSEY     Elizabeth MILES    
10/10/1771 Charles DAKIN     Anne HODGSKINS    
16/10/1771 William MARTEN     Elizabeth BECK    
28/12/1771 William KING     Mary ORTON    
09/11/1773 Henry STARKEY     Mary FERNE    
20/04/1774 Richard MELLOW Single Appleby Mary LEES Single  
29/10/1774 Francis BOOTON Single   Mary SHELLEY Single Baxterley, Warwickshire
15/07/1776 William JONES     Elizabeth ENSOR    
23/09/1776 John SANDERS     Letitia DIXON    
04/03/1777 Thomas SILLS   Barlestone Elizabeth DICKINSON    
1 31/01/1779 Henry PARKER Widower Congerstone Eleanor HART Single  
2 20/06/1779 Charles COPE   Shustoke, Warwickshire Anne GILLESPIE    
04/07/1779 Josiah LORKIN   Orton On The Hill Elizabeth WILSON   Orton On The Hill
3 30/10/1780 John NEWELL   Orton On The Hill Catherine WILKS   Orton On The Hill
4 04/11/1781 William ROULSTONE Single Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire Catherine ORTON Single  
6 28/06/1785 Nathaniel RATHBURN   Shackerstone Elizabeth JONES    
7 12/06/1786 Edward STARTIN Single   Hannah DENNIS Single  
8 31/10/1786 William PRISNELL Single   Elizabeth BOTT Single  
9 01/02/1787 Samuel JONES Single   Mary BULLOCK Single  
09/09/1787 Charles SANDES Single Sutton Cheney Mary GARNER Single  
24/09/1787 George VERNAM Single   Hannah COPE Single  
13/04/1788 Josiah LAKIN     Lydia PALLEY   Higham On The Hill
21/10/1790 Thomas RUBLY     Effeness DEACON    
21/10/1790 Thomas POYNTON   Norton Juxta Twycross Mary MELLOR    
04/11/1790 George GILLEVER   Sheepy Magna Elizabeth DIXON    
19/02/1791 William PITT   Bushbury, Staffordshire Dorothy CHOYCE    
07/03/1791 Abraham COPE     Elizabeth ARCHER    
06/05/1794 Thomas MOORE   Thurmaston Sarah FARRIN    
22/07/1794 John COLLINS     Ann GRANGER    
11/08/1794 John TUNNADINE     Hannah GARNER    
10/10/1794 Edward STARTIN     Elizabeth JOYCE    
23/07/1795 Joseph MORGAN     Rebekah GOADBY    
24/11/1795 Joseph ERPE   Austrey, Warwickshire Sarah TOON    
21/11/1797 William PRIME Single Sheepy Magna Mary ENSOR Single  
22/07/1798 William JOYCE Widower   Mary BOOTON Single  
14/05/1799 Lewis KING Single   Arabella DAWSON Widow  
05/01/1800 Francis BOOTON     Mary HAINES    
19/02/1800 Charles HEAP     Lydia LYHTALL    
27/01/1803 Robert SMALLEY     Elizabeth PICKERING    
10/04/1803 William HUBBARD     Catherine ROBINSON    
05/05/1803 William KING     Jane MOUSLEY    
31/05/1803 John TOWNSEND     Elenor OATHY    
26/06/1803 Samuel KING Single   Hannah SMALLEY Single  
13/02/1804 John RILEY Single St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire Sarah KNIGHT Single  
03/06/1805 Thomas HILL Single Whitwick Elizabeth JONES Single  
13/10/1805 William ORTON Single   Mary WYATT Single  
14/10/1805 John HOLMES Single   Rebecca PALLOT Single  
18/09/1806 Charles HEROD     Mary LEECHAM    
10/10/1806 James SNOPE Single   Hannah STUBBS Single  
13/10/1806 James SALT Single   Catherine KIRBY Single  
10/11/1806 John BARNET Single   Elizabeth BOOTON Single  
22/10/1807 Joseph BEVINS Single Newbold Verdon Mary BOOTON    
07/12/1807 Joseph OTTY Single   Mary WAKEFIELD Single  
17/10/1808 Charles MADELEY     Mary COOPER   Lullington, Derbyshire
25/04/1810 Richard SHARP Single   Catherine ROLLESTON Single  
18/07/1810 William DOWSE Single   Elizabeth BENFIELD Single  
27/01/1811 John ORTON Single   Alice KNIGHT Single  
04/11/1811 Robert RILEY Single   Ann HINKS Single  
03/02/1812 John WAIN Single Market Bosworth Catherine ROBINSON Single  
28/06/1812 William JOYCE Widower   Catherine BIDDLE Widow  
12/07/1812 Joseph ALLIN Single   Mary WILLSON Single  
1 18/08/1813 Thomas JOYCE Single   Sarah JONES Single  
2 23/06/1815 Isaac LOVELL Single West Haddon, Northamptonshire Catherine FAUX Single  
3 13/06/1816 Thomas REDFEARN Single   Mary HANSOM Widow  
4 20/06/1816 George DAVIS Single   Mary GREEN Single  
5 24/10/1816 William WILLAMS Single   Ruth GREEN Single  
