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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Grainsby St Nicholas

 

The Parish

The parish of Grainsby lies in northeastern Lincolnshire about 5 miles inland from its North Sea Coast. Grainsby is located about 7 miles of the port of Grimsby just west of the A16 road which connects it to the market town of Louth. Grainsby is a very small settlement, just a scatter of cottages and farms along a lane which heads towards the Wolds from the A16. Grainsby is located in prime agricultural land, here largely of cereals, where the edge of the chalky Wolds emerges onto the coastal plain. This is typical Lincolnshire with big skies and large fields. Although Grainsby is sited at just 15 metres above sea level the land rises to the west and within a mile the higher land of the Wolds begins, rising to almost 100 metres in places. The drainage, as would be expected, is heading eastwards as a tributary of the Waithe Beck which reaches the North Sea at Tetney Marshes. Grainsby parish is small at just over 1,100 acres and supported barely 100 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held by one Wimund and supported 5 ploughs in addition to some meadow.


The Church

St Nicholas' church sits on the north side of the lane which runs through the settlement on a bend in that lane amongst the tightest grouping of cottages. The church has some very early features of which the south doorway is the oldest and Norman. The tower, too, clearly has early origins as most is in the Early English style. Much else is Perpendicular except for most of the northern side which was rebuilt in 1834. The church has no boundary being open to the lane though protected by some very large trees. The trees do restrict the views a little but they do not preclude photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 16th May 1754 - 6th July 1779 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - GRAINSBY PAR/1/5 Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 11th August 1779 - 14th February 1810 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - GRAINSBY PAR/1/4 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
3 18th May 1813 - 22nd October 1835 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - GRAINSBY PAR/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Ashby cum Fenby St Peter
Waithe St Martin
Waithe St Martin
Hawerby cum Beesby St Margaret
Tetney St Peter & St Paul
Hawerby cum Beesby St Margaret
North Thoresby St Helen
North Thoresby St Helen

