East Allington St James

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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