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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Little Harrowden St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Little Harrowden lies in east central Northamptonshire about 3 miles northwest of the market town of Wellingborough. Little Harrowden (ironically nowadays larger than its near neighbour Great Harrowden) is a mid-sized compact village sitting on the B574, a curious little road that loops out and back from the A509 just to visit Little Harrowden, the A509 connects Wellingborough with Kettering. Little Harrowden was almost totally a farming community with a predominance of arable farming although some pastures were present, much less so today. Little Harrowden is drained eastwards by small tributaries of the nearby River Ise which is soon joined, the latter meets the Nene at Wellingborough and the North Sea through The Wash. Little Harrowden is sited at around 90 metres above the sea in gently rolling rural landscapes, local heights reach to around 120 metres within a few miles. Little Harrowden parish is also curious in shape being elongated on an east to west axis yet narrow from north to south, it covered just over 1,500 acres making it fairly typically sized despite its odd shape and it would have supported a population of around 700 parishioners. Despite St Mary's church having Norman features, see below, there is no mention of Little Harrowden in Domesday Book, it is suspected that it was recorded within neighbouring Orlingbury.


The Church

St Mary's church lies towards the eastern end of Little Harrowden on the northern side of the B574 as it heads back towards the A509. As stated above St Mary retains a southern doorway from the Norman Romanesque era of the 11th century. The remainder of the church is more typically late 13th and early 14th centuries and largely in the Decorated style prevalent at that time. Pevsner speculates that the third bay of southern arcade is in fact a reused transept arch from an earlier church, perhaps cruciform in design. The present church was denuded of its standard western tower over stages, the spire fell in 1703 and the unsafe tower was demolished in recent times, a small bellcote replacing that feature. The church sits on the northern side of the road, which is amply wide enough for parking, in a slightly elevated position relevant to the pavement, a shallow flight of steps rises through the ironstone boundary wall to grant access to a churchyard with few obstructions for photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th September 1754 - 14th December 1812 Northamptonshire Archives - Reference - 158P/065 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd January 1813 - 18th December 1836 Northamptonshire Archives - Reference - 158P/048 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Orlingbury St Mary
Orlingbury St Mary
Isham St Peter
Hannington St Peter & St Paul
Finedon St Mary
Hardwick St Leonard
Hardwick St Leonard
Great Harrowden All Saints
Great Harrowden 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 08/09/1754 John RICHARDSON Single   Elizabeth CHAMBERS Single  
2 25/04/1755 John MILLER Single Finedon Mary CANWARDEN Single  
3 01/05/1755 Plant MORRIS Single Great Harrowden Sarah WOOLSTONE Single  
