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

 

The Parish

The parish of East Allington lies in the extreme southwest of Lincolnshire, close to the point where the county meets Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. East Allington & its larger neighbour West Allington today form the village of, simply, Allington which sits roughly 5 miles northwest of the market town of Grantham. The twin parishes were united in 1872. Allington is located midway between the A52 (2 miles north of this road) and the A1 Great North Road (two miles south of that) with West Allington forming the border with Leicestershire. Allington sits upon the clay-rich soils of the Jurassic muds below the limestone escarpment that forms the spine of Lincolnshire, these harder soils would have supported a more mixed farming regime than today's vast arable prairies that dominate nowadays. Allington is drained northwards by the Foston Beck which soon reaches the River Witham, continuing through Lincoln before turning back southeast to reach the North Sea through the port of Boston. Allington is sited at around 40 metres above the sea, immediately around the village land is gentle but to the east the limestone rises sharply to 110 metres on the outlier of Great Gonerby. Most gazetteers do not separate the acreage of the two Allington's but one must assume that the 2,000 acres is roughly equally shared, within that acreage East Allington would have supported a population of around 250 parishioners. The combining of the Allingtons was not a modern phenomenon as in Domesday times the two were jointly recorded shared between Robert & Berengar of Tosny and Robert Malet collectively there totalled 17 ploughs as well as some extensive meadows.


The Church

St James' church is sadly no more having been demolished following the unification of the twin parishes, Holy Trinity of West Allington became the village church. The centre of Allington village is covered by an oval of lanes which enclose a central space where St James' once stood. Archival images show a simple church of nave & chancel with a tall western bellcote sitting off what is now the unmade lane of The Paddocks.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 23rd May 1757 - 4th March 1805 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - EAST ALLINGTON/PAR/1/3 Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 10th January 1806 - 9th March 1812 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - EAST ALLINGTON/PAR/1/4 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
3 30th September 1813 - 6th June 1837 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - EAST ALLINGTON/PAR/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Foston St Peter
Foston St Peter
Foston St Peter
West Allington Holy Trinity
Great Gonerby St Sebastian
Sedgebrook St Lawrence
Sedgebrook St Lawrence
Barrowby All Saints

