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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Risca St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Risca lies in western Monmouthshire close to its border with neighbouring Glamorgan. Risca is located about 6 miles northwest of the port of Newport in the lower valley of the Ebbw River. Risca is sited on the B4591 road which links Newport with Newbridge, this was formerly the A467 which thankfully now bypasses to the south of the village. Until the indutrailisation of the Victorian Age Risca was a small rural farming settlement making its living largely from pastoral farming. With the opening of mines and associated heavy industry the parish population grew exponentially spawning the outer villages of Pontymister and Crosskeys. Much of this growth happened in the period immediately after this transcript period so what you see is the records of a much smaller community. At Risca the River Ebbw is not so deeply incised as further north in its course, Risca is sited at around 60 metres above sea level with hills to east and west rising to 360 metres on Mynydd Machen. The Ebbw is flowing southeastwards and reaches the Bristol Channel just west of Newport. Risca parish was typical of the size of lowland Monmouthshire parishes but still by the end of this transcript period supported over 1,000 parishioners (it would have grown from around 300 at the start). Like most of Wales Risca is not mentioned in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Mary's church sits at the junction of St Mary St and Church Road at the northwestern end of Risca village and close to the River Ebbw. St Mary is not an ancient church having been built in the mid-19th century after the demolition of its mediaeval predecessor. It is built in what Pevsner terms "a heavy-handed Decorated style". It is unusual in having the tower to the south rather than in the traditional western position. The site is rather hemmed in by main road to its south and railway track to its north, the church is surrounded by a substantial head-height stone wall with access by metal gates from a large parking space at the junction of the two roads. As a result of this tight site photographic opportunities are rather limited from within the graveyard and the best views are from the roadside.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 14th May 1754 - 5th December 1812 Gwent Archives - Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/94.6 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 4th May 1813 - 23rd February 1823 Gwent Archives - Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/94.7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
3 5th March 1825 - 24th June 1837 Gwent Archives - Ebbw Vale - Reference - D/PA/94.8 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Mynyddislwyn St Tudor
Mynyddislwyn St Tudor
Henllys St Peter
Mynyddislwyn St Tudor
Bassaleg St Basil
Machen St Michael
Machen St Michael
Bassaleg St Basil

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 14/05/1754 Thomas STEPHEN Single Machen Margarett THOMAS Single  
2 04/06/1754 John TICKELL Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
3 03/12/1754 Rees PHILIP Single   Mary EDWARD Single  
4 17/02/1756 Charles LEWIS Single Christchurch Blanch EDWARD Single  
5 21/05/1756 Edward DAVID Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
6 13/10/1756 John MORGAN Widower Malpas Jane EDWARD Single  
7 22/02/1757 John TICKELL Widower   Mary WILLIAM Widow Bassaleg
8 10/05/1757 Gwethin HARRY Single Bassaleg Margaret WILLIAM Single  
9 21/05/1757 Edward WILLIAM Single   Anne THOMAS Single Henllys