4 06/07/1755 Thomas ALDERMAN Single   Dorothy WATTS Single  
5 13/10/1755 Stephen CANWARDEN Single   Susannah MAYS Single Orlingbury
6 09/11/1755 Hugh CLARK Single Rushden Ann CAMPIN Single  
7 15/12/1755 John LARUM Single   Mary ABBOTT Single  
8 29/05/1756 Stephen CANWARDEN Single   Ann WARDEN Single  
9 24/06/1756 Daniel DRIVER Single   Mary SMITH Single Orlingbury
10 21/11/1756 William AUSTIN Single   Hannah RICE Single Broughton
11 06/06/1757 Samuel TURNER Single Harrington Elizabeth STANLEY Single  
12 10/07/1757 William DEAN Single Sywell Sarah HALLADAY    
13 25/09/1757 William HOBBS Widower   Elizabeth SCROXTON Single  
14 17/11/1757 William DARKEY Single   Mary MUCKLETON Single  
15 28/11/1757 William CLARK Single   Susannah DICKENSON Single  
16 25/03/1758 John PICK Single   Mary PICK Single  
17 15/11/1758 Thomas ASTIL Single   Martha WYMAN Single  
18 11/10/1759 Thomas TALBOT Single   Elizabeth WOOD Single Orlingbury
19 06/04/1760 James FRANCIS Single Great Creaton Martha WALLIS Single  
20 13/04/1760 William STEPHENS     Sarah JACKSON    
21 29/06/1760 Edward BIRCH   Long Buckby Elizabeth BIRCH Widow  
22 25/08/1760 William BAYES Widower   Elizabeth AUSTEN Widow  
23 10/10/1760 Francis COLES Single Lamport Mary HITE Single  
24 11/10/1760 Thomas YARROW Single   Elizabeth IRELAND Single  
25 12/10/1760 Edward CHAPMAN Single   Sarah WINDSOR Single  
26 21/10/1760 William HIGGINS     Elizabeth COLEMAN    
27 03/11/1760 Charles MANNING   Hannington Sarah DEACON Widow  
28 13/10/1761 William PRATT   Glapthorn Mary SIMCOE    
29 10/01/1762 John LIQUORISH     Elizabeth CLARK    
30 03/07/1763 William POLLARD     Ann HOLLOWAY    
31 18/03/1764 William BROWNING Widower Weekley Sarah LANGLEY Single  
32 14/01/1765 William TYE   Cransley Ann WYMAN    
33 29/05/1765 Samuel BAYES     Maria SMITH    
34 23/06/1765 John HASSELDINE   Ecton Elizabeth BRADSHAW    
35 09/09/1765 Joseph STEVENS     Mary WADSWORTH    
36 14/10/1765 Thomas HOPKINS     Hannah BILTON    
37 14/10/1765 George YORKE   Orlingbury Ann DUNKLEY    
38 15/12/1765 Samuel SMITH   Walgrave Catherine PAGE    
39 19/12/1765 Francis TURLAND     Martha WORLIDGE    
40 09/02/1766 Benjamin FARROW   Cranford St Andrew Sarah JOHNSON    
41 14/12/1767 William SMITH Single Isham Susanna LINNEL Single  
42 08/07/1768 Samuel BROWN Single Wellingborough Ann LANGLEY Single  
43 11/10/1768 John JAMES Single   Anne LEE Single  
44 30/10/1768 William LETTS Single Haselbeech Margaret GREEN Single  
45 20/06/1769 John LEE     Elizabeth HALLADY    
46 12/10/1769 William KNOWLES   Pytchley Susanna ING    
47 09/11/1769 William SNIRES   Isham Anne BUTLING    
48 29/12/1769 John WARDEN Widower   Susanna STEPHENS Widow  
49 12/10/1770 John SHARMAN   Geddington Sarah LANE    
50 18/10/1770 Samuel HARRIS     Mary WOODWARD    
51 21/10/1771 William HOBBS     Mary TURLAND    
52 14/01/1772 William STRETTON   Pilton Alice WALLIS    
53 30/01/1772 William GOODMAN     Mary KILLPACK    
54 19/04/1772 Thomas ROUTHAM   Great Addington Elizabeth AYLES    
55 05/06/1772 John WATTS     Sarah GOODMAN    
56 10/10/1773 John WINDSOR   Easton Maudit Sarah GINN    
57 06/05/1774 Edward WARDEN     Mary BENNET    
58 03/07/1774 John STANDLEY     Martha SHEPERD    
59 31/07/1775 Thomas CAVE   Orlingbury Sarah WALLIS    
60 18/12/1775 John FREEAR     Martha LOVEL    
