Gayton le Marsh St George

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Gayton le Marsh St George

The Parish

The parish of Gayton le Marsh lies in eastern Lincolnshire not too far from its North Sea coastline. Gayton le Marsh is located roughly 7 miles southeast of the market town of Louth and sits just over a mile northeast of the A157 road which links with Maltby le Marsh. Gayton le Marsh is a long straggle of a village with no real centre, properties are dotted along a minor and dead-ended lane northeastwards from the A157 starting around a mile northeast and running loosely for almost a mile and a half in the same direction. This area of the county is much altered by drainage attempts being at or close to sea level, the rich soils that resulted are either used for high margin vegetables or, if somewhat wetter, for cattle pasture. Gayton le Marsh is drained by a plethora of man-made channels, notably the Great Eau, all heading towards the nearby North Sea which is reached at Saltfleet Haven. Gayton le Marsh is sited at around 5 metres above the sea, land is flat or slightly inclined hereabouts, the A157 reaches 12 metres, it is not until the edges of the Lincolnshire Wolds are reached over 4 miles southwest that height is significantly gained. Gayton le Marsh parish was fairly typically sized for a parish with much reclaimed land, at almost 2,200 acres it would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. Gayton le Marsh is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book.

The Church

St George's church was demolished in 1971 leaving just the churchyard and its memorials for posterity. Early gazetteers describe a church with an elegant tower remaining from medieval times but with a relatively modern and rebuilt main body. The church sat behind fronting properties at the southwestern end of the village, a footpath leaves the main lane and runs parallel to Poor Plat Lane and formerly led to the church. Strangely for a building which survived until the late 20th century there appear to be no photographs documenting its existence. Postscript my thanks go out to reader Chris Beal for locating this old image of the church, thanks Chris.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	4th July 1754 - 17th December 1812	Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - GAYTON_LE_MARSH/PAR/1/3	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	23rd March 1813 - 8th June 1837	Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - GAYTON_LE_MARSH/PAR/1/4	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

Great Carlton St John the Baptist	Great Carlton St John the Baptist	Theddlethorpe All Saints
South Reston St Edith		Theddlethorpe All Saints Theddlethorpe St Helen
Tothill St Mary	Withern St Margaret	Withern St Margaret

