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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Bolam St Andrew

 

The Parish

The parish of Bolam lies in central southern Northumberland roughly 9 miles southwest of Morpeth. Bolam has no defined village centre being largely a scattered parish with dispersed farms and cottages spread over the acreage. What passes for a centre lies on a broad lane running west to east past Bolam Hall. The parish is a largely upland one at between 120 and 130 metres above sea level. The parish lies south of the River Wansbeck which runs to the North Sea through Morpeth. Like many in the north the parish covers a large acreage of over 7,000 acres and supported around 600 parishioners. Like most of the north Domesday coverage does not extend this far, however there is evidence of a long human history in the area "The Devil's Causeway" is believed to be a Roman Road heading for Berwick upon Tweed and "Poind and his Man" are a Bronze Age barrow and standing stone dating back to prehistory.


The Church

St Andrew's church is sited just north of the major east/west lane up a narrow access lane and bordering the estate of Bolam Hall. The association with the Hall grounds is perhaps indicative of the nature of the parish as one closed and controlled by the major landowner. The church is a very old structure with many features which are Saxon notably the tower and nave western wall. Much else is Norman and immediate 13th century. The building is sited in an open but tree-bordered graveyard and is an oasis of peace and quiet.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 13th June 1754 - 10th May 1785 Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/141/5 Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 19th June 1785 - 20th June 1812 Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/141/6 Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 6th June 1813 - 10th May 1837 Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/141/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Hartburn St Andrew
Hartburn St Andrew
Meldon St John
Kirkwhelpington St Bartholomew
Whalton St Mary Magdalene
Stamfordham St Mary
Stamfordham St Mary
Whalton St Mary Magdalene

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 13/06/1754 Jacob SOPWITH   Hartburn Ann MABEL    
2 04/09/1754 John SLODG     Margaret ANDERSON    
3 05/09/1754 Joseph MCLEAREY     Jane OGLE    
4 06/10/1754 William BROOKS     Margaret ELLIOT    
5 06/05/1755 William BROWN     Elizabeth SMITH    
6 13/07/1755 William SPURMAN     Isabel KIRSOP    
7 07/12/1755 Ralph PATERSON     Sarah BOWMAN    
8 17/05/1756 John HALL     Dorothy ROBSON    
9 22/05/1756 Thomas DAVISON     Jane ROBINSON    
10 20/06/1756 Adam BELL     Mary BROWN    
11 23/12/1756 Joshua HALL     Isable CHATTOE    
12 27/01/1757 John MABELL     Mary WATSON    
13 06/05/1757 James DODD     Dinah CRINKLEY    
14 13/05/1757 William BOWMAN     Jane BROWN    
15 29/05/1757 James DUFF     Jane STOREY    
16 31/05/1757 John WOOD     Elizabeth TODD    
17 10/11/1757 James ELLIOT     Mary MILLER    