10 12/05/1758 Rosser HARRY Single Machen Blanch PHILLIP Single  
11 17/05/1759 Morgan LEWIS Single   Cecil WILLIAM Single  
12 06/06/1759 David RICHARD Widower Bassaleg Margaret JOHN Single  
14 12/06/1762 John POWEL Single Marshfield Mary THOMAS Single  
15 02/11/1762 Bloom WILLIAMS Single Cardiff, Glamorgan Elinor LEWIS Single  
16 01/02/1763 Edmond WILLIAM Single Bedwellty Elizabeth EVANS Single  
17 20/08/1763 John THOMAS Widower Mynyddislwyn Hannah WILLIAMS Widow  
18 27/09/1763 Rowland RICHARD Single   Mary DANIEL Single  
19 21/07/1764 Henry WILLIAM Single   Anne JOHN Single  
20 01/10/1764 Joseph SMITH Single St Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
21 20/05/1766 William THOMAS Single   Cecil WILLIAMS    
23 20/05/1766 Thomas EDWARD Single   Amy THOMAS    
24 09/01/1767 Edward ROBERTS   Mynyddislwyn Anne PHILLIP    
26 02/06/1769 Charles LLOYD Single   Mary MILES Single Llanhilleth
27 26/09/1769 David LEWIS Single Mynyddislwyn Anne LYWELYN Single  
28 16/12/1769 John MARTIN Single   Rachel DAVIES Single Mynyddislwyn
19/04/1770 Edward THOMAS Single Eglwysilan, Glamorgan Mary MORGAN Single  
29 21/04/1770 Joseph LLOYD Widower   Jennet THOMAS Single  
30 05/05/1770 James COCKER Single   Jane ROWLAND Single  
31 02/06/1770 Thomas GRIFFITHS Single   Margaret TAYLOR    
30/06/1770 Thomas EDWARDS Single   Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
14/05/1771 Evan THOMAS Single   Amy WILLIAMS Single  
22/08/1771 John EVANS Single   Susanna HUGHTON Single  
29/03/1773 Edward ABRAHAM Single Bassaleg Mary LAURENCE Single  
13/05/1775 William FRANCIS Single Bassaleg Blanch JENKINS Single  
27/04/1776 Edward EVANS Single   Anne JAMES Single  
09/11/1776 William KENVIN Widower   Blanch MORGAN Single Bettws
28/01/1777 Thomas GEORGE Single Mynyddislwyn Mary LLYWELIN Single  
25/02/1777 James WILLIAMS Widower   Catherine MORGAN Single  
22/07/1777 William THOMAS Single Mynyddislwyn Mary JOHN Single  
03/12/1777 Thomas JOHN Single Machen Rachel LEWIS Single  
17/02/1778 Thomas MORGAN Single   Amy PHILLIPS Single  
06/07/1778 William THOMAS Single   Lydia MOSES Single Bedwas
07/12/1778 William JONES Single   Jane WILLIAMS    
16/03/1781 John KENVIN Single   Mary WATKIN Single Michaelstone Y Fedw
16/07/1781 John OLDFIELD Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
25/05/1782 Evan WILLIAM Single   Anne DAVID Single  
15/06/1782 Thomas JOHN Single   Elinor JOHN Single  
12/09/1782 John THOMAS Widower   Mary JENKIN Single  
24/12/1782 George JOHN Single Christchurch Sarah THOMAS Single  
30/05/1783 Henry BEVIS Single   Jane GEORGE Single Llanvaches
15/12/1783 Edward THOMAS Single Machen Mary MORGAN Single  
27/04/1784 William MORGAN Single   Anne EDMOND Single  
20/07/1784 Henry RICHARD Single   Amy THOMAS Single  
07/08/1784 Thomas ROWLAND Single   Cecil THOMAS Single  
08/02/1785 Evan EVANS Single   Gwenllian THOMAS Single  
01/06/1785 William MORGAN Single Bassaleg Anne JONES Single  
05/09/1785 William REES Single St Brides Netherwent Sarah PHILIPS Single  
12/02/1787 William ROGERS Single   Cecil WILLIAMS Single  
05/05/1787 John MORGAN Single   Gwenllian JONES Single  
27/05/1788 Henry JONES Single Mynyddislwyn Anne EVANS Single  
05/04/1789 David JONES Single   Margaret THOMAS Single  
08/09/1789 David EDMUND Single Machen Amy THOMAS Single  
24/11/1789 Thomas WATKINS Single Llanedeyrn, Glamorgan Anne JONES Single  
24/05/1791 Edward MORRIS Single   Margaret EVANS Single Mynyddislwyn
18/05/1793 William WATERS Single Machen Ann PREES Single  
04/11/1794 John WILLIAMS Single   Sarah WATKIN Single  
12/07/1795 Thomas JONES Single   Mary HARRIS Single  
25/07/1795 John JENKINS Single   Rachel EDWARDS Single  
