Minting St Andrew

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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Minting St Andrew

The Parish

The parish of Minting lies in central Lincolnshire roughly 5 miles northwest of the market town of Horncastle. Minting sits just over a mile south of the A158 road which links Horncastle with Lincoln. Minting is a mid-sized village largely built around a T-junction, the main north to south lane carries a linear run of properties but that running west from it carries more concentrated centre to the village including the school and parish church. Whilst early gazetteers estimated almost equal proportions of arable and pastoral, today the balance is more typical of the county, largely arable. Both Domesday Book and the gazetteers indicate the land also bore extensive woodland which has largely disappeared and which would have been managed for typical woodland products by coppicing. Minting sits on a broad plain with rather sketchy drainage which eventually coalesces into the Catchwater Drain and then feeds southwards into the canalised stretch of the River Witham, the latter heads directly for the North Sea arriving through the port of Boston. Minting is sited at around 20 metres above the sea, a typical height for a large area, north of the A158 land rises gently to just breach the 30 metre contour in a few spots in generally flat terrain. Covering just over 2,600 acres Minting parish was larger than many Lincolnshire parishes, that acreage would have supported a population of close to 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Minting was held by Ivo Tallboys, with a small share with Countess Judith, its assets of 11 ploughs, some meadows and that extensive, parish sized, tract of woodland making it a moderately wealthy rural manor.

The Church

St Andrew's church sits on the southern side of the east to west running lane, here simply Church Lane. This is a church with very little remaining from the medieval, the church was almost totally rebuilt in 1864 so would not be recognisable to the participants in these marriages. The largest single piece of fabric remaining from the original medieval church is that of the 3-bay northern arcade which is 13th century and from the Early English Gothic period, albeit much restored during the rebuild. Further traces of early masonry may be found in the chancel but virtually everything else dates from the 1864 rebuild. With a simple nave and chancel, a northern aisle and, the only decorative feature, a small bell-turret topped with a spirelet, it is a small church for what is today a small congregation. A broad pavement outside the church allows partially off-street parking outside the gates, the church has trees crowding the western end and most of the southern views are similarly impacted leaving only the less favoured northern aspects for the photographer.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	17th May 1757 - 20th August 1811	Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - MINTING/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	20th May 1813 - 28th June 1837	Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - MINTING/PAR/1/5	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Langton by Wragby St Giles	Hatton St Stephen	Great Sturton All Saints
Bardney St Lawrence		Baumber St Swithin
Bardney St Lawrence	Gautby All Saints	Baumber St Swithin

