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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Wistow St Wistan

 

The Parish

The parish of Wistow lies in central southern Leicestershire about 7 miles southeast of its capital of Leicester. Wistow is located in lanes about a mile south of the A6 road which links Leicester onwards to London. Wistow is, and has always been, a relatively small place; it consists of the hall and associated farms and cottages all straggling along the lane which links Countesthorpe with Kibworth Beauchamp. The area was dominated by a pastoral regime with small grassy fields between high hedge predominating. Growth came to the area with the building of the Leicester Union canal which passes through the parish and offered opportunities for commerce in what was otherwise a very rural area. The canal makes use of a very low interfuvial to pass between the upper reaches of the River Sence (which flows westwards to join the Soar and thence the Trent) and the headwaters of the River Welland which flows eastwards to the Wash. Wistow is sited at around 90 metres above sea level. Wistow parish was small and quite typical of other parishes in this portion of rural Leicestershire. In Domesday times Wistow was held by one Robert the Bursar and boasted a mere 6 ploughs, a mill and some meadow.


The Church

St Wistan's (the dedication refers to a minor son of the King of Mercia who was martyred for opposing his mother's remarriage in 850) church lies almost a half mile east of the notional centre of Wistow. The church has an early core based on both the Norman period and also into the 13th century. Both types of stonework can be seen forming the walls of the chancel. The building, however, received almost a complete remodeling during the unusual period of the mid-18th century. A feature which can be seen in the interior and dating from that remodeling is the rare survival of the interior fittings. Pevsner waxes lyrical about the set of pulpit, box pews, plaster ceiling and reredos. The church sits alongside the lane which heads for Kibworth Beauchamp and is accessed from a lay-by along a short gravelled public footpath. Once through the screening trees the graveyard is open and presents no obstacle to viewing from any angle.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 23rd July 1754 - 16th November 1812 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1259/5 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 21st March 1813 - 24th October 1836 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1259/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Kilby St Mary Magdalene
Newton Harcourt St Luke
Great Glen St Cuthbert
Great Glen St Cuthbert
Kilby St Mary Magdalene
Burton Overy St Andrew
Kibworth Beauchamp St Wilfrid
Arnesby St Peter
Fleckney St Nicholas
Kibworth Beauchamp St Wilfrid

