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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Llanvihangel Tor Y Mynydd St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd lies in eastern Monmouthshire about 6 miles northeast of the small market town of Usk. Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd sits roughly 1 mile west of the B4293 which connects Chepstow with Monmouth on the western side of the River Wye which forms the border with neighbouring Gloucestershire and England. Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd is a tiny place barely even registering as a hamlet, a scatter of farms and cottages either side of a lane running westwards from the B4293, its most prominent landmark being the Star Inn which gives its name to the hill. Like many parishes in rural Monmouthshire, the local economy would have been dominated by pastoral farming on the rich soils sitting over the Old Red Sandstone that shows so predominantly in the local buildings. Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd is drained by small tributaries of the Pill Brook which drains westwards into the nearby River Usk, turning south and reaching the outer Bristol Channel through the port of Newport. Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd sits on something of a ridge at 110 metres and within rolling countryside that reaches to just over 230 metres within nearby Trelleck parish. Rural Monmouthshire parishes are typically small in extent and Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd was one of those, covering just under 1,100 acres it would have supported around 200 parishioners. Like most of Wales Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd is not mentioned in Domesday Book which is scanty in its coverage west of the Wye.


The Church

St Michael's church sits just south of the main lane through the parish accompanied by farms, the suffix indicates it to be the church within a fold of the hills. Whilst the church is undoubtedly medieval in origin the restoration of the 1850s has removed much dating detail. It is believed that the present church was erected in the 14th century albeit nothing remains dateable to that century, the earliest recognised features being 15th century. Windows were refreshed in Tudor times but it is to the Victorians that most of the current church's detail can be traced. Restoration took place between 1853 and 1854 and gave the church its western double bellcote as well as restoring much of the fabric. As the church is approached a pair of un-surfaced lanes lead westwards from the narrow road, the right hand lane leads downhill to a rounded parking area allowing a visit. The tree-fringed churchyard has no significant obstacles to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 28th May 1754 - 6th April 1812 Gwent Archives, Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/168.3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Poor handwriting may lead to a few misreads
2 7th July 1814 - 26th June 1837 National Library of Wales Bishop's Transcripts on loose-leaf folios Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads This rating is as the result of there being 4 entries missing from the BTs


Llansoy St Tysoi
Llansoy St Tysoi
Llanishen St Dennis
Trelleck Grange
Llansoy St Tysoi
Trelleck Grange
Wolvesnewton St Thomas a Becket
Wolvesnewton St Thomas a Becket
Wolvesnewton St Thomas a Becket

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 28/05/1754 James WATKINS

Rachel WATKINS Single Llanishen
2 10/02/1755 William WILLIAMS

Elizabeth PRICE
Trelleck Grange
3 26/05/1755 Henry JONES

Mary JANEKINS Single
4 10/06/1755 William HOWELS
Llanishen Anne ROBERTS
Llanishen
5 24/06/1755 James WATKIN
Llanishen Anne HARRY

6 18/05/1756 William MORGAN

Catherine LAWRENCE
Trelleck Grange
7 25/09/1756 John HARRY
Llanfoist Rachel JONES

8 11/01/1757 William POOTEN

Anne CLARKE

9 22/02/1757 William DAVIES
Trelleck Catherine LEWIS
Trelleck
10 30/07/1757 John PARRY
Trelleck Grange Joyce PRICE
Trelleck Grange
11 20/02/1758 John MOXLEY Widower Trelleck Grange Anne WILLIAMS Widow Trelleck Grange
12 05/08/1758 Elias RICHARD
Trelleck Elizabeth WATKIN
Llanishen
13 06/12/1758 William LEWIS

Anne WILLIAMS

14 12/06/1759 Christopher JONES
Llanishen Margaret RICHARDS
Llanishen
15 28/07/1760 Thomas ROBERTS

Jane GOFF
Trelleck Grange
16 10/02/1761 James ROBERT
Trelleck Grange Catherine JONES

17 27/12/1762 George HOWEL

Sarah STEPHENS

18 31/05/1763 John STEPHENS

Mary TURNER

19 29/10/1763 William SPENCER Single Wolvesnewton Elizabeth POWELL Single
20 12/12/1763 James PROBERT