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	17/05/1757	Edward	SCHOLEY		Panton	Mary	MELLTON	Widow
3	09/06/1757	Robert	FISHER		Horncastle	Margarett	SOUTHWELL
2	28/06/1757	William	BARTHROP		Sturton Le Steeple, Nottinghamshire	Mary	WALKER
4	27/04/1758	William	BONNER		Great Sturton	Mary	CARTER
5	04/08/1758	Thomas	RODGERS		Gautby	Ann	JACKSON
6	30/01/1759	Joseph	BURNITT			Susanna	DAVIS
7	25/06/1760	Thomas	ARNOLD		Gautby	Frances	BROCKLESBY
8	21/04/1761	James	THORN		Sibsey	Elizabeth	HALL
9	02/06/1761	John	CLARK		Hemingby	Caroline	MARSHALL
10	17/05/1763	Thomas	HALL	Single		Mary	SOUTHWELL	Single
	15/05/1764	Philip	KITCHEN			Bridget	STANDNOUGHT
11	22/05/1764	George	SCUPHOLM		Stickford	Elizabeth	WALKER
12	22/05/1764	William	DAY	Single	Fulletby	Sarah	WRIGHT	Single
13	21/05/1765	George	FREELOVE		Gayton Le Wold	Ann	WRIGHT	Single
14	24/09/1765	Samuel	BARTHOLOMEW		Revesby	Ann	FRESHNEY	Single
15	06/05/1766	John	FARR	Widower		Ann	TIMBERLAND	Single
16	25/07/1767	Richard	WOODCOCK	Widower		Sarah	STODDARD	Single
17	24/11/1767	William	HOLDERSHAW	Single	Gautby	Elizabeth	CARTER	Single
18	06/02/1769	Richard	BROWNE	Widower		Mary	MELLSON
19	13/04/1769	Edward	FLETCHER			Sarah	WILLIMOT	Single
20	12/06/1770	William	GRUNDY	Single	Tathwell	Ann	HOLMES	Single
21	14/08/1770	John	BONNER	Widower		Elizabeth	BARKER	Single
22	27/08/1770	William	JOHNSON			Eleanor	RHODES		Bardney
23	11/09/1770	William	ATKIN	Single	Thimbleby	Mary	FRESHNEY	Single
24	25/12/1770	Henry	AISTRUP	Single		Ann	ROGERS	Widow
25	07/05/1771	William	RAWDING	Single	Newark On Trent, Nottinghamshire	Elizabeth	BARTHOLOMEW	Single
26	15/05/1771	Adam	HILL	Single		Elizabeth	KENT	Single
27	13/06/1771	John	DANBY	Single		Mary	SEATON	Single
28	24/09/1771	John	WALLER	Widower	Tetford	Mary	BOSWELL	Single
29	05/11/1771	John	BLACKBURN		Langton By Wragby	Mary	HALL	Widow
30	02/11/1772	Richard	FRESHNEY	Single		Rebecca	SYMONS	Single
31	03/12/1772	Richard	BROWN	Widower		Elizabeth	BLADES
32	15/12/1772	William	WATTAM	Widower		Ann	PARNELL	Single
33	20/05/1773	Thomas	FAWCETT		Asterby	Eleanor	FRESHNEY	Single
34	14/10/1773	John	CARTER			Hannah	BATCHELOR
35	26/04/1774	John	BONNER		Martin	Mary	BARTHOLOMEW	Single
36	19/05/1774	John	BULLIVANT			Ann	OSBURNE	Single
37	23/05/1774	Thomas	BONNER	Single		Elizabeth	HOLMES	Single
38	07/05/1776	William	EAST	Single		Mary	HOLMES	Single
39	08/10/1776	William	GREENFIELD		Hemingby	Mary	BOYNTON	Single
40	26/11/1776	Richard	FRESHNEY	Widower		Ann	MAIDENS	Single
41	30/06/1778	William	MARSHALL	Single	Great Sturton	Martha	GOSLING	Single
42	20/07/1778	William	PARKER		Wragby	Mary	EASTE	Single
43	17/02/1780	John	PANTON	Widower		Elizabeth	ROGERSON	Single
44	23/02/1781	William	DAY			Elizabeth	FAWKS		Baumber
45	20/08/1781	John	WALKER	Widower		Mary	EVISON
46	05/10/1781	John	ARNOLD	Single	Gautby	Jane	GOYE		Gautby
47	12/05/1782	John	PICKWELL		Wispington	Mary	ADLARD
48	07/01/1783	Richard	CREASEY	Widower	St Martin, Lincoln	Elizabeth	FAIRWEATHER	Widow
49	20/05/1783	Henry	KIRTON		Wragby	Elizabeth	DISHBAND
50	01/09/1783	John	ADDLESEY		Stainton By Langworth	Ann	BOOTH
51	08/12/1783	John	HANDCOCK		Bardney	Mary	SHARPE
52	06/07/1784	Thomas	READ			Elizabeth	FARR
53	25/10/1784	George	WELPTON			Maria	BOULTON
54	11/01/1785	George	ALBONES		Horncastle	Eleanor	FARR
55	30/06/1789	Robert	DAY			Dinah	MAIDENS
56	22/01/1790	James	WRIGLEY			Phoebe	BARTON
57	09/06/1790	Benjamin	JESOP		Stainton By Langworth	Mary	WHALEY
58	04/01/1791	William	NORFOLK		Gautby	Ann	CHAPMAN
59	25/11/1793	Richard	SHUFHAM			Rebecca	BURKS
60	24/03/1794	William	ROBINSON		Linwood	Susanna	SOUTHWELL