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	04/07/1754	Andrew	WADDESLEY			Susannah	ROSE	Widow
2	17/02/1757	Hezekiah	ESTGAT		Horsington	Dinah	GLENTWORTH	Single
3	22/02/1757	Matthias	BOLLANDS			Sarah	WILLEY	Widow	Great Carlton
4	10/05/1757	John	BUFFHAM	Single	Theddlethorpe St Helen	Isabella	WILSON	Single
5	21/06/1757	John	ASHLEY	Widower	Little Carlton	Elizabeth	MILLAR	Widow
6	22/06/1757	Nicholas	SHOWLER			Ann	STEVENSON	Widow
7	16/05/1758	Robert	THOMPSON		Withern	Elizabeth	BRODWELL	Single
8	11/12/1758	Richard	LEAK			Elizabeth	TAYLER	Single
9	28/02/1759	William	ESTHERN		Great Carlton	Elizabeth	ROGERS	Single
10	27/03/1759	Thomas	STOTHARD		Great Carlton	Ann	BOLLANDS	Single
11	14/05/1759	James	VAMPLIEW			Elizabeth	WHITE	Widow
12	05/06/1759	Peter	BULLIVENT			Elizabeth	EDWARDS	Single
13	26/09/1760	John	ELVIN		Great Carlton	Elizabeth	MERRIKIN	Widow
14	29/11/1760	Jonathan	BURN			Mary	VAMPLEW	Single
15	29/10/1761	Thomas	CARTER			Frances	FROIDE
16	09/11/1761	William	COOK	Single		Elizabeth	WILSON	Single
17	18/02/1762	Charles	GOODHAND	Single	Binbrook	Frances	EDWARDS	Single
18	04/05/1762	Robert	KEIGHSLEY	Single		Mary	ATKIN	Single
19	17/05/1762	John	TYSON	Single		Mary	COOK	Single
20	23/07/1764	Richard	BRAY			Mary	WOODLIFFE	Single
21	05/08/1764	Richard	MAIDENS		Beesby In The Marsh	Mary	BURN	Widow
22	25/04/1765	Robert	HARRISON			Elizabeth	ASHLEY	Widow
23	31/05/1765	John	WALLIS		Manby	Ann	CRAWFORD	Single
24	26/08/1765	Joseph	SHAW	Single	Tothill	Ann	HOWE	Single
25	23/11/1765	Robert	STUBBS		Swaby	Mary	WARD	Single
26	10/07/1766	Thomas	PARISH			Sarah	BOLLANDS	Single
27	20/04/1767	George	WILSON			Martha	SHORT	Single
28	21/05/1767	William	ELLIS			Ann	WARD	Single
29	03/06/1767	William	CROW			Susannah	WAINWRIGHT	Single
30	27/06/1768	William	COOK			Elizabeth	ELLIS	Single
31	24/02/1769	Thomas	WOOD		Hull, Yorkshire	Judith	JAQUES	Single
32	15/06/1769	Edward	MAYFIELD			Mary	MAY	Single
33	28/11/1769	Robert	BROWN			Avis	GOODIN	Single	North Cockerington
34	02/01/1772	Richard	RIGGAL		North Reston	Elizabeth	LEARY	Single
35	30/06/1772	Joseph	MIDLETON			Ann	WILSON	Single
36	13/05/1773	John	BRUMPTON			Elizabeth	ELDIN	Single
37	28/05/1773	Abraham	WILSON			Mary	MERRIKIN	Single
38	23/08/1773	John	GRAVES			Mary	HODGSON	Single
39	09/12/1773	John	WILLERTON			Mary	HOLMES	Single
40	07/04/1774	Thomas	CARTER			Jane	EVISON	Single
41	23/05/1774	Daniel	HYDE	Single	Theddlethorpe St Helen	Mary	STANNILAND	Single
42	21/06/1775	Robert	BRYAN			Frances	CARTER	Widow
43	29/07/1775	John	SHAW			Elizabeth	MILLAR	Single
44	14/03/1776	Edward	MAYFIELD	Widower		Thomasin	PAPE	Widow	Great Carlton
45	07/05/1776	William	RYLEY	Single	Theddlethorpe St Helen	Ann	SHAYMAN	Single
46	16/05/1776	Samuel	LEEMAN			Ann	DEANUM	Single
47	01/07/1776	William	EVISSON		Ashby Puerorum	Mary	BOGG	Single
48	31/12/1776	John	EMERSON			Mary	WILLERTON	Widow
49	13/05/1777	John	BAMCROFT		Oxcombe	Catharine	WITTON	Single
50	14/11/1777	Richard	SNELL			Mary	CROFT	Single
51	08/04/1778	Charles	WATSON			Mary	VAMPLIEU	Single
52	18/05/1778	William	STONES		Withcall	Elizabeth	WITTON	Single
53	13/05/1779	John	ATKIN			Elizabeth	SHAW	Widow
54	14/09/1779	Thomas	FENICK			Eleoner	RAITHBY	Single
55	21/10/1779	Brumpton	SCUPHOLM			Ann	WILSON	Widow
56	02/10/1780	Robert	TAYLOR		Biscathorpe	Elizabeth	DICKINSON
57	22/02/1781	John	JAQUES	Single		Mary	SCUPHOLM	Single
58	09/05/1781	Brumpton	SCUPHOLM			Anne	GLENTWORTH	Single
59	24/05/1781	Richard	LEAREY			Anne	HODGSON	Single
60	26/08/1782	Edward	GRAVES			Ann	MIDDLETON	Widow
61	23/10/1782	Thomas	DAWSON	Widower		Mary	KIRK	Widow