Sarah MICHAEL Single
21 25/06/1765 Philip MICHAEL

Taffy JONES

22 15/11/1765 Morgan DAVIES
Worle, Somerset Elizabeth AMBROSE Single
23 02/11/1767 Thomas RICHARDS Widower Usk Martha JONES Single
24 30/04/1768 Benjamin WILLIAMS Single
Anne POWELL Single
25 25/10/1768 Edmund JONES Single
Mary JONES Single
26 04/07/1769 Philip JONES Single
Anne EDWARD Single
27 21/08/1770 Thomas DANIEL

Jane WILLIAMS

28 22/12/1770 George WILLIAM Single Llanishen Elizabeth AUSTIN Single Wolvesnewton
29 25/05/1771 William MOSES Widower
Rachel LANGLEY Single Llangwm
30 20/12/1771 William NICHOLAS Single Cwmcarvan Joyce WILLIAMS Single
31 14/07/1772 William HARRIES Single Trelleck Grange Anne JONES Single
32 14/07/1772 Thomas MORGAN

Elizabeth JONES

33 05/01/1773 William HALL

Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
34 07/05/1774 Thomas MORGAN
Trelleck Grange Mary JONES
Trelleck Grange
35 19/06/1775 Thomas MORRIS Single
Mary WALTERS Single
36 15/10/1776 Thomas GWINNE Single Llansoy Anne LEWIS Single
37 26/05/1777 Henry EVANS Single Wolvesnewton Margaret JONES Single
38 21/04/1778 John ELWAY Single
Ann EDWARDS Single
39 25/04/1778 John JONES Single
Mary LEWIS Single
40 09/05/1778 Thomas LEWIS Single Llangwm Ann HARRIES Single
41 16/06/1778 Rees DAVIES Single
Mary JONES Single
42 19/04/1779 John GEORGE Single
Mary MORRIS Single
43 20/04/1779 John MUNK Single Llansoy Catherine MORGANS Single
44 22/08/1780 Henry NICHOLAS Single
Mary HALL Single Llansoy
45 10/01/1781 Thomas JONES Single Tintern Parva Ann JONES Single
46 22/02/1781 Lewis DAVIES Single
Jane WILLIAMS Single
47 07/08/1781 John REES Widower
Mary HARRIES Single
48 04/01/1782 James WATKINS Single Chapel Hill Ann MORGAN Single
49 17/07/1782 Henry WILLIAMS Single
Rachel HARRIS Single
50 28/08/1782 Philip LUFF Single Trelleck Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
51 24/02/1783 Matthew VAUGHAN Single Wolvesnewton Mary WATKINS Single
52 22/11/1784 William DAVIES Widower Chepstow Ann JAMES Widow
53 27/12/1784 John WHITE Single
Margaret JONES Single
54 06/06/1785 Thomas LEWIS Single Trelleck Ann JONES Single
55 03/06/1786 Edward WATKIN Single Wolvesnewton Elizabeth JONES Single
56 26/06/1787 John MORRIS Single
Ann DAVIES Single
57 09/06/1788 William WATKINS Single Trelleck Grange Mary MORRIS Single
58 16/07/1788 Edward VALENTINE Single
Jane EDWARDS Single
59 16/09/1790 John KING Widower Yate, Gloucestershire Sophia DORNEY Single
60 05/11/1790 John WILLIAMS Widower
Jane JONES Widow
61 14/12/1790 James WALTERS Single
Tabitha SADLER Single
62 31/05/1791 John MOXLEY Single
Ann ROBERTS Widow
73 20/06/1791 Thomas DAVIS Single
Elizabeth WALTERS Single
74 09/01/1792 Clement DOWELL Single
Elizabeth EVANS Single
65 23/09/1794 Isaac JENKINS Single
Ann WATKINS Widow
66 31/12/1794 James THOMAS Single
Elizabeth MICHAEL

