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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
West Torrington All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of West Torrington lies in the northern portion of Central Lincolnshire about 5 miles southeast of the market town of Market Rasen. West Torrington is a small village gathered around a junction of lanes about a mile north of the A157 road which connects the large village of Wragby with the market town of Louth. This is fairly flat agricultural country dominated by cereals, oil seed and beet grown in large open fields under big Lincolnshire skies. There is little to West Torrington, a scatter of cottages around its main junction plus farms over the adjacent area. West Torrington sits on a low ridge of land between two small streams, these flow westwards to eventually join the Barling Eau at Langworth before flowing via the River Witham to the North Sea. West Torrington is sited at around 30 metres above the sea and there are few contours hereabouts, although land rises gently towards the Wolds which lie a few miles to the east. West Torrington parish was small and typical of this part of Lincolnshire at around 1,00 acres, it would have supported a population of just under 150 parishioners. In Domesday times West Torrington was reported included within its eastern neighbour where the joint parishes were held by 4 landowners, the joint parishes held just 3 ploughs and a small meadow.


The Church

All Saints' church has been deconsecrated and is no linger used for worship. The building was a Victorian rebuild of no great architectural merit and is dismissed by Pevsner in a handful of lines which serve only to describe its principal features. The church stands behind the bulk of housing to the west of the main road running through the hamlet, given its current status it is unsure how much access there will in the future.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 28th November 1754 - 9th July 1812 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - WEST TORRINGTON 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 21st December 1813 - 17th May 1836 Lincolnshire Archives - Reference - WEST TORRINGTON PAR/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Holton Beckering All Saints
Legsby St Thomas
East Torrington St Michael
East Torrington St Michael
Holton Beckering All Saints
East Barkwith St Mary
West Barkwith All Saints
Holton Beckering All Saints
Wragby All Saints
West Barkwith 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 28/11/1754 William STANLEY     Elizabeth HAYON    
2 05/12/1754 Samuel MASSAM     Anne PERRING    
3 15/08/1755 John WALKER     Mary MASSIN    
4 22/11/1756 William WYN     Mary BUTTON    
5 17/02/1757 James MARTIN   East Torrington Susannah PERRIN    
6 12/07/1758 Thomas BENTLEY     Mary HAND    
7 05/05/1760 Robert HOLLAND   St Peter At Arches, Lincoln Elizabeth PROCTOR    
8 14/05/1761 John WILSON     Martha KING   Fiskerton
9 29/09/1761 Richard CHAPPILL     Rebecca ROSE    
10 07/12/1764 John HAWKES   Stainton By Langworth Ann THOMPSON    
11 19/07/1765 Robert WALKER     Tabitha THOMPSON    
12 13/05/1766 John LOCKINGTON     Elizabeth CODD    
13 04/12/1766 James GOOD   Hackthorn Elizabeth CLARKE    
14 16/06/1767 Thomas ROGERSON   Waddingworth Ann BARKER Single  
15 28/11/1769 Moses BURKET     Mary WALKER    
16 04/01/1770 Samuel MASSAM     Ann ALLAN    