18 15/11/1757 Jacob RENWICK     Eleanor BROWN    
19 27/11/1757 Joseph LIDDLE     Margaret MOURE    
20 01/02/1758 Robert HEPPLE   Stamfordham Dorothy COOKE    
21 04/05/1758 Thomas STOKER     Elizabeth ROBSON   Stamfordham
22 13/05/1758 Joseph WILSON     Mary ARTHUR    
23 21/05/1758 Joseph THOMSPON     Elizabeth OLIVER    
24 23/05/1758 Ninian RAMSEY     Barbary MABEL    
25 23/05/1758 Edward TATE     Mary COXON    
26 25/05/1758 Joseph REED   Hartburn Ann SANDERSON    
27 28/05/1758 William BENSON   Heddon-On-The-Wall Jane SCOTT    
28 07/12/1758 John STERLING   Bothal Jane CHARLTON    
29 07/01/1759 William SCOTT     Elizabeth STOKER    
30 07/06/1759 Matthew PRATT   Netherwitton Elizabeth DOUGLAS    
31 07/06/1759 Thomas AYNSLEY   Mitford Alice CRASS    
32 14/06/1759 John PROUDLOCK   Stannington Jane SPOUR    
33 28/06/1759 George STRANG     Jane DONALDSON    
34 01/07/1759 James PYLE   Stamfordham Sarah STOKOE    
35 03/06/1760 John COOK     Ann GIBSON    
36 05/06/1760 Gilbert DODDS     Hannah HARRISON    
37 07/10/1760 Thomas ROBSON   Stamfordham Dorothy GIBSON    
38 16/11/1760 Andrew PATERSON     Isable PROUDLOCK    
39 20/01/1761 John PATTISON     Jane OLIVER    
40 07/05/1761 Thomas FENWICK   Earsdon Isabella HORSLEY    
41 14/05/1761 William ELLIOT     Eleanor GORDON    
42 14/05/1761 John BELLY     Jane COLLEY    
43 21/05/1761 Robert POTTS     Dorothy SMITH    
44 31/12/1761 Mark OGLE     Mary OLIVER    
45 27/05/1762 John HALL   Whalton Jane BROWN    
46 03/06/1762 Cuthbert MOORE     Sarah DOUGLAS    
47 10/06/1762 Christopher MORGAN     Ann HALL    
48 15/06/1762 John CORBIT     Jane BAXTER    
49 14/03/1763 Edward JAMESON   Corbridge Jane ELLIOTT    
50 12/05/1763 Thomas RUTTER     Mary WILSON    
51 28/05/1763 Lancelot ROBSON     Mary HARLS    
52 02/06/1764 John WHITE     Margaret PEARSON    
53 12/06/1764 Thomas DIXON   Ponteland Margaret PROUDLOCK    
54 11/05/1765 Matthew FORSTER     Catherine RUTHERFORD    
55 04/06/1765 Henry SPRAGON   Whalton Ann STOKOE    
56 22/10/1765 Robert HEPPLE   Hartburn Elizabeth ROBSON    
57 20/11/1766 George CURLEY     Margaret LINDSAY    
58 07/05/1767 James SPOUR     Elizabeth BELL    
59 31/05/1767 John YOUNGER   Stamfordham Margaret BELL    
60 04/07/1767 John PARKER   Ryton, Durham Elizabeth MORGAN    
61 26/10/1767 Edward ROBSON   Stamfordham Ann HARTE    
62 24/11/1767 Robert THORNTON   Hartburn Mary SPRAGON    
63 24/05/1768 Edward GILLEY     Mary NEWTON    
64 31/05/1768 Matthew ROBSON   St John, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Margaret ANDERSON    
65 17/11/1768 Moses PROUDLOCK     Jane WILKINSON    
66 19/01/1769 Reynold POTTS     Grace ROBSON    
67 07/02/1769 Henry COLLINGWOOD     Mary HEDLEY    
68 14/05/1769 Stephen WILKINSON     Jane MARTINSON    
69 03/06/1769 Joseph BATES     Mary STOKOE    
70 01/07/1769 Edward STEELLAND     Elizabeth ANDERSON    
71 17/07/1769 James SMITH     Mary HALL    
72 07/12/1769 William HENDERSON     Jane GALLON    
73 12/12/1769 Gawen STOKOE     Mary SNOWBALL    
74 19/12/1769 Robert CUMMINS     Anne BROWN    
78 05/06/1770 Matthew ARMSTRONG     Mary FENWICK    