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
16/05/1754 Joseph COLBECK     Mary CARRETT    
24/08/1754 Thomas MITCHINSON   North Ormsby Mary SANDS    
20/04/1756 Robert MARCAM     Sarah NICKISON    
12/07/1756 John KEMP   North Thoresby Mary OSBORN    
24/05/1757 John BROOKS Single   Mary SCREVENER Single  
31/07/1757 William BROWN     Elizabeth BOYNTON    
28/10/1758 William CORTES     Isabel HANLEY    
13/05/1759 Thomas WILMER     Alice BURDEN    
01/06/1762 William SUTTABY     Mary RANETHORP   North Thoresby
27/07/1762 Thomas WILLMER     Mary PLUMBTREE    
06/11/1764 Aaron BROWN     Ann KEMP    
26/11/1764 Robert KETTLEWELL     Ellen BARKER    
27/11/1764 Robert MUMBY     Ann PETTUA    
06/06/1765 Thomas WILLMER     Ann GUNNELL    
12/05/1767 William BROWN Widower North Thoresby Mary CORDEN Single  
04/05/1769 Robert SUTTABY     Sarah BUTTERS    
27/11/1769 William BELL   Thornton Curtis Anne MACKYE    
01/02/1770 Thomas PARKINSON Single Holton Le Clay Ellen CORDEN Single  
15/04/1771 Henry ATKINS   Ravendale Frances MAKYE    
22/09/1774 William CORDEN Single   Elizabeth NUTTAL Single  
19/08/1778 George BURRILL     Ann ORDEN    
06/07/1779 John LARDER     Elizabeth HALLIFAX    
11/08/1779 Isaac FOULSTONE Single   Mary CORDEN Single  
07/12/1780 John SMITH Single Woolley, Yorkshire Mary BUTTERS Single  
16/04/1781 Robert SUTTABY     Ann KITCHEN    
05/06/1781 Charles TALER     Ann BROWN    
12/08/1782 Jonathan DRACASS     Susanna SCUFFHAM    
24/10/1782 William SUTTABY     Ann MUMBY    
24/10/1782 Thomas CORDEN   North Thoresby Mary SOWDEN    
08/06/1783 Luke GIMSUM Widower   Mary MITCHINSON Single  
12/06/1783 James GOODACRE Single   Susanna SANDES Widow  
30/11/1786 William BLOUNT Single   Ann CAMPION Single North Thoresby
30/11/1786 Charles CAMPION Single North Thoresby Jane BLOUNT Single  
03/07/1788 John GOODACRE Single   Alice WORDALL Widow Fiskerton
14/04/1789 William BARKER Single   Ann BARR Single  
14/05/1789 Thomas LOWES Single   Elizabeth GUNNELL Single  
27/01/1790 Thomas KING Single   Susanna SANDS Single  
05/10/1790 John BARKER Widower   Mary LOWIS Single  
12/04/1792 Francis BARKER     Ann SUDDABY    
26/11/1792 John SEUPHAM     Rebecca KETTLEWELL    
08/07/1794 William BARKER     Ann WRIGHT    
01/02/1795 Roger DAWSON     Ann BARKER    
23/05/1804 Jonathan BRADLEY Single   Catharine SUTTABY Single  
11/06/1804 Benjamin BORRELL Single   Eliza Lionella Charlotte CATON Single  
24/11/1808 George Barr CHILD   Fillingham Harriet CODD Single  
27/11/1809 John BARKER Single   Rebecca GILLIATT Single  
14/02/1810 Robert ALLETT Single   Ann SMITH Single  
1 18/05/1813 Thomas ELVIDGE Single Laceby Elizabeth BARKER Single  
2 15/07/1817 Benjamin BRADLEY Single   Ann BARKER Single  
3 19/08/1817 Henry BOWER Single Elsham Ann THISTLETON Single  
4 04/01/1818 John BRADLEY Single   Elizabeth BARKER Single  
5 14/05/1819 Hill PLUMBTREE Single   Mary Scargill BROWN Single  
6 24/08/1819 Thomas BLITHE Single Marsh Chapel Mary Ann MUMBY Single  
7 31/10/1822 John Johnson BROWN Single   Rebecca PETCH Single  
8 01/01/1824 John HAIGH Single Halifax, Yorkshire Elizabeth BORRELL Single  
9 24/03/1824 Thomas CARR Single Dunholme Mary BORRELL Single  
10 28/06/1825 David ALLBOANS Single   Mary BROWN Single  
11 19/07/1825 Thomas CRAGG Widower   Sarah BRIGGS Widow  
12 01/09/1825 John GRIMOLDLEY Single   Ann LARDER Single Healing
13 20/06/1826 James ALLBOANS Single   Esther BRADLEY Single North Thoresby
14 09/01/1827 William HAIGH Single Halifax, Yorkshire Elizabeth Charlotte BORRELL Single  
15 18/05/1827 John EAST Single   Eleanor MUMBY Single  
16 24/05/1827 John BARNOLSBY Single   Elizabeth ODLING Single  
17 30/03/1829 Samuel Raithby KING Single   Mary PARRINDER   North Somercotes
18 18/05/1829 Thomas BARKER Single   Elizabeth Ann ROSE Single  
19 23/08/1829 William NEEDHAM   Tetney Mary ALLET    
20 16/05/1831 John BAXTER Single   Frances Elizabeth BARKER Single Louth
21 18/07/1831 Thomas BROWN Single Ludborough Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
22 27/03/1832 John GRAVES Single   Maria KENNINGTON Single  
23 16/07/1832 Charles WILLIAMS Single   Frances Ann KING Single  
24 02/08/1835 George GRAY Single   Eliza ALLETT Single  
25 14/08/1835 Richard SERGANT Single   Rebecca BLYTH Single  
26 22/10/1835 Allen BURMAN Single Tetney Ann TAYLOR Single  

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