62	14/08/1783	Abraham	WILSON	Widower		Margaret	ASHLIN	Single
63	02/12/1783	James	COOK			Elizabeth	TYSON	Single
64	08/11/1784	James	BONTOFT			Mary	TYSON
65	16/02/1785	Richard	CARTER			Sarah	OSTLER	Single
66	09/08/1785	John	ATKIN			Ann	ASHLIN	Single
67	15/05/1786	William	WELLS			Sarah	SCOTT
68	03/07/1786	Gravis	BALDOCK			Anna Maria	COOK
69	17/05/1787	John	LADER			Elizabeth	BELL	Single
70	22/11/1787	Stephen	FRESHNEY			Ann	BADLEY
71	12/06/1788	William	NEEDAM			Mary	ASHLING	Single
72	09/04/1790	John	GRAVES			Susannah	TYSON	Single
73	27/04/1790	William	MOOR		Louth	Elizabeth	BONIVANT	Widow
74	07/05/1790	James	JACKSON		Asgarby By Spilsby	Mildred	ELVIN	Single
75	21/04/1791	Thomas	BULLIVANT			Susannah	ELVIN	Single
76	31/05/1791	William	WEBSTER			Ann	BONTOFT
77	23/05/1792	Edward	TAYLOR			Esther	STOTHARD
78	14/06/1792	Samuel	MERRIKIN			Jane	ARNSIP	Widow
79	01/08/1792	John	SMITH		Manby	Jane	LADLER
80	14/09/1792	Robert	KEAL			Ann	SMITH
81	23/11/1792	James	BRODDLE			Ann	SHAW
82	20/03/1793	John	TYSON			Mary	BEELS
83	18/04/1793	John	MARROWS			Eleanor	MAYFIELD	Single
84	25/04/1793	John	LEESON			Elizabeth	ELVIN	Single
85	16/05/1793	Herbert	SERGEANT			Ann	MAYFIELD	Single
86	21/05/1793	William	COOK			Mary	TAYLOR
87	05/11/1793	John	LOWIS			Elizabeth	LARDER
88	28/12/1795	English	DENHAM		Great Carlton	Mary	PARISH	Single
89	22/03/1796	Charles	THOMPSON		South Reston	Jane	GOODHAND	Single
90	14/11/1797	Thomas	MARRALL			Ann	WILKINSON
91	16/10/1798	John	CROWSTONE	Single		Frances	ASNIP	Single
93	26/10/1798	Richard	MAWER	Single	Maltby Le Marsh	Rebecca	DAWSON	Single
92	13/05/1799	George	WOODLIFF		Burwell	Elizabeth	ANDREW	Single
94	24/07/1800	John	RICHARDSON	Widower		Dinah	MEADS	Widow
95	27/11/1800	Thomas	CADD			Mary	WILSON
96	26/03/1801	James	BROWN	Single	North Somercotes	Ann	RICHARDSON	Single
97	14/07/1801	Robert	FOX	Single	Alvingham	Ann	WILKINSON
98	25/01/1802	William Lister	BROMHEAD	Single	Louth	Sarah	WILSON	Single
99	07/10/1802	John	BAUMBER			Ann	GRAVES	Single
100	13/05/1803	William	SALTFLEET			Mary	LINCOLN
101	03/05/1804	John	DAVY		Authorpe	Rebecca	ROBINSON
102	23/11/1804	William	WILKINSON	Single		Ann	DICKINSON
103	05/11/1805	Austin	DUNHOLME			Elizabeth	LEESING	Widow
104	10/11/1805	James	MEDLEY			Elizabeth	COOK
105	13/02/1806	George	TYSON			Sarah	GOODHAND	Single
106	27/05/1806	James	BORRELL		Little Carlton	Mary	BOND	Single
107	21/09/1807	Edward	ATKIN		North Reston	Mehetebel	COTCHEIFER
108	22/04/1808	Robert	BRYAN	Widower		Anna Maria	BALDOCK	Widow
109	15/07/1808	Samuel	HEIGHAM	Widower	Louth	Elizabeth	LEESING	Single
110	26/12/1808	Thomas	PARRISH	Widower		Ann	MOORE	Single
111	29/01/1809	Grantham	GIDDEY		Louth	Lucy	BRODDLE	Single
112	18/05/1809	John	MASON			Mary	GRAVES
113	24/07/1809	William	PICKARD	Widower	Great Carlton	Mary	STANNALAND	Widow
114	25/12/1809	William	RICHARDSON	Single	Withern	Mary	BRODDLE	Single
115	15/05/1811	Luke	DOBSON			Elizabeth	SPENCE
116	04/11/1811	Brumpton	SCUPHOLME	Widower		Elisabeth	TOYNE	Single	Strubby
117	17/12/1812	Richard	EAST	Single	Ludford	Mary	ROBINSON	Single
1	23/03/1813	John	ELVIN	Single		Ann	RANSON
2	17/05/1813	Thomas	SNOWDEN	Single	Market Rasen	Sarah	BRODDELL	Single
3	15/06/1813	Isaac	VAMPLEW	Single		Susannah	BRODDELL	Single
4	22/06/1813	John	JACKSON	Single		Mary	SARGENT	Single
5	18/10/1813	John	ROBINSON	Widower		Ann	COOK
6	18/10/1813	Edward	ADLARD			Sarah	ROBINSON	Single
7	14/02/1814	Richard	ALCOCK	Single	North Somercotes	Elizabeth	SCUPHOLME	Widow
8	07/04/1814	Robert	GLENTWORTH	Single		Susanna	WHITE	Single
9	16/10/1815	William	EVISON	Widower		Sarah	GOODALL	Single	South Thoresby