79 05/06/1770 Thomas TAYLOR   Stannington Isabel HOOD    
75 29/11/1770 John ATKINSON     Eleanor SPOTWOOD    
76 22/01/1771 Joseph HOGG     Catherine BLACKETT    
81 04/05/1771 James WATSON   Mitford Mary BROWN    
82 05/05/1771 Matthew CATCHERED     Hannah SHANKS   Kirkwhelpington
77 22/05/1771 Matthew REAY     Frances DIXON    
83 18/08/1771 John SMITH   Gateshead, Durham Jane PROUDLOCK    
84 23/11/1771 Robert LEE     Maria JEVENS    
80 27/10/1772 Thaxter VAUGHAN   Hartburn Jane DENT    
85 26/11/1772 Thomas HALL     Frances GREY    
87 18/12/1774 William HEPPLE   Stamfordham Ann ROBSON    
86 20/12/1774 John JOPLING     Grace DIXON    
88 27/05/1775 Thomas COLLINGWOOD     Anne ANDERSON    
89 05/12/1775 Robert DAVISON     Ann SHELTON   Gateshead, Durham
90 20/05/1777 Thomas WILSON   Newburn Jane STEBBS    
91 13/12/1777 Thomas STEELE     Ann SANDERSON    
92 05/04/1778 John SPRAGG     Margaret DOUGLAS    
93 11/05/1778 William STEWART   Warkworth Frances PROUDLOCK    
94 11/05/1778 William LAIDLOR   Kirkwhelpington Jane BELL    
95 18/06/1778 William MORROW     Jane DUNN    
96 21/06/1778 James ROBSON     Ann STOTE    
91 03/12/1778 Matthew WHITEFORD     Margaret WHITEFORD    
92 07/04/1779 Robert LAWSON   Kirkharle Jane REED    
93 16/05/1779 Robert WILKINSON     Elizabeth PYE   Stannington
94 20/04/1780 Thomas SNOWBALL     Ann COLLEY    
95 18/05/1780 William CATCHERED     Mary ANDERSON    
96 05/06/1781 John BROWN     Elizabeth ROBSON    
97 01/07/1781 Joseph SMITH     Jane BAYLES    
98 24/07/1781 Robert CROW     Jane DAVISON    
99 08/05/1782 John WIGHAM   Chollerton Margaret WEATHERBURN    
100 21/05/1782 John BEATSON     Grace WEDDLE    
101 13/08/1782 William ROBSON   Stamfordham Ann ANDERSON    
102 25/11/1782 Thomas COLLINGWOOD     Jane PATTINSON    
108 16/12/1782 John FORDER     Hannah PLEDGE    
103 23/12/1782 Robert HORSLEY     Catharine MEGGISON   Whalton
104 12/06/1783 William DAVISON     Isabel THOMPSON    
105 23/06/1783 John DAVISON   Stannington Elizabeth HALL    
106 25/09/1783 Thomas FERGUSON   Stamfordham Elizabeth TURNBULL    
107 12/12/1783 Samuel LAWRISON   Stamfordham Sarah FORSTER    
109 09/03/1784 Robert DAVISON     Eleanor JOHNSON    
110 27/05/1784 John DOUGLAS     Jane STRAKER   Hartburn
111 26/07/1784 Thomas MOOR     Isabele PLEDGE    
112 18/11/1784 Robert HARPER     Catherine WHITE    
113 12/04/1785 Samuel BECKET     Mary MABLE    
114 10/05/1785 Thomas PATTISON     Margaret TURNER    
1 19/06/1785 William HOYE   Whalton Jane HARRINER    
2 23/06/1785 William ANDERSON   Stamfordham Jane LEIGHTON    
3 03/07/1785 John CLOUGH   All Saints, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Margaret BOLAM    
4 10/07/1785 Matthew HEWITSON   Bishopwearmouth, Durham Elizabeth ELLIOT    
5 02/02/1786 John SNOWBALL     Ann COOK    
6 30/04/1786 John NASBIT   Stannington Ann DAVISON    
7 14/05/1786 John PARKER     Isabel MOOR    
8 27/08/1786 James BRYDON     Alice MORROW    
9 24/06/1787 John WEDDLE     Ann SCOT    
10 03/11/1787 Edmund COOK     Mary HEPPLE   Stannington
11 27/12/1787 Thomas LEIGHTON     Jane COOK    