61 16/12/1776 Jacob BUTLIN     Elizabeth HALLS    
62 11/02/1777 John JAMES     Hannah RICE    
63 30/06/1777 Thomas LINNEL   Hannington Martha HALLYDAY    
64 17/10/1777 Joseph PATRICK     Elizabeth GORDON    
65 19/11/1777 John HARDWICK   Scaldwell Mary WARDEN    
66 08/12/1777 William COOKE     Sarah NICOLLS    
67 27/03/1778 John MADDISON   Geddington Maria LANGLEY    
68 22/06/1778 Timothy LEA Single   Hannah WHITE Single  
69 04/09/1778 John HILL Single   Elizabeth WINDSOR    
70 09/11/1778 James DICKENSON Single   Anne MIDDLETON Single Orlingbury
71 03/10/1779 George BORRET Widower Wellingborough Ann WALLIS Single  
72 11/10/1779 Joseph WALLIS Single   Mary WARREN Widow  
73 10/01/1780 Samuel HENMAN Single   Sarah BROWN Single  
75 02/07/1781 Jacob BUTLIN     Elizabeth LEE    
76 11/10/1781 Richard HACKSLEY     Dinah JONES    
77 15/12/1783 John NICKOLS Single   Mary BAYES Single  
78 22/05/1785 Thomas LANGLEY Widower   Mary FREEMAN Single  
79 07/11/1785 William GOODMAN Single   Anne ALDERMAN Single  
80 23/07/1786 Samuel PHILIPS Single Warkton Sarah LAROM Single  
81 00/00/1787 George PANTHER Single Cranford St John Sarah HOBBS    
82 29/10/1787 Stephen GAUDERN Single Northampton Frances BAYES Single  
83 10/11/1788 John SMITH Widower   Jane BRIGS Single  
84 03/02/1789 Thomas HALLS Single   Mary DUNKLEY   Ellington, Huntingdonshire
85 05/02/1789 Richard BROMLEY Single Great Doddington Mary ALDERMAN Single  
86 13/04/1789 Richard SHARMAN   Spratton Elizabeth CHARLTON Single  
87 17/12/1789 Thomas SOAMES Single Wilby Elizabeth HIGGINS Single  
88 15/02/1790 Joseph CHEATER Single Barton Seagrave Hannah BAYES Single  
89 05/12/1790 Joseph PATRICK Single   Martha GRAY Single  
90 04/02/1791 John RICHARDSON Single   Elizabeth WARDEN Single  
91 04/07/1791 Thomas SRIVE Widower Isham Sarah DOLING Single  
08/01/1792 William BYFIELD Single   Elizabeth LARUM Single  
11/10/1792 John LIQUORISH Single   Mary GOODLEE Single  
23/10/1792 Robert TALBUT Single   Sarah HALL Single  
29/10/1792 Thomas WALDEN Single   Martha PAGE Single  
01/11/1792 John HODSON Widower Orlingbury Alice SMITH Single  
17/09/1793 William HOBBS Widower   Ann TALBUT Widow  
98 22/04/1794 Stephen MILLER     Mary DARKER    
99 15/12/1794 James LANGLEY Widower   Elizabeth FREEMAN Single  
100 26/05/1795 William BARRINGER Single   Hannah BOULTON Single  
101 22/09/1795 Thomas ASHBY Single Orlingbury Mary DUNKLY Single  
102 13/10/1795 Thomas FREEMAN Single   Ann DARKER Single  
103 07/11/1796 Joseph HOBBS Single   Sarah WARDEN Single  
104 07/05/1798 William PAGE Single   Sarah CARWARDEN Single  
105 13/12/1798 Samuel PHILIPS Widower   Martha COLES Single  
106 09/11/1799 John MARRIOT     Sarah GILLAM    
107 07/12/1799 Thomas ROBERTS     Sarah COOK    
108 21/05/1800 Joseph CHENEY Single   Mercy BARRINGER Single  
109 11/09/1800 William WALPOLE     Sarah DUNKLEY    
110 20/10/1800 Thomas FREER   Podington, Bedfordshire Ann BOULTON    
111 04/10/1801 William HALES     Elizabeth RICHARDSON Widow  
112 11/10/1801 Joseph NOURISH   Irthlingborough Ann EST    
113 12/10/1802 William HOWING Single Sywell Frances CAUBY Single  
114 07/03/1803 John FENNELL Single Wellingborough Martha WARDEN Single  
115 19/05/1803 James HERVEY Single   Mary PATRICK Single  