10	02/05/1816	George	WALLIS			Sophia	RIGGAL
11	11/05/1816	George	GOODHAND	Widower	Belleau	Hannah	BRYAN	Widow
12	30/05/1816	John	CAMPION	Single	Grainthorpe	Mary	SMITH	Single
13	10/06/1816	John	HATH	Single		Mary	COOK
14	20/06/1816	Leaf	ROW	Single		Elizabeth	FOX	Single
15	12/09/1816	Joseph	SCHOLEY	Single	Alford	Susanna	TAYLOR	Single
16	28/10/1817	Joseph	SPENDLER	Single		Ann	GRAVES	Single
17	30/03/1819	John	SCARGAL	Single	Saleby	Elizabeth	GRAVES	Single
18	24/05/1819	George	SPRING	Single	Mareham Le Fen	Elizabeth	BRAY	Single
19	08/06/1819	William	BUFFAM	Single	Theddlethorpe St Helen	Catharine	SMITH	Single
20	04/10/1819	John	ROUGHTON	Single	Firsby By Spilsby	Maria	JACKSON	Single
21	26/10/1819	Thomas	EDWARDS	Widower	Keddington	Sarah	COOK	Single
22	28/12/1819	Robert	WEBSTER	Single		Ann	CROFT	Single
23	09/03/1820	John	TOWNSEND	Single		Elizabeth	ELVIN	Single
24	17/07/1820	William	BARKER	Widower	Driby	Jane Grisdale	SISSON	Single
25	02/11/1820	Robert	EPTON	Single	Great Carlton	Elizabeth	SMITH	Single
26	28/12/1820	Richard	COOK	Single		Alice	HALL	Single
27	17/01/1821	Thomas	WRIGHT	Single	Swaby	Mary	CRAM	Single
28	01/02/1821	Richard	LONGLANDS	Single		Avice	GRAVES	Single
29	17/04/1821	John	PARKER	Single		Rebecca	CHAPMAN	Single
30	17/05/1821	John	RIGGALL	Single	Little Cawthorpe	Ann	WILEMAN	Single
31	27/01/1822	John	HODSON	Single	Tathwell	Mary	BRODDELL	Single
32	13/05/1822	Robert	WILLERTON	Single	Louth	Esther	COOK	Single
33	27/05/1822	Edward	ELVIN	Single		Ann	ELVIN	Widow
34	26/09/1822	John	GRANT	Single	South Ormsby	Elizabeth	BORMAN	Single
35	07/07/1823	Michael	WEST	Single		Mildred	COOK	Single
36	06/11/1823	Richard	BORNITT	Single	Tathwell	Mary	ASHLIN	Single
37	12/05/1824	William	COCKING	Single	Grimoldby	Ann	SMITH	Single
38	07/06/1824	Thomas	SMITH	Single	Middle Rasen	Mary	BLANCHARD	Single
39	31/08/1824	Mark	DANNET	Single		Elizabeth	GOODHAND	Single
40	04/11/1824	Joseph	HUNTER	Single	Baumber	Anne	SISSON	Single
41	16/11/1824	Robert	PRATT	Single	Scremby	Mildred	JAKCSON	Single
42	10/11/1825	James	WELBOURN	Single		Susanna	BARKER	Single
43	02/03/1826	Samuel	ANDREWS	Single		Elizabeth	HEWSON	Single
44	03/08/1826	John	HEWSON	Single		Martha	SMITH	Single
45	23/11/1826	Robert	TAYLOR	Widower		Elizabeth	BINKS	Widow
46	28/07/1828	William	CLARK	Single	Tathwell	Mary	MARKHAM	Single
47	22/01/1829	John	GOODHAND	Single	Burwell	Maria	WOODLIEFF	Single
48	05/02/1829	William	THORNDIKE	Single	Burwell	Mary	WELLDON	Widow
49	07/12/1829	James	GRAVES	Single		Eliza	BRODDELL	Single
50	01/06/1830	Elias	MARSHALL	Single		Margaret	RANNARD	Widow
51	24/04/1831	Frederick John	KILVINGTON	Single	Saltfleetby All Saints	Elizabeth	ASCOUGH	Single
52	08/05/1831	Edward	BROWN	Single	South Ormsby	Azubah	EVISON	Single
53	05/09/1831	Thomas Frow	BRODDLE	Single		Sophia	SHAW	Single
54	19/12/1831	Samuel	PARR	Single		Mary	DUNHAM	Single
55	19/01/1833	James	JACKSON	Single	Great Carlton	Judith	MARKHAM	Single
56	22/07/1833	George	JAQUES	Single		Ann	COOK	Single
57	18/02/1834	William	WILLERTON	Single		Elizabeth	ELVIN	Single
58	29/04/1834	Hurdman	CLARK	Single		Mary Ann	RANSON	Single
59	24/06/1834	John	RIGNALL	Single	Tetford	Mary	JACKSON	Single
60	04/08/1834	George	MIDDLETON	Single		Ann	RANNARD	Single
61	10/09/1835	John	ELVIN	Widower		Jane	BRAY	Single
62	20/11/1835	William	BALL	Single		Lucy	FOX	Single
63	20/01/1837	Thomas	CRASHLEY	Single		Charlotte	MARKHAM	Single
64	30/03/1837	Thomas	ANDREW	Single		Ann	COCKING	Widow
65	04/05/1837	George	WILKINSON	Single		Elizabeth	TAYLOR	Single
66	08/06/1837	James	COOK	Single		Jane	ANDREWS	Single

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