6 28/10/1816 Samuel KIRKLAND Single   Mary HINKS Single  
7 15/10/1817 Joseph STANEY Single Polesworth, Warwickshire Mary STANLEY Single  
8 23/10/1817 James THOMPSON Single Coleorton Mary YOUNG Single  
9 27/11/1817 Robert SMALLEY Single   Mary STEVENS Single  
10 08/01/1818 Christopher ASHBY Single Guilsborough, Northamptonshire Martha STARTIN Single  
11 08/11/1819 John WALKER     Ann SMALLEY    
12 10/02/1820 Thomas BURTON     Dorothy BENFIELD    
13 19/06/1820 William PRATT Single Appleby Ann SMALLEY    
14 02/08/1820 Richard WHEATLEY     Sarah HUNT    
15 23/08/1820 Joseph PRITCHARD Single   Hannah HINKS    
16 13/09/1821 Richard POOL Single Sibson Charlotte MATSON Single  
17 20/09/1821 William RILEY Single Walton On Trent, Derbyshire Mary BALL Single  
18 11/10/1821 Francis BOOTON Widower Merevale, Warwickshire Catharine WHITWORTH Single  
19 15/10/1821 Joseph JOYCE Widower Merevale, Warwickshire Elizabeth BRADMAN Widow  
20 24/12/1821 John JOYCE Single   Ann TOPLISS Single  
21 15/10/1822 Thomas BROOKS Single Newton Regis, Warwickshire Mary BOOTON Single  
22 05/12/1822 Henry JONES Single   Mary ROBOTTOM Single  
23 25/12/1822 William SMORLEY Widower   Ann SPENCER Single  
24 26/05/1823 Thomas ROSE     Jane WRIGHT    
25 24/12/1823 Joseph HOLDEN Single   Maria SMITH Single  
26 01/03/1824 Robert LEA Single Merevale, Warwickshire Sarah STANLEY Single  
27 06/09/1824 William Whitmore GREENING   Newbold Verdon Emma MAYON    
28 15/09/1824 Cornelius DEAN Single   Hannah JONES Single  
29 13/10/1825 John HINKS Single   Mary COOK Single  
30 21/11/1825 Edward LEA Widower Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire Maria SHAW Single  
31 29/10/1826 William SMALLEY Widower   Jane ALLEN Single  
37 28/04/1827 William DOWSE Single   Catherine ROOBOTTOM Single  
32 30/04/1827 John TOWNSEND Single   Elizabeth MASON Single  
33 24/09/1827 William HAIR Single Norton Juxta Twycross Mary STARKEY Single  
34 24/09/1827 Thomas HAIR Single Norton Juxta Twycross Lydia FEARN Single  
35 08/10/1827 Philip BOOTON Single   Mary HATTON Single  
36 18/10/1827 William SMITH Single   Elizabeth LEES Single Orton On The Hill
38 30/06/1828 Thomas SMITH   Sheepy Magna Sarah LETHERLAND    
39 07/07/1828 Edward JOWET Single   Elizabeth BOOTON Single  
40 20/10/1828 James SMITH Single   Sarah HEROD    
41 20/10/1828 Thomas TIMBREL Single   Jane ROBINSON   Normanton Le Heath
42 06/11/1828 Joseph THOMAS     Anne STARKIE    
43 10/11/1828 Samuel GENT Single   Sarah WORTLEY Single  
44 23/02/1829 Thomas POYNER Widower   Sarah PEG   Market Bosworth
45 21/05/1829 Charles WRIGHT Single Market Bosworth Lucy FAUX Single  
46 22/09/1829 Stephen GREEN Single   Sarah Anne BENT    
47 27/04/1830 John INSLEY Single Shackerstone Ann ARTON Single  
48 03/06/1830 William MELLOW Widower   Mary CHAPMAN Single  
49 29/09/1831 William KING Widower   Faith WRIGHT Single  
50 12/10/1831 Joseph MUDD Single   Elizabeth HANDLEY Single  
51 17/10/1831 John BOOTON     Martha TOPLISS    
52 20/10/1831 Edward HENSON     Elizabeth HARRIS    
53 16/01/1832 John WETTON Widower Lullington, Derbyshire Hannah ROBINSON Single  
54 23/04/1832 William GEE Single   Sarah MILNER Widow  
55 29/10/1832 Thomas OTTEY     Sarah RIDGWAY    
56 28/11/1833 Thomas CHILWELL Single Polesworth, Warwickshire Catherine JONES Single  
57 21/07/1834 John TOMLISON Single Bagworth Martha BEXSON Single  
58 13/10/1834 William MILLER Single   Eliza BOOTON Single  
59 16/02/1835 Charles HEROD     Susannah ROBINSON    
60 02/03/1835 William MILLER   Dadlington Mary BOOTON    
61 23/04/1835 William HAYWOOD Single   Mary MELLOR Single  
62 31/12/1835 Thomas JONES     Margaret KING    
63 07/10/1836 James BOUGH     Ann JONES    
64 27/02/1837 Joseph PERRY   Ibstock Sarah LEES    
65 01/06/1837 Richard Fowler BUTLER   Barton Under Needwood, Staffordshire Eliza FAUX    

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