116 22/09/1803 Edward INCHLEY Single Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire Mary EADY Single  
117 13/10/1803 William SHORTLAND Single   Nanny MASTERS Single  
118 26/07/1804 Humphrey Wallis STRETTON Single Wellingborough Elizabeth CHARLTON Single  
119 02/10/1804 William RICKET Single   Martha CHAPMAN Single  
120 17/12/1804 James HERVEY Widower   Mary HALL Single  
121 17/04/1805 Richard WAPLES Single   Hannah SANSOM Single  
122 26/09/1805 William ASHBY Single Holy Sepulchre, Northampton Ann DUNKLEY Single  
123 24/10/1805 William JAMES Single   Ann CAVE Single  
124 15/12/1805 William HOLLOWELL Single   Sarah MILLS Single  
125 28/10/1806 Joseph PATRICK Widower   Elizabeth MOULTON Single  
126 13/10/1807 Thomas KNIGHTON Single   Elizabeth WILLIS Single  
127 20/03/1809 Thomas KNIGHT Single   Elizabeth HALLS Single  
128 31/07/1809 William CHARLTON Widower   Ann CHAPMAN Widow  
129 13/09/1809 Thomas KING Single   Kezia SHARMAN Single  
130 18/12/1809 Thomas HOLLOWELL Single Orlingbury Elizabeth HOBBS Single  
131 19/12/1809 James SANSOM Single   Elizabeth COOKE Single  
132 16/01/1810 Edward LANGLEY Single   Mary TILLEY Single Cransley
133 12/10/1810 John SANSOM Single   Mary BOLLARD Single  
134 14/10/1810 William BOLLARD Widower   Sarah LANSPERRY Single  
135 08/11/1810 John BERRILL   Mears Ashby Sarah BUTLING    
136 20/01/1811 Samuel ABBOT   Finedon Elizabeth BOLLARD    
137 29/10/1811 James SHALFORD Single   Elizabeth BLUNT    
138 11/11/1811 George SPARROW Single Wellingborough Martha HOBBS Single  
139 05/03/1812 William PITTAM Single   Sarah FREER    
140 14/12/1812 Samuel SMITH     Alice Mary KILPACK    
1 03/01/1814 Joseph Stevens CANWARDEN Single   Rebekah PAGE Single  
2 10/04/1814 Thomas GREEN Single   Jane WALLIS Single  
3 13/10/1814 Thomas MOSS     Ann WAPPLES    
4 14/10/1815 Robert PARTRIDGE Single   Sophia DUNKLEY Single  
5 15/10/1815 Peter MARTIN Single   Elizabeth HIGGINS Single  
6 02/11/1815 Thomas LUCAS Single   Anne PATRICK Single  
7 17/12/1815 Thomas PATRICK Single   Catharine MUNDEN Single  
8 20/02/1816 William HOUGHTON Single   Mary SIMONS Single  
9 14/11/1816 John BAGSHOT     Elizabeth BUTLIN    
10 19/10/1817 Samuel SHORTLAND   Rothwell Mary NEAL    
11 12/10/1818 William JAQUES     Ann PANTHER    
12 21/10/1818 William SMITH     Elizabeth HOLMAN   Isham
13 14/12/1818 James CHAPMAN     Mary TURNER    
14 21/04/1819 Joseph FLAVEL   Pytchley Mary BAYES    
15 30/09/1819 Harry GREGORY     Dinah BATES    
16 06/10/1819 James KING     Hannah BAGSHAW    
17 19/09/1820 Samuel EADY     Elizabeth TALBOT    
18 13/10/1820 William SMITH     Elizabeth WALDEN    
19 19/10/1820 Joseph WILLIS     Esther Ann DURANT    
20 20/11/1820 John RICHARDSON     Elizabeth DRIVER    
21 19/01/1821 John COOK   Great Harrowden Elizabeth ROBERTS    
22 29/07/1821 John NICKOLLS Single   Elizabeth BOLLARD Widow  
23 15/10/1821 George BOSWORTH   Cottesbrooke Ann SRIVES    
24 14/02/1822 William SRIVES   Isham Hannah CHEYNEY    
25 24/10/1822 Henry HOBBS   Burton Latimer Elizabeth PATRICK    
26 24/12/1822 William SMITH     Charlotte ROBERTS    
27 21/09/1823 William BARRAN     Elizabeth PHILLIPS    
28 10/10/1823 Benjamin SHORTLAND     Elizabeth MARLOW    
29 15/12/1823 Benjamin WILLIS   Great Harrowden Hannah WHITEMAN    
30 22/01/1824 George PAGE     Elizabeth HOLLAND    