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
23/07/1754 William WARD     Mary OSWIN    
28/10/1756 John BURDET     Ann NOBLE   Stretton Parva
31/07/1757 Richard DUNKLEY     Sarah GAMBLE    
24/11/1757 Thomas ELKINGTON     Elizabeth RINGROSE    
5 13/05/1758 William BURDIT     Anne COLEMAN    
6 27/06/1758 Thomas BURDIT     Mary ELTINGTON    
7 07/11/1758 Richard WARD     Ann HUBBARD    
8 19/04/1759 Henry COLTMAN   Fleckney Mary ELKINGTON    
9 13/12/1759 Samuel NEWIT   Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire Mary RICHARDSON    
10 23/03/1761 Thomas ROSS   Oadby Ann TOONE    
11 24/03/1761 John WATERMAN     Ann WARD    
12 30/06/1761 John KENNY     Elizabeth WATTS    
13 12/07/1761 John RUBOTTOM     Elizabeth BURTON    
14 31/01/1763 William HAVER   Great Easton Elizabeth COLEMAN    
15 19/06/1763 John HILL     Jane WARD    
16 23/10/1763 Henry DRAPER   Weston Favell, Northamptonshire Elizabeth SPENCER    
17 25/03/1764 William FOXON     Ann PRESTON    
18 16/07/1764 James OSWIN     Mary ELKINGTON    
19 22/10/1764 John REED     Elizabeth FAILBY    
24/05/1766 Edward STURGESS   Walgrave, Northamptonshire Elizabeth WOODWARD    
10/05/1767 Thomas BURLEY     Lidia COOPER    
07/07/1767 Samuel WARD     Martha KING    
23/11/1767 John TAYLOR     Mary BORLEY    
27/06/1768 James MOULD     Mary IMMINS    
06/04/1769 Charles HALFORD     Sarah FARNHAM   Quorndon
18/09/1769 William COLEMAN     Elizabeth ELKINGTON    
25/02/1770 Thomas JEFFREY   St Martin, Leicester Rebeccah BAYLEY    
22/01/1771 John SMALLEY   Kilby Joice COX    
25/11/1771 Joseph REED     Elizabeth HAMPSON    
24/02/1772 John WARD     Ann BURLEY    
14/07/1772 George PARKER     Ann OSWIN    
10/10/1773 Samuel TURNER   St Nicholas, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Ann SMITH    
05/04/1774 William KIRKE     Sarah HICKLING    
24/10/1774 Charles FREER   Narborough Elizabeth COX    
27/02/1775 Thomas RASK   Newbold Verdon Mary COX    
02/05/1775 Thomas MOOR     Elizabeth WESTON    
07/07/1777 Job SMALLEY     Elizabeth REED    
25/05/1779 Thomas COLEMAN   Newton Harcourt Ann WHY    
22/10/1780 William WESTON     Ann DUNKLEY    
12/02/1781 Richard BULL     Elizabeth HAZZAEL    
19/05/1781 William HOBSON   Great Stretton Ann KENNEY    
16/07/1781 Matthew CLIFFORD   Newton Harcourt Mary EAGLE   Newton Harcourt
19/11/1781 William TEALBY     Frances WESTON    
03/06/1782 William BURDETT     Ann HARRISON   Wigston Magna
21/10/1782 Richard WESTON     Elizabeth DUNKLEY    
26/11/1782 William WESTON     Mary PARRIMER    
21/04/1783 John BAKER     Ann COULSON    
20/07/1783 Earl DENBIGH   Newnham, Gloucestershire Sarah HALFORD    
04/08/1783 William HOLYOAK   Kilby Ann BURDETT    
27/09/1784 John SKARRARD     Ann FREESTON    
23/10/1786 Benjamin WESTON     Mary PAIN    
13/03/1787 Thomas DRAKELY   St Mary, Leicester Mary WARD    
27/12/1787 William KING     Frances TEALBY    
04/10/1788 John WIDDOWSON   Monks Kirby, Warwickshire Catherine CORDEUX    
27/11/1788 John ASTELL     Ann HALLOCK   Great Glen
03/08/1789 John BOOTHYWAY     Elizabeth BURDETT    
02/11/1789 Zacherias HILL     Catherine WOODWARD   Great Glen
23/01/1791 Prismus JACOMB   Wigston Magna Mary MOULD    
22/08/1791 William WARD     Mary BRICKSTER    
28/10/1792 William PARSONS     Abigal COLMAN    
13/10/1794 Thomas WESTON     Elizabeth READ    
03/05/1795 Thomas SIBLEY     Mary CORDEUX    
01/08/1796 James HANDLEY     Elizabeth EVETT    
07/11/1796 William FREESTONE     Mary ADDKINS    
21/05/1797 Samuel ILIFF     Mary BURDITT    
13/11/1797 Thomas DUNKLEY     Deborah HILL    
13/11/1797 John DODSON     Ann SMALLEY    
26/12/1797 Edward POLLARD     Ann PALMER    
09/04/1798 George BROWN   Kibworth Beauchamp Mary WEBSTER    
21/05/1798 William LANGHAM     Elizabeth FUKES    
22/01/1799 William HOLYOAK   Kilby Ann FREESTONE   Newton Harcourt
27/01/1799 John TOMSON   Newton Harcourt Mary WINTNESS   Newton Harcourt
25/03/1799 John TAYLOR   Newton Harcourt Jane STRICKLAND   Great Glen
29/08/1799 William BURTON   Great Glen Frances HICKINBOTTOM   Newton Harcourt
12/12/1799 James DERBYSHIRE   St Margaret, Leicester Ann LANGHAM   Newton Harcourt
08/08/1803 John BENNETT     Hannah BAKER    
23/10/1803 Joseph READ     Mary GLOVER    
05/12/1803 Thomas BRYAN     Ann REED    
26/12/1803 John PARKER     Catharine HUBBARD   Kibworth Beauchamp
22/10/1804 Thomas COLEMAN   Newton Harcourt Christian GARNER   Newton Harcourt
21/01/1805 William KING   Newton Harcourt Mary COLTMAN   Burton Overy
21/10/1805 Richard BULL     Elizabeth FOX    
21/10/1805 Mark HANCOCK     Elizabeth WESTON    
02/03/1806 Abraham FORYAN   Burbage Elizabeth ELLIS   Newton Harcourt