12 09/01/1788 Edward BEST     Elizabeth HEPPLE   Stamfordham
13 11/01/1788 John BELL   St John, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Ann HEPPLE    
14 19/02/1788 Thomas MOGG     Jane GREY    
15 28/05/1789 Thomas MASON   Stamfordham Ann ROBSON    
16 04/09/1789 John PROUDLOCK     Jane BOLAM    
17 04/02/1790 Edward CLINT     Ann GORDON   Scotland
18 25/05/1790 John JEMMISON   Stannington Isabel BLYTH    
19 17/10/1791 Walter COULTARD   Hartburn Eleanor RICHARDSON    
20 26/05/1792 John AYNSLEY     Eleanor DAVIDSON    
21 07/07/1792 John THOMSON     Mabel BREWISS    
22 02/11/1792 Edward BEST     Mary STEELE    
23 22/11/1792 Thomas ARTHUR   Corsenside Elizabeth BEST    
24 10/12/1792 William BROWN     Elizabeth NICHOL    
25 20/06/1793 Thomas STRATFORD   Alnwick Sarah NIXON    
26 23/06/1793 Joseph BLACK   Hartburn Mary GILLEY    
27 19/12/1793 Joseph BROWN   Stamfordham Mary ROBSON    
28 18/04/1794 Joseph RICHARDS     Mary PRIBGLE    
29 25/05/1795 James STOREY     Sarah TURNBULL    
30 25/05/1795 Joseph CHARLTON     Margaret SUMMERBELL    
31 01/11/1795 Robert MITCHELSON     Isabella LAMBERT    
32 25/08/1796 John WINLOW   Whalton Isabel DAVIDSON    
33 15/12/1796 George CARR   Corbridge Isabella DAVISON    
34 05/06/1797 George ROCHESTER   Stamfordham Mary BLYTHE    
35 01/10/1798 Joseph SUMMERBELL     Ann STEELE    
36 04/03/1799 John BOWMAN   Kelloe, Durham Rebecca STEEL    
37 15/05/1799 John MARTON   Whalton Elizabeth BEAN    
38 12/12/1799 John GILLEY     Mary RICHARDSON    
39 22/12/1799 William PYE   Hartburn Mary WARDALE    
40 24/12/1799 William OLIVER   Hartburn Margaret PIGG    
41 24/12/1799 John ARMITAGE   Kirkwhelpington Eleanor BEST    
42 03/04/1800 George LAWSON   Felton Ann ROBSON    
43 23/04/1800 Michael ENGLISH     Jane PIGG    
44 23/09/1800 William YELDER     Elizabeth SPOUR    
45 18/11/1800 Thomas WILSON   Corbridge Sarah TAYLOR    
46 25/11/1800 Joseph HEDLEY   Stannington Jane MOOR    
47 25/05/1801 Robert ELLIOT     Ann BELL    
48 26/05/1801 Robert BOWMAN   Hartburn Hannah WILKINSON    
49 05/02/1802 Ralph NIXON     Jane MOSCROP   Whalton
50 02/05/1802 Patrick FREEMAN   Gateshead, Durham Ann WATSON    
51 16/12/1802 George CHARLETON     Ann BATY   Hartburn
52 24/02/1803 William FINTIN   Hartburn Elizabeth YALLOWLY    
53 17/05/1803 Joseph ARKLE   Hartburn Sarah STEEL    
54 02/06/1803 William HEARN   Whalton Isabel FARROW    
55 16/06/1803 John ROBSON     Dorothy YELLOWLY    
56 18/09/1803 William WATSON     Margaret CARR   Rothbury
57 26/11/1803 Edward WIGHAM   Warden Eleanor PIGG    
58 06/09/1804 John LYNN     Mary LAWRISON    
59 22/09/1804 William HENDERSON     Elizabeth SUMMERSAIL   St John, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
60 25/09/1804 William CRAWFORD   Morpeth Ann BELL    
61 13/04/1805 Thomas ROBSON     Elizabeth ROBSON    
62 19/08/1805 Robert RUTHERFORD   Whickam, Durham Alice BREWIS    
63 02/11/1805 James BATY     Mary JAMESON    
64 25/11/1805 Henry PIGG     Elizabeth ENGLISH   Corsenside
65 08/03/1806 David SYM Single   Isabella URWIN Single Hartburn
66 25/05/1806 John YELLALY Single   Mayable JOHNSTON Single  