31 24/02/1824 Job SMEETON   Sherington, Buckinghamshire Sarah HIGGINS    
32 20/06/1824 Robert PAINE     Sarah THOMPSON    
33 19/07/1824 Henry HARRIS   Little Addington Charlotte CANWARDEN Widow  
34 21/11/1824 William MATTOCKS     Ann STANDLEY    
35 20/12/1824 Thomas SMITH     Martha HOBBS    
36 27/01/1825 William DEAN     Sarah NEAL    
37 08/09/1825 William GREGORY     Hannah WHITE    
38 06/10/1825 Joseph ERT     Susanna COOPER    
39 17/02/1826 David JEFFERY     Elizabeth BROWN    
40 06/11/1826 George CRADOCK     Mary Ann KNIGHTON    
41 26/02/1827 William OWELL     Hannah BARRINGER    
42 29/05/1827 Richard SCRIVEN   Kettering Elizabeth WATTS    
43 06/12/1827 James BAGSHOT     Eleanor COOK    
44 06/07/1828 Samuel TOSELAND     Mary HOBBS    
45 06/10/1828 Charles GILL   Wellingborough Hannah HUGGINS    
46 15/10/1828 Samuel CHEYNEY     Esther BARWICK    
47 15/12/1828 William BOLLARD     Sarah DICKENSON   Irthlingborough
48 22/01/1829 Edward WHITNEY     Elizabeth ROGERS    
49 19/02/1829 Thomas FLAMWELL   Walgrave Fanny PAGE    
50 05/04/1829 John WHITING     Jane MILLER    
51 20/07/1829 John CHAPMAN Widower   Mary CHAPMAN Widow  
52 09/08/1829 William SHORTLAND Widower   Dinah WALDEN    
53 12/10/1829 Thomas SMITH     Sarah ROBERTSON    
54 17/10/1829 James BARRINGER     Fanny BROWN   Great Harrowden
55 11/11/1829 George MORRIS   Stanwick Elizabeth RIVET    
56 05/02/1830 Stephen KIMBELL     Dinah RIVETT    
57 03/06/1830 William WAPPLES   Finedon Eliza ALDERMAN    
58 28/06/1830 Joseph Kettleby MATTOCK   Kettering Eliza HOBSON    
59 14/10/1830 John RODGERS     Louisa SIMPSON    
60 01/12/1830 Thomas FLOWER   Irthlingborough Mary BRAY    
61 07/08/1831 William Croxton LOWETH   Orlingbury Harriet SIMPSON    
62 13/10/1831 Richard GEORGE     Mary TOSELAND    
63 27/10/1831 John SMITH     Phebe BUTLER    
64 19/12/1831 Thomas GARLEY     Ann LIQUORISH    
65 23/02/1832 Charles SHORTLAND     Sarah GREGORY    
66 06/04/1832 John LEE     Elizabeth PAGE    
67 24/05/1832 Jabez SOMES   Tring, Hertfordshire Eleanor SOMES    
68 04/07/1832 William DENTON   Orlingbury Sarah JAMES    
69 13/09/1832 Abraham FALKENER   Pytchley Mary Ann OLNEY    
70 30/09/1832 George HARRISON     Esther TEBBUT    
71 29/10/1832 John MARTIN     Ann MARTIN    
72 18/12/1832 William SHRIVES     Mary GREGORY    
73 18/12/1832 Palmer JONES   Yardley Hastings Elizabeth GREGORY    
74 06/06/1833 William HELEY Widower Wing, Buckinghamshire Jane SOMES    
75 17/10/1833 James WALLIS     Maria PAGE    
76 16/03/1834 Edward UNDERWOOD     Jemima WHITE    
77 10/04/1834 William WALLIS     Sally ROBERTS    
78 29/05/1834 Charles LEE     Martha GARLEY    
79 10/10/1834 William RAINS     Elizabeth LARRAM    
80 21/12/1834 Richard GARLEY   Pytchley Mary LARRAM    
81 14/04/1835 Charles ALDERMAN     Ann WAPLES    
82 03/08/1835 Thomas YORK     Lydia SMITH    
83 12/10/1835 Job YORK   Isham Ann WARD    
84 15/11/1835 Daniel RUSSEL     Harriet GROOM    
85 17/12/1835 Thomas ELSENBURROW     Sarah PAGE    
86 24/12/1835 Thomas OLNEY Widower   Elizabeth BAGSHAW Widow  
87 07/04/1836 William BAYES     Mary Ann HOBBS    
88 31/05/1836 James POWEL     Ann KNIGHTON    
89 18/12/1836 Samuel KNIGHTON     Elizabeth STEVENS    

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