17 09/01/1770 Vincent KING     Elizabeth HOLMES    
18 17/04/1770 Edward BABINGTON   Hainton Rebecca ROSE Single  
19 22/07/1771 John EDMUND   Holton Beckering Elizabeth KING    
20 10/04/1773 Stephen WINCHLEY     Hannah JENKINSON    
21 15/07/1774 William RICHARDSON Single   Hannah POUGHER Single  
22 27/08/1776 John THOMPSON Widower   Susanna DIXON Widow  
23 11/02/1777 Thomas SMALL Widower East Torrington Catharine STOKES Single  
24 22/09/1778 Joseph WALKER     Ann WALKER    
25 26/04/1779 William DANBY   Holton Beckering Ann BEDFORD    
26 23/05/1782 William RAYTON     Ann HOLMES    
27 16/07/1782 Joseph WILSON   Hainton Mary THOMPSON    
28 01/07/1783 William CATER     Mary WYNN    
29 21/10/1783 Christopher JENKINSON Single   Ann ROGERSON Single Sotby
30 12/05/1784 Richard BURTON   East Barkwith Sarah CASH    
31 23/11/1784 Richard ASTLEY Single Waddingworth Mary NELSON Single  
32 01/09/1785 Thomas TINDALL   Walesby Frances LAUGHTON    
33 14/01/1790 Joseph OLIVER   Tealby Martha SHEPHERD    
34 17/05/1790 Benjamin ROBINSON   Market Stainton Martha WILSON    
35 23/12/1790 Thomas LIGGIT   Reepham Ann WYNN    
36 13/05/1791 Charles CHAPPEL   South Kelsey Elizabeth LIMAN    
37 12/03/1793 Robert BETT Single Bishop Norton Lydia ROBINSON Single  
38 14/07/1794 John BROWN   North Willingham Elizabeth EMPERINGHAM    
39 24/01/1797 Edward BRACHER     Elizabeth CLAYTON    
40 28/11/1797 Thomas COULSON Single   Ann SHEPHERD Single  
41 16/05/1798 William LEE Single   Elizabeth ANSON Single  
42 05/04/1799 John HANSON Single   Ann JENKINSON Widow  
43 23/04/1799 John WILSON Single   Elizabeth EDMUNDS Single  
44 26/06/1799 George SMITH Single Tealby Mary SHEPHERD Single  
45 27/10/1803 John BUTLER Widower East Torrington Susannah BARKES Widow  
46 17/05/1804 Martin CLARKE Single   Eleanor WILKINSON Single  
47 10/10/1805 Thomas MARRIOT Single Legsby Maria ROBINSON Single  
48 08/04/1806 Robert LANSDALL Single Horncastle Mary HUTSON Single  
49 17/05/1809 Benjamin SANDAL Single   Ann ESPIN Single  
50 08/10/1810 John BEE Widower Humberstone Ann PRIDDEN Widow  
51 01/01/1811 William SHARPE Single   Susan FLINTHAM Single  
52 23/04/1811 John KENWELL Single Welton Mary RAYNER Single  
53 09/07/1812 Thomas AISTHROP Single Stainfield Sarah TINDALE Single  
1 21/12/1813 William COGHIL Single   Elizabeth NELSON Single  
2 16/05/1814 Richard KENDALL Single   Mary CHAPMAN Single  
3 11/05/1815 Benjamin LION Single   Elizabeth DRAYTON Single Billinghay
4 16/05/1820 William TINDALL Single Burgh On Bain Elizabeth NEEDLAY Single  
7 00/00/1821 John HEBBLEWHITE Widower   Maria DENNIS Single  
10 19/05/1824 Avid BROWN Single Barlings Mary MOWER Single  
13 28/01/1828 Robert SCOTT Single Holton Beckering Elizabeth CURTIS Single  
14 05/08/1830 George ASH Single East Torrington Martha BENTHAM Single  
15 04/11/1830 William GANT Widower   Ann BROCK Single  
16 15/05/1833 Frederick BOOTH Single   Rebecca CLARK Single Holton Beckering
17 05/08/1834 Thomas WEATLEY Single   Sarah WILSON Single  
19 05/05/1835 James ODLING Single Ashby Cum Fenby Margaret ADAMS Single  
20 18/05/1835 William BRACKENBURY Single   Rebecca Morris ESPIN Single St Swithin, Lincoln
21 26/05/1835 John PUTTERGILL Single   Elizabeth PATCHET Single  
22 16/06/1835 William DOBSON Single Legsby Mary WILLSON Single  
23 07/01/1836 John ELLIS Single Owmby Ann INGHAM Single  
24 17/05/1836 James DIXON Single   Mary Ann BAILEY Single  

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