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 23/05/1757 John ROWSE Mary BROWN
2 22/11/1757 Daniel JENKINS Barrowby Mary HOLYDAY
3 05/11/1758 John WORMELL Mary TURNER
4 15/10/1759 John SUMMERBY Barrowby Ann HOLBORN
5 12/11/1759 John ALLBORNS Sarah BURROWS
6 24/12/1759 John BARBER Great Gonerby Esther ROSBONN
7 28/01/1760 George STEVENS Kelham, Nottinghamshire Dorothy GROCOCK
8 29/04/1760 William GILL Swinderby Alice ROSBONN
9 01/12/1760 John HOYSE Westborough Mary PEPPER
10 13/05/1761 William BLITHE Sarah WOOLLEY
11 09/02/1763 William MARRAT Elizabeth RIPPINGALE
13 01/01/1765 Samuel ROUSE Ann LYNE Single
14 28/05/1765 Joseph GIBSON Woolsthorpe Mary CLAY Single
15 12/06/1766 Thomas BESTEST Grantham Ann CLARK Single
16 17/07/1766 William TRAWLEY Elizabeth BLYTHE Single Grantham
17 05/06/1767 Robert CLARK Margaret WILKINSON Widow
19 15/09/1768 Robert LYNN Sarah CAM Single
20 14/09/1769 Thomas HARVEY West Allington Elizabeth CALVERT Single
21 01/05/1770 John WHILES West Allington Mary PENNINGTON Single
22 04/09/1771 Thomas ROWE Sarah BARRON Single
23 04/08/1774 George HUBBARD Elizabeth ROBINSON Single
24 18/03/1776 John NORTH Welby Ann CLAY Single
25 24/10/1776 John TOW West Allington Elizabeth SMITH Single
26 09/07/1777 William HARDY Pinchbeck Anne WISEMAN Single
27 15/12/1778 Jonathan KELL Alice THORP Single
28 29/07/1779 Henry THOMPSON Woolsthorpe Sarah ALVY
14/02/1780 William BOWER Single Sarah FREEMAN Single
10/10/1780 William BELL Single Ann BLYTHE
11/06/1782 John HUBBARD West Allington Hollingworth ROBINSON
06/01/1783 James CAUNT Margaret ASHER
30/12/1783 William BLYTHE Widower Mary CLAY Widow
12/02/1784 Nathaniel LEADENHAM Single Foston Jane MONKS Widow
16/05/1785 John BARNES Harlaxton Elizabeth MASON Single
27/02/1786 William BLYTHE Widower Eleanor HOLMES Single
04/12/1786 Anthony ELLIS Braceby Sarah CLAY
16/04/1787 Samuel LOVITT Single Elizabeth MARRATT Widow
15/12/1789 Richard LOVETT Widower Mary HOPEWELL Single
26/01/1790 Richard BARNSDALE Widower Ann ROUSE Widow
19/04/1790 John PEEL Widower Barrowby Bridget CHAMBERS Widow
07/11/1790 John MONKS Elizabeth ROE
27/09/1791 John MOSS Widower Barnby In The Willows, Nottinghamshire Sarah GROCOCK Single
29/11/1792 John HUBBARD Widower Ann EVANS Single
19/02/1793 William HARVEY Jane NEAVES Grantham
13/01/1795 John GUY Single Foston Elizabeth ROBINSON
12/04/1795 Samuel SMITH Single Foston Dorothy GROCOCK Single
01/06/1795 Francis CLAY Elizabeth SANDEY
02/11/1795 William SCOFFIN Mary CLAY
14/11/1795 John SPARROW Alice READ
04/04/1796 William ROBINSON Single Woolsthorpe Sarah WING Single
23/05/1796 William ALCOCK Single Elizabeth BAKER Single
16/06/1796 Thomas TOPS Muston, Leicestershire Lucy CLAY
08/01/1798 George JACKSON Mary WING
15/10/1798 John FOX Single West Allington Ruth LOVETT Single
11/12/1798 Richard LOVITT Single Ann DODD Single West Allington
04/11/1799 James CHARLESWORTH Ann SANDY Single
26/05/1800 Thomas LEESON Sarah READ
19/08/1800 Thomas WINTER Single Foston Mary ROBINSON Single
05/05/1801 John TUNNARD Mary BREWSTER
14/12/1801 John MUXLOW Mary CLAY
30/03/1802 John ALLEN Single Sedgebrook Mary LYNN Single
22/11/1802 Robert BISHILL Mary SPEET
18/04/1803 Thomas PALETHORP Foston Sarah LEESON
04/03/1805 John BRIGGS Great Gonerby Sarah MEYRICK
1 10/01/1806 John CHAPMAN Single Bottesford, Leicestershire Elizabeth EDDIN
2 14/05/1808 Samuel HARVY Barrowby Alice WINTER
3 17/10/1808 John ASHER Bottesford, Leicestershire Ann SHELBOURN Single
4 22/10/1810 William WILCOCK Elizabeth BASTER
5 10/12/1810 Thomas SMITH Dorothy SMITH
6 31/12/1810 Thomas DURANT Mary CLAY
7 11/10/1811 John SCHRIMSHAW Bottesford, Leicestershire Ann BONSER
8 25/02/1812 John SUMERBY Elizabeth CHAPMAN
9 09/03/1812 Samuel BLUNDY Claypole Susannah CLAY
1 30/09/1813 George ROBINSON Single Elizabeth HUBBARD Single
2 11/11/1813 Benjamin CODD West Allington Anne CHEETHAM
3 28/03/1814 William WARREN Ann MYRES
4 17/05/1814 Simon CARTER Margret MUSTON
5 14/09/1815 Leeson SLIGHT Single Ancaster Elizabeth MARRATT Single
6 26/12/1815 Richard GROCOCK Mary GROCOCK
7 31/08/1816 James KIRTON Fanny MUSSON
8 03/12/1816 John SPOUCH West Allington Rebecca MUSSON
9 01/05/1817 Richard GEE Hannah BEECHAM
10 28/05/1818 Michael ASHWELL Single Barrowby Alice BURTON Single
11 22/12/1818 Thomas NEWSTEAD Single Ann HUBBARD Widow
12 12/10/1819 William HARRISON Elizabeth CLAY
13 23/05/1820 George HUBBARD Mary DODD
14 09/10/1820 John CALLIS Mary SHIRLEY
15 25/12/1820 Thomas BELL Sarah WING
16 23/08/1821 John LEESON Braceby Ann WHITBY
17 13/11/1821 Joseph SPENCER St Peter, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Elizabeth BRASSELAY
24 25/12/1821 William PEATMAN Mary COTTAM
18 07/05/1822 Samuel KIRTON Carlton Scroop Alice LANGLEY
19 29/07/1822 John SHELBURN Mary DERRY
20 29/08/1822 Thomas HOLLAND Elizabeth BELL
21 14/05/1823 William BRACKENBURY Londonthorpe Maria WING
22 14/05/1823 John ROWLATT Folkingham Mary SMITH
23 12/06/1823 Richard ROLLINGS Mary CLAY
25 07/02/1825 William WHALLEY Long Bennington Alice WORN Single
26 13/10/1825 Charles NORTH Single Sedgebrook Ann DODD Single
27 15/05/1826 Robert BUTTRESS Single Elizabeth SCOTT Single
28 29/10/1827 William BEE Single Sarah JACKSON Single
29 31/12/1827 James DODD Single Eliza BENNETT Single
30 19/02/1828 John BONSER Widower Ruth ARCHER Single
31 12/10/1829 William BEDFORD Single Newark On Trent, Nottinghamshire Maria ORDOYNO Single
32 15/11/1830 Joseph OTTER Single Carlton Scroop Elizabeth BONSER Single
33 06/07/1831 Abraham SHAWE Single St Margaret, Leicester, Leicestershire Mary HARDY Single
34 31/12/1832 William JOHNSON Widower Ropsley Mary SHILLCOCK Widow
35 31/12/1832 George OCTON Single Sarah SCOTT Single
36 29/07/1833 Thomas SCOTT Single Ann PARK Single
37 26/05/1834 John BELL Single Ann MUXLOE Single
38 26/05/1834 Edmund BLYTHE Widower Ann BARKER Single
39 09/11/1834 Samuel BROUGHTON Single West Allington Harriet HARDY Single
40 28/12/1834 Emanuel PEATMAN Widower Westborough Sarah CHAMBERS Widow
41 05/04/1835 Matthew CROFT Single Greetham, Rutland Juliet DODD Single
42 11/05/1835 William HOPKINS Single Loughborough, Leicestershire Mary HUBBARD Single
43 31/12/1835 George DRURY Single Eliza BELL Single
44 18/02/1836 William JACKSON Single Mary SHELBURN Widow
45 27/11/1836 William RHODES Single Boothby Pagnell Ann HUBBARD Single
46 25/05/1837 George YEALAND Single Ann SPOUCH Single
47 30/05/1837 Thomas DRURY Single Mary CLARK Single West Allington
48 06/06/1837 John FOSTER Single Long Bennington Sarah ROUSE Single

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