67 23/12/1795 Thomas WILLIAMS Single Llansoy Susannah MATTHEWS Widow
68 29/08/1796 William JONES Single
Elinor MORRIS Single
69 04/01/1797 William MORRIS Single
Mary JAMES Single
70 23/01/1797 William TAYLOR Single Trelleck Grange Ann JONES Single
71 31/05/1797 William NICHOLAS Single
Frances WILLIAMS Single
72 12/06/1798 Edmund JONES Single
Mary JONES Single
73 30/10/1798 George LAXE Single
Margaret ELISH Single
74 03/01/1800 Evan HARRIES Widower Trelleck Ann JENKINS Widow
75 18/02/1800 John MORGAN Single
Ann HARRIS Single
76 07/12/1800 Charles WILLIAMS Single Llangoven Susanna MATHEWS Single
77 30/12/1800 Thomas LEWIS Single
Ann HUGHES Single Trelleck
78 25/04/1802 James EVANS Single
Elizabeth HOSKINS

79 09/04/1805 John JONES Single
Elizabeth JONES Single Wolvesnewton
80 27/11/1805 George JONES

Catherine THOMAS
Wolvesnewton
81 03/08/1806 William FORD Single
Elizabeth HOLMS Single
82 06/11/1806 John NICHOLAS Single
Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
83 02/04/1807 George MORRIS Single
Martha JAMES Single
84 20/07/1807 William JAMES Single
Sarah MORRIS Single
85 24/05/1808 Richard PHILLIPS Single
Hannah HARRIS Single
86 01/10/1808 Richard WILLIAMS

Elizabeth EDMONDS

87 29/05/1809 Richard WILLIAMS
Rockfield Mary JONES

88 09/07/1810 Patrick MORGAN Single
Jane VALENTINE Single
89 18/07/1810 John MORRIS Single
Temperance LEWIS Single
90 30/07/1810 Richard DAVIES Single
Sarah JENKINS Single
91 29/05/1811 Henry JAMES Single
Elizabeth WATKINS Single
92 25/07/1811 John ROSSER Single Llanover Mary WATKINS Single
93 05/08/1811 Thomas MORRIS Single
Mary EDMUNDS Single
94 02/11/1811 John LEWIS Single
Mary MORRIS Single
94 06/04/1812 John JONES Single St Arvans Anne MICHAEL Single
1 07/07/1814 George JAMES

Margaret WHITE

2 07/11/1815 William WILLIAMS Single
Margaret HARRIS Single
3 27/06/1817 John BOWEN Single Tintern Parva Elizabeth HOPKINS Single
4 06/04/1818 John THOMAS Single
Martha WALKER Single
5 10/06/1818 Thomas EDMONDS Widower
Mary HARRIS Single
6 11/05/1819 James VAUGHAN
Llangwm Catharine RICHARD

7 13/06/1819 John EDWARDS Single Llandenny Mary MORGAN Single
11 08/05/1827 William JONES Single Trelleck Grange Rebeckah LUKE Single
12 31/12/1827 Joshua WILLIAMS Single
Elizabeth PROSSER Single
13 18/08/1828 Timothy PARRY Single
Mary Ann ROSSER Single
14 07/10/1828 Charles EVANS Single
Elizabeth MORGAN Single
15 04/08/1829 Phillip THOMAS Single
Sarah MORGAN Single
16 09/05/1831 James WHITE Single
Mary Williams STEDARD Widow
17 12/09/1831 William EDWARDS Single Llandenny Mary EDWARDS Single
18 11/12/1831 Thomas JAMES Single
Anne WILLIAMS Single
19 15/12/1832 William WALTERS Single
Mary ROSSER Single
20 30/12/1833 George HARNOLD Single
Frances TAYLOR Single
21 22/12/1834 William MORRIS Single
Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
22 05/02/1835 William ROBERTS Single
Mary JAMES Single
23 30/03/1835 John MORGAN Single
Eliza JENKINS Single
24 27/12/1835 Charles EDMONDS Single
Elizabeth FINCH Single
25 04/04/1836 James JONES Single
Anne WARD Single
26 04/04/1836 Mathew STEPHENS Single
Elizabeth Tommy BENNETT Single
28 09/05/1836 James RICHARD Single
Martha DAVIES Single
27 11/05/1836 William REESE Single
Mary PRIEST Single
29 23/05/1837 William JONES Single
Caroline MICHAEL Single
30 26/06/1837 James JONES Single
Mary PHILLIPS Single

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