67 26/05/1806 Thomas CARR Single   Mary FENMOUTH Single Hartburn
68 04/09/1806 George NICHOLSON Widower   Rebecca SCOTT Single  
69 26/04/1807 John CAMERON   Earsdon Isabella JOWSEY    
70 18/05/1807 John MORRAY     Ann DOBSON    
71 13/07/1807 Robert PURVIS     Mary CARR   All Saints, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
72 29/09/1807 Lancelot BELL   Stamfordham Jane STEEL    
73 04/10/1807 Joseph MOOR   Kirkharle Margaret MOOR    
74 22/11/1807 Thomas SWINNEY     Esther REED    
75 24/11/1807 James NEVEN     Margaret LOCKEY    
76 30/06/1808 John GOLLEY     Mary SHILLETO    
77 29/08/1808 William STOTT     Dorothy BOUTEMAN    
78 02/01/1809 Adam THOMPSON     Jane DAVISON    
79 25/04/1809 Henry BROWN Single   Hannah BREWIS Single  
80 14/05/1809 George WILKINSON     Elizabeth ROBSON    
81 22/05/1809 John STOKOE Single Stamfordham Anne PATTEN Single  
82 22/05/1809 Thomas MARTON Single   Elizabeth PURVIS Single Kirkwhelpington
83 25/05/1809 John CHARLTON Single   Margaret WOOD Single  
84 09/06/1810 Thomas ACON Single   Elizabeth JOHNSON Single  
85 25/06/1810 John SHOTTON Single   Hannah ENGLISH Single Whalton
86 03/09/1810 Henry ESTHER   Morpeth Mary ELLIOT    
87 02/06/1811 William TAYLOR Single   Isabella CHARLTON Single  
88 08/06/1811 Roger ROBSON Single   Elizabeth BEST Single  
89 25/06/1811 Thomas RAMSAY Single   Isabella COLLEY Single  
90 19/02/1812 Thomas ELLIOT Single   Jane SCOTT Single  
91 16/05/1812 William CHISHOLM     Jane HOGG    
92 23/05/1812 Edward TURNBULL   Stamfordham Clara ROBONSON    
93 20/06/1812 Lancelot ROBSON Single   Jane ANDERSON Single  
1 06/06/1813 Thomas HINDMARSH Single   Mary WEDDELL Single  
2 10/06/1813 Thomas POTTER Single   Mary WILSON Single  
3 30/10/1813 Robert KELL Single   Susannah PATTISON Single  
4 08/01/1814 William LIDDLE Widower   Ann GRIEVE Single  
5 23/08/1814 John FORSTER Single Hartburn Rebecca BELL Single  
6 24/09/1814 Joseph CUTTER Single   Euphemia ENGLISH Single  
7 07/11/1814 George THOMPSON Single   Alice HINDMARSH Single  
8 18/12/1814 John HINDMARSH Single Ovingham Elizabeth WEDDELL Single  
9 13/03/1815 Ralph MONKHOUSE   Whalton Mary STOTT    
10 30/04/1815 John WHITE   Whalton Mary BETSON Single  
11 27/05/1815 Peter JOHNSON Single Stamfordham Mabel MICHELSON Single  
12 02/09/1815 Joseph BELLY Single   Sarah ARKLE Widow  
13 27/04/1816 John KELL Widower   Frances BROWN Single  
14 12/05/1816 William BELL Single   Isabella DAVISON Single  
15 07/12/1816 Joseph THOMPSON Single   Mary SCOTT Single  
16 26/01/1817 William MITCHELSON     Isabella ROW    
17 11/02/1817 Mark ROBSON Single   Anne TWIZLE Single  
18 13/10/1817 Thomas FENWICK Widower Tynemouth Jane BELL    
19 27/03/1818 Forster ARMITAGE Single Stamfordham Jane JOBLING Single  
20 20/06/1818 Abraham HINDMARSH Single   Jane NIXON Single  
21 27/06/1818 Edward CLINT Widower   Ann MASON Widow  
22 27/06/1818 Thomas RUTHERFORD Single   Isabella HUNTER Single  
23 01/08/1818 Robert WILKINSON     Jane JOBLING    
24 16/01/1819 William COLLEY Single   Elizabeth SHOTTON Single  
25 06/02/1819 William AINSLEY Single   Jane CHARLTON Single  