61	20/05/1794	William	PARKS	Single	Roughton	Lydia	DAY	Single
62	10/06/1794	John	KENT	Single		Elizabeth	BUTTERS	Single
63	16/06/1795	Michael	DUNN	Widower	Horncastle	Sarah	BOOTH	Widow
64	25/08/1795	William	ALLMAND	Single	Wragby	Mary	DAY	Single
65	12/10/1795	Nathanael	BLACKBURN	Single		Mary	EMPRINGHAM	Single
66	16/05/1797	Richard	HILL	Single	Holton Le Moor	Elizabeth	EMMITT	Single
67	25/07/1797	William	RICHARDSON	Single	St Martin, Lincoln	Rebecca	WALLIS	Single
68	15/02/1799	John	FOWLER	Single	Sleaford	Mary	FARR	Single
69	09/07/1799	Robert	BRADER		Fulletby	Elizabeth	TURNER
70	01/04/1801	Joseph	EMPRINGHAM		Beelsby	Mary	BRUMPTON
71	14/11/1803	Benjamin	CALVERT	Single		Mary	EMPRINGHAM	Single
72	01/10/1804	Samuel	OVERTON	Single	Tealby	Rebecca	GREGSON	Single
73	22/10/1804	Charles	TASKER	Single		Sarah	FLETCHER	Single
74	04/09/1805	Jackson	DAY	Single		Mary	WALLER	Single
75	22/07/1806	John	HANDCOCK	Widower		Martha	ROBINSON	Widow
76	04/08/1807	William	GRUNDY	Single		Mary	CLAY	Single
77	06/08/1807	James	BLACKBOURN	Single	Waddingworth	Susanna	NICHOLS	Single
78	10/10/1808	Thomas Wortley	WILLEY	Single	Horncastle	Mary	DAY	Single
79	29/05/1809	Vinter	PADLEY	Single	Coningsby	Margaret	BAGGALEY	Single
80	06/12/1810	William	CLIPSHAM	Widower	Wragby	Elizabeth	STAMP	Widow
81	20/08/1811	Joseph	CHERRY	Single	Greetham	Susanna	BAGGALEY	Single
1	20/05/1813	John	MELTON	Single		Elizabeth	FRISHNEY	Single
2	22/07/1813	James	FRANCIS	Single	Waddingworth	Elizabeth	PARKER	Single
3	29/09/1813	Henry	BONNER	Single		Patience	CARTER	Widow
4	03/11/1813	William	MARRITT	Single		Ruth	BAUSON	Single
5	01/04/1817	Barr	PINNING	Single		Mary	SOUTHWELL	Single
6	04/08/1817	William	HODGSON	Single	Wood Enderby	Ann	CLAY	Single
7	25/11/1817	John	HEWITT	Single	Stainton By Langworth	Alice	CARTER	Single
8	13/04/1819	John	JEKYLL	Single		Mary	BLACKBURN	Single
9	14/05/1819	William	VEALL	Single		Mary	JEFFERY	Single
10	25/05/1819	William	BLACKBURN	Single		Lydia	FLETCHER	Single
11	22/02/1820	William	HOULANS	Single		Rachel	WINFIELD	Single
12	03/04/1821	Thomas	STENNETT	Single		Mary	CLARK	Single
13	17/08/1821	William	DOPSON	Single	Market Rasen	Ann	HARRISON	Single
14	24/12/1823	James	BAGGALEY	Single		Rose Ann	FRISKNEY	Single
15	29/11/1825	Francis	HALL	Single	Goulceby	Elizabeth	EVISON	Single
16	27/06/1826	William	COWLEY	Widower		Charlotte	GRUNDY	Widow
17	30/04/1827	Joseph	KIDLIN	Single		Rebecca	BAGGALEY	Single
18	15/05/1828	Joseph	BURTON	Single	East Barkwith	Charlotte	GOURNEL	Single
19	14/09/1828	Thomas	HATTER	Single		Elizabeth	CARTWRIGHT	Single
20	04/11/1828	Edward	TASKER	Single		Mary Ann	GREENFIELD	Single
21	24/02/1829	John	BROWN	Widower	Baumber	Mary	HORTON	Single
22	14/05/1829	William	CHATTERTON	Single	South Willingham	Mary	HARRISON	Single
23	24/04/1832	Edward	FLETCHER	Widower		Maria	THACKER	Single
24	26/06/1832	Moses	CROW	Single	Stenigot	Mary	DAY	Single
25	13/08/1832	Thomas	SPENCER	Single		Elizabeth	HIXON	Single
26	19/02/1833	William	CROFT	Single		Sarah	GREENFIELD	Single
27	14/05/1833	Thomas	MARSHALL	Single		Charlotte	GREENFIELD	Single
28	27/08/1833	John	EDMAN	Widower	Bardney	Mary	ADDLESEE	Widow
29	03/02/1834	Charles	SMITHSON	Single		Mary	LEWIS	Single	Bardney
30	25/03/1834	Richard	FRISKNEY	Single	Wispington	Elizabeth	ADDLESEE	Single
31	29/05/1834	William	COGGLE	Widower	Stainton By Langworth	Elizabeth	BLACKBOURN	Single
32	23/03/1836	William	ALLATT	Single		Maria	FARROW	Single
33	29/12/1836	Thomas	CLAY	Single		Jane	BRADER	Single
34	28/06/1837	Young	VEALL		Gunby By Spilsby	Mary	ANDREW

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