27/10/1806 William ARNSBY     Alice ROBERTS   Newton Harcourt
06/09/1807 Thomas SMALLEY   Newton Harcourt Eleanor VOSS   Newton Harcourt
19/11/1807 William CARTWRIGHT   Evington Frances WIGGINTON   Newton Harcourt
23/05/1808 John BARRATT   Kibworth Beauchamp Mary TOMPSON    
13/06/1808 George FINDLEY   Fleckney Ann TOMSON    
30/05/1809 William FREER     Elizabeth GILBERT    
24/04/1810 William HUTCHINGS   Great Glen Ann LEESON    
09/06/1811 George SKELTON     Ann COLEMAN    
22/08/1811 Eli KING     Ann TAYLOR    
14/10/1811 John BAIL   Great Glen Mary KNIGHT    
07/09/1812 John BARCLAY     Ann HILL    
01/11/1812 Thomas GUDE     Ann PARSONS    
16/11/1812 William THOMPSON     Alice TAYLOR    
1 21/03/1813 Joshua WHITE     Elizabeth THOMPSON    
2 16/04/1813 Richard BROWEL     Mary BROOKES    
3 07/12/1813 William STABLEFORD Single Queniborough Mary FREER Widow  
4 15/04/1814 Samuel KING Single   Ann WHITE    
5 24/10/1814 William BOOTHAWAY Single   Ann CARTER Single  
6 16/05/1815 Edward HILL     Hannah GROVES    
7 11/11/1816 George WHEAT Single   Mary Ann BAKER Single  
8 26/05/1817 John BAILEY Single Wigston Magna Mary SIMPSON Single  
9 30/06/1817 William PARSONS     Elizabeth DODSON    
10 03/11/1817 Thomas MUGLETON Single Newton Harcourt Esther ADNIF Single Newton Harcourt
11 12/07/1818 William DODSON Single Newton Harcourt Mary BOOTHAWAY Single  
12 04/02/1819 John WARD Single Fleckney Mary WESTON Single Newton Harcourt
13 22/02/1819 William SHERRARD Single Newton Harcourt Joanna FREESTONE Single Newton Harcourt
14 18/10/1819 Frederick COVENTRY Single Old Windsor, Berkshire Louisa HALFORD Single  
15 06/08/1820 John FREER Widower Fleckney Ann BOOTHAWAY Single Newton Harcourt
16 28/02/1821 Eli KING Widower Newton Harcourt Elizabeth BARSLEY Single Newton Harcourt
17 17/03/1821 William ROBERTS Single Newton Harcourt Mary WHITE Single Newton Harcourt
18 25/06/1821 Joseph TOMLIN Single Kilby Mary MARRIOTT Widow  
19 09/07/1821 William PEAKE Single Newton Harcourt Anne SIMPSON Single Newton Harcourt
20 22/10/1821 John SWINGLER Single Fleckney Sarah ELKINGTON Single Newton Harcourt
21 26/11/1821 Edward HARRISON Single Newton Harcourt Ann DODSON Single Newton Harcourt
22 04/02/1822 Richard WRIGHT Widower Newton Harcourt Mary BROWETT Widow Newton Harcourt
23 25/12/1822 William BOOTHAWAY Widower Newton Harcourt Alice COOKE Single Newton Harcourt
24 12/03/1823 William GURDEN Single St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Mary LANGHAM Single  
25 25/12/1823 John COE Single Harrington, Northamptonshire Margaret ELKINGTON Single  
26 05/04/1824 Thomas BOOTHAWAY Single Newton Harcourt Elizabeth KING Single Newton Harcourt
27 17/05/1824 John WIDDOWSON Widower Kilby Mary CLARKE Single  
28 17/05/1824 Thomas WIDDOWSON Widower Kilby Mary ROE Single Kilby
29 28/06/1824 William GRAIN Single Great Glen Ann PARKER Single Newton Harcourt
30 25/10/1824 William HORTON Single   Alice SWINGLER Single  
31 27/10/1824 William HUMFREY Single Great Glen Elizabeth DUNKLEY    
32 06/06/1825 Richard DUNKLEY Single   Sarah TYLER Single  
33 29/08/1825 Charles COLEMAN Single Newton Harcourt Abigail BOOTHAWAY Single Newton Harcourt
34 27/12/1825 John TREEHEARN Single Walworth, Surrey Maria DODSON Single Newton Harcourt
35 21/03/1826 Henry CLIPSON Single Stoughton Mary BASSET Single  
36 21/06/1827 Thomas MARSON Single Crick, Northamptonshire Elizabeth FREER Single Newton Harcourt
37 16/10/1827 Edward SMITH Single Breaston, Derbyshire Mary BERRIDGE Single  
38 27/05/1828 Daniel READ Single Newton Harcourt Catherine POLLARD Single Newton Harcourt
39 25/12/1828 William PARKER Single Newton Harcourt Mary Hickin COLEMAN Single Newton Harcourt
40 06/07/1829 William HALE Single Saxelby Mary Ann TAYLOR Single Newton Harcourt
41 13/04/1830 William WOOD Single   Sarah BOOTHAWAY Single  
42 11/10/1830 William MUDDIMER Single Newton Harcourt Maria FREESTONE Single  
43 26/09/1831 William FREER   St Margaret, Leicester Mary Ann NEWTON   Newton Harcourt
44 15/11/1831 Richard MATTOCK     Mary MUDDIMER    
45 05/11/1832 John Rudham GIMSON Single Newton Harcourt Ann GIMSON Single Thurlaston
46 15/01/1833 Thomas GREEN Single   Maria BRYANT Single  
47 24/08/1834 Samuel SIMPSON Widower Newton Harcourt Hannah WESTON Single Great Glen
48 02/03/1835 Christopher FREESTONE Widower Newton Harcourt Ann SPENCER Single  
49 24/12/1835 James BURROWS   Whetstone Ann DUNKLEY    
50 25/01/1836 John PARKER     Jane THOMPSON    
51 04/09/1836 John ELLINGWORTH Single Great Glen Jane SIMPSON Single Newton Harcourt
52 24/10/1836 Daniel LIQUORISH   Burton Overy Abigail DODSON   Newton Harcourt

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