16/01/1796 Thomas JONES Single   Jane COCKER Single  
06/05/1796 William HARRY Single   Mary HARRY Single Bassaleg
28/05/1796 William DAVIES Widower   Anne MORGAN Widow Bassaleg
25/06/1796 Richard JONES Single   Mary BEVIS Single  
05/07/1797 Thomas MORGAN Single Bassaleg Elizabeth JENKINS Single  
19/02/1798 Thomas EVANS Single   Anne WATERS Single Bassaleg
08/08/1798 Morgan THOMAS Single   Margaret PRYCE   Bassaleg
28/04/1800 Charles LEWIS Single Henllys Rebecca EDWARDS Single  
05/06/1802 William CAMPBELL Widower   Mary JENKINS Single  
29/09/1802 Alexander MCCALL     Elizabeth SMITH Single  
15/02/1803 Thomas MORGAN Single Bassaleg Luce LEWIS Single  
25/10/1803 William WATKIN Single   Mary LEWELIN Single  
23/08/1804 Joshua ROBERTS Single   Jane MORGAN Widow  
22/12/1804 Thomas MORRICE Single   Anne COCKER Single  
04/05/1805 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Joan BENJAMIN Single  
18/08/1805 Thomas JONES Single   Joan LEWIS Single  
02/12/1805 Thomas AARON Widower   Sarah LEWIS Single  
17/03/1806 John LEWIS Single Machen Blanch KYNVIN Single  
22/03/1806 William LEWIS Single   Amy KYNVIN Single  
30/09/1806 Henry JONES Single Mynyddislwyn Mary EVANS Single  
30/08/1807 William LANSDOWN Single   Christian WHITE Single  
22/11/1807 William SAMUEL Single   Mary LLOYD Single  
10/05/1808 George GIMLET Single   Anne LLEWELEN Single  
23/05/1808 William HESTER Single   Anne BEVIS Single  
11/06/1808 Evan WATKIN Single   Mary EVANS Single  
02/10/1808 Edward JENKINS Single   Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
30/10/1808 Samuel ROWLANDS Single   Mary HARRIS   Bassaleg
04/12/1808 John EDMUNDS Single   Mary VAUGHAN Single Machen
06/03/1809 William THOMAS Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
13/08/1809 John SAMUEL Single Bassaleg Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
23/09/1809 Henry ROBERTS Single Bassaleg Maria SMITH Single  
03/12/1809 Isaac WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth MORGAN Single  
11/02/1810 William WILLIAMS Single Newport Rachel SMITH Single  
03/03/1810 William JONES Single   Mary EVANS Single  
20/05/1810 John BOWEN Single   Mary GRIFFITHS Widow  
30/06/1810 William EDWARDS Single Newport Anne JONES Single  
19/08/1810 Thomas JENKINS Widower   Mary EVANS Single  
22/10/1810 Henry DAVIES Single   Amy MORGAN Single  
13/11/1810 Evan HARRY Widower   Sarah REES Widow  
17/03/1811 Edward EVANS Single   Mary EDMUNDS Single  
18/05/1811 Joseph EDWARDS Single   Jane WATERS Single  
17/09/1811 William EDWARDS Single Bettws Mary DAVIES Single  
03/05/1812 Henry BEVIS Single   Elizabeth REES Single Bassaleg
05/12/1812 Nathanael WATKINS Single   Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
1 04/05/1813 William WATKIN Widower   Jane HARRIS Single  
2 15/05/1813 Robert WILLSHAR Single   Mary EVANS Single  
3 29/05/1813 Edmund JONES Single   Margaret WATKINS Single  
4 11/07/1813 William THOMAS Single   Jane EVANS Single  
5 07/08/1813 Edward ERELIUS Single   Margaret WATKINS Single  
6 12/06/1814 Evan JOB Single   Harriet SMITH Single  
7 12/07/1814 Thomas MOSES Single Trevethin Elinor LOYD Single  
8 24/06/1815 William POWEL Single   Margaret JONES Single  
9 29/09/1815 Thomas KYNVIN Single   Sarah GILBERT Single  
10 21/04/1816 John SAMUEL Single Bassaleg Anne EDWARDS Single  
11 23/04/1816 Edward EVANS Single Bassaleg Esther JONES Single  
12 23/06/1816 Michael SMITH Single   Sarah EVANS Single  
13 23/09/1816 Edward EVANS Widower   Hannah JARRET Widow  
14 22/04/1817 William PHILLIPS Single   Mary MORGAN Single Bassaleg
15 21/06/1818 Henry KYNVIN Single   Bridget MORGAN Single  
16 22/07/1818 John CAMBRIDGE Single   Jane POOL Single  