26 13/03/1819 William DAVISON Widower   Hannah OSSIP Single  
27 16/08/1819 Henry POTTS Widower   Hannah SHOTTON Single  
28 29/08/1819 Robert DAVISON Single Whalton Dorothy MITCHELSON Single  
29 18/03/1820 Henry STOKOE Single Stamfordham Mary ROBSON Single  
30 25/03/1820 George JOHNSON Single   Isabella GRAY Single Ulgham
31 30/04/1820 William DAGG Single Newburn Ann HARBOTTLE Single  
32 25/11/1821 Thomas PATRICK     Mary WILKINSON Single  
33 21/01/1822 Mark WANLASE Single   Jane CRAGILD Single  
34 24/11/1822 Joseph PATTISON Single Newburn Sarah TURNBULL Single  
35 02/09/1823 Ralph JANWICK Single Whalton Jane SHOTTON Single  
36 12/10/1823 Thomas HARRISON Single   Mary WILSON   Heddon-On-The-Wall
37 17/11/1823 Thomas CRAGILD Single   Mary SHOTTON Single  
38 11/01/1824 John MITCHELSON Widower   Sarah MINTO Single  
39 11/01/1824 Joseph HALL Widower   Elizabeth RODDAM Single  
40 27/05/1824 Henry NAIRN Single Morpeth Ann CLINT Single  
41 16/11/1824 Robert OLIVER Single Bywell Margaret ELLIOT Single  
42 22/12/1824 John ELLIOTT Single Stamfordham Mary COLLEY Single  
43 15/02/1825 Thomas ANDERSON   Stamfordham Maria JOHNSON    
44 16/10/1825 Benjamin ANDERSON Single Stamfordham Frances CROZIER Single  
45 17/10/1825 John PEARSON Single   Ann DODDS Single  
46 18/06/1826 Ebenzer ASKEW Single   Elizabeth MARSHALL Single  
47 17/07/1826 John SMITH Single Medomsley, Durham Alice THOMPSON Widow  
48 04/11/1826 Thomas WOOD Single Ovingham Elizabeth EYRE Single  
49 10/11/1827 Appleby EMERSON Single   Ann HENDERSON Single  
50 25/11/1827 Thomas MILBURN Single   Jane HAMILTON Single  
51 18/02/1828 Thomas DUNN Single Scotland Elizabeth DAVISON Single Hartburn
52 25/05/1828 Edward BILTON Single   Mary MARSHALL Single  
53 26/05/1828 James THOMPSON Widower   Ann KNOX Single  
54 02/06/1828 George POTTS Single Ponteland Elizabeth ATKINSON Single  
55 31/05/1829 William MAXWELL Single   Isabella MITCHELSON Single  
56 20/05/1831 Thomas SHARP   Shotley Elizabeth ANDERSON    
57 07/08/1831 William WATSON   Woodhorn Catharine Georgiana BERESFORD    
58 13/08/1831 Joseph CHARLTON Single   Mary CLARK Single  
59 17/08/1833 Joseph BLAIR Single   Jane COLLEY Single  
60 08/03/1834 Charles WRIGHTSON Single Stamfordham Mary RICHARDSON    
61 15/03/1834 Robert HESLOP Widower Hartburn Elizabeth SCOTT Single  
62 01/04/1834 William Claston LAIDLER Single St John, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Margaret SLATER    
63 26/04/1834 John BOULDING Single Stamfordham Martha WILKINSON Single  
64 03/05/1834 Andrew ENGLISH Widower Hartburn Mary WHITE Widow  
65 08/05/1834 George ROBSON   Whalton Margaret GRAHAM    
66 05/04/1835 John BELL   St Andrew, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Mary WHITE Single  
67 12/06/1835 James DOLMAN   Stamfordham Elizabeth SLATER    
68 16/12/1835 Robert BURDIS Widower   Mary COXON Widow  
69 07/04/1836 Anthony JEWITT Widower Woodhorn Ann BOND Single  
70 25/02/1837 John DAVISON Single   Jane TAILFOD Single  
71 10/05/1837 Robert DIXON Widower   Dorothy LOWRISON Single  

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