17 23/11/1818 William LEWIS Single Gelligaer, Glamorgan Ann HARRIS Single  
18 22/02/1819 William DAVIES Single   Charlotte RICHARDS    
19 05/08/1819 John WILLIAMS Single Llavihangel Llantarnam Anne JENKINS Single  
20 12/10/1819 Job TILLET Single Mynyddislwyn Jane JONES    
21 24/09/1820 Edward JAMES Single   Leah SAMUEL Single  
22 02/10/1820 William PRICE Single   Sarah CHURCHEL Single  
23 16/10/1820 Job CARDY Single Machen Mary LOYD Single  
24 19/02/1821 David EDMUNDS Widower   Anne LOVEL Single  
25 03/03/1821 John MORGAN Single   Leah JENKINS Single  
26 05/06/1821 William THOMAS Single Bassaleg Rachel DAVIES Single  
27 28/09/1821 John JONES Single Nash Anne CROSS Single  
28 08/10/1821 William DAVIES Widower   Catherine JONES Widow  
29 20/11/1821 John PHILLIPS Single   Hariet JENKINS Single  
30 22/12/1821 John PHILLIPS Widower Bassaleg Elizabeth EDMUNDS Single  
31 00/00/1822 David DAVIES Single   Margarett WILLIAMS Single  
32 15/06/1822 William WILLIAMS Single Mynyddislwyn Jane HARRIS Single  
33 20/06/1822 William HARRIS Single   Ann HOPKINS Single  
40 07/10/1822 Henry ROSSER Single Machen Mary HOWELL Widow  
41 23/02/1823 John WATKINS Single   Anne GILBERT    
1 05/03/1825 William CAMPBELL Widower   Rachel THOMAS Widow  
2 19/04/1825 Edmund WILLIAMS Single   Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
3 31/08/1825 Thomas SAUNDERS Single   Mary EVANS Single  
4 01/10/1825 Robert THOMAS Widower   Elizabeth DAVIS Widow  
5 12/03/1826 Charles CORDY Single   Grace PRICE    
6 22/04/1826 Thomas BEAVIS     Elizabeth KENVYN    
7 22/04/1826 David DAVIES     Elizabeth ROSSER    
8 28/06/1826 Cezar LE GALL Single France Mary THOMAS Single  
9 24/07/1826 Thomas CROSS Single   Mary MATHEWS Single  
10 05/08/1826 John BEAVIS Single   Florence PRIDE    
11 15/10/1826 James BEAVIS     Susannah MATTHEWS    
12 13/05/1827 William REES Single   Margaret EDMUNDS Single  
13 16/07/1827 David THOMAS Single   Amy JENKINS    
14 07/04/1828 John DAVIES Single   Elizabeth EVANS Single  
15 03/05/1828 Meredith JONES Widower   Ann STEVENS Single  
16 17/05/1828 Daniel PHILLIPS Single   Ann JONES Single  
17 16/08/1828 William FRANCIS Widower Machen Anne CROSS Single  
18 17/08/1829 James FRANCIS Widower   Margarett EVANS Single  
19 26/09/1829 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Ann WILLIAMS Single  
20 07/11/1829 Edward MANWARING Single   Jemima EDWARDS Single  
21 11/11/1829 Phillip EDWARDS Single   Margaret STEPHENS Single  
22 17/09/1831 David WALTERS Single   Ann ERELIUS Single  
23 17/10/1831 James EVANS Single   Catharine DAVIS Single  
24 01/11/1831 John ELWARD Single   Maria JONES Single  
25 27/03/1832 John EVANS Single Mynyddislwyn Sara LLOYD Single  
26 05/06/1832 William JONES Single   Margaret JENKINS Single  
27 10/12/1832 John WINTER Single   Ann RICHARDS Single  
28 08/07/1833 Henry WILLIAMS Widower Mynyddislwyn Sarah JONES Single  
29 20/01/1834 John DAVIES Widower   Anne GILBERT Widow  
30 28/09/1834 John POOL     Joannah THOMAS    
31 21/07/1835 George MOORE Single   Anne ROBERTS Widow  
32 07/11/1835 Richard HOWELLS Single   Harriet EVANS Single  
33 23/11/1835 David JONES Single   Sarah THOMAS Single  
34 29/02/1836 Samuel BRYANT Single   Catharine JAMES Single  
35 22/04/1836 William BEACHEY Single   Mary DANIEL Single  
36 25/04/1836 Isaac JONES Single   Rachael ISRAEL Single  
37 14/06/1836 Evan POWELL Single   Jane EDWARDS Single  
38 15/11/1836 Jacob JACOB Single Cardiff, Glamorgan Mary ROSSER Single  
39 10/12/1836 William DAVIES Single   Ann JENKINS Single  
40 24/06/1837 John MASON     Mary WILLIAMS    

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