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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Heythrop St Nicholas

 

The Parish

The parish of Heythrop lies in northwestern Oxfordshire, not too far from its border with neighbouring Warwickshire. Heythrop is located about 3 miles east of the market town of Chipping Norton. There is little remaining of Heythrop or its smaller neighbour Dunthrop, the remaining properties lying along a narrow out-and-back lane situated about 2 miles south of the A361 road which connects Chipping Norton with Banbury. Heythrop parish is dominated by the former estate of Heythrop House, a baroque palace built for the first Duke Of Shrewsbury and today a Hotel, golf course & "leisure complex" - Heythrop Park Resort. At the time of this transcript Heythrop would have been largely controlled by the estate with farming dominant and a mixed regime in place. Heythrop is drained southeastwards by headwaters of the River Glyme, which joins the Evenlode and thence the Thames to reach the North Sea through London & the Thames Estuary. Heythrop & Dunthrop are sited at around 200 metres above the sea, the two separated by the 30 metre deep valley, the surrounding landscape is rolling limestone countryside ascending steadily westwards into the Cotswold ranges. Local heights reach just to 220 metres or so. Heythrop parish was small for the area which trends towards larger parishes on the more open country of the Cotswolds, it covered just over 1,700 acres and would have supported a population of around 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Heythrop was held by one Hascoit Musard and Dunthrop by Bishop Gilbert of Lisieux, collectively they could offer 6 ploughs, small meadows and a mill.


The Church

St Nicholas' church stands on the sharp bend of the above-mentioned out-and-back lane which connects the twin settlements with the A361. Sadly the present church, illustrated here, is a 19th century build, the original St Nicholas which was Norman is left purely as a a mortuary chapel. Present day St Nicholas was built in 1880 but in a style typical of the 14th century. The church clearly did not impress Pevsner whose commentary strictly details only its significant components without passing any great judgment on quality of architecture. A lane leads off the road to a parking area and the churchyard is open to the surroundings, a few trees gather around and they do restrict photographic angles somewhat.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 7th December 1754 - 1771 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R1/1 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads Marriage entries can be found scattered through other entry types and also somewhat randomly, it is likely that some omissions may occur
2 29th October 1778 - 8th May 1808 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R3/1
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 18th April 1814 - 8th May 1837 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Great Rollright St Andrew
Swerford St Mary (detached)
Swerford St Mary (detached)
Chipping Norton St Mary
Little Tew St John the Evangelist
Enstone St Kenelm
Enstone St Kenelm
Enstone St Kenelm

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
05/03/1754 Thomas TOMKINS     Hannah DAVIS    
07/12/1754 William GARNER     Mary STALY    
30/08/1756 William HARIS   Hook Norton Mary YOUNG    
18/10/1759 Samuel YOUNG Single   Hannah SMITH   Hook Norton
01/12/1759 John SIMMONS   Shilton Hannah DAVIES    
09/08/1764 Francis GREEN Widower West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Elizabeth WITHBORN    
27/03/1769 Thomas GRANT     Elizabeth FIELD    
00/00/1771 William COOK   Swalcliffe Elizabeth WALCOTT    
29/10/1778 John PAGE     Hannah LEMALL    
15/10/1781 Francis TIMS     Mary ELAVER    
15/10/1781 James BRAIN     Ann COOLING    
4 08/12/1782 Richard WEST     Jane CARTER    
5 28/06/1783 William WEAREY Single   Elizabeth CAREY    
6 23/11/1787 Stephen STANBRIDGE Single   Lucy MOSS Single Enstone
7 23/12/1788 John COOPER Single   Elizabeth CLANFIELD Single  
8 29/12/1788 William CLAPON Single Great Rollright Elizabeth DAVIS Single  
9 23/08/1789 John MARGETTS Single   Jane BODENTON Single  
10 15/10/1792 Richard LYNE Single   Ann GRIMMET Single  
11 11/02/1793 William CASTLE Single   Sarah CASTLE Single  
12 29/12/1793 James WOODWARD     Esther WEBB    
13 06/11/1797 William TOMKINS     Hannah FIELD    
14 15/03/1798 William BUSBY     Mary POWELL    
15 15/03/1798 John BUSBY     Mary HAYNES    
16 16/09/1798 Robert SUMNER     Sarah LINZEY    
17 01/01/1800 Thomas Richard John SLATTER Single   Louisa Strangeways PEARSON Single  
18 10/06/1802 John NICOLLS     Mary WEB    
19 14/10/1802 Richard WOOLGROVE     Mary SYRET    
20 11/11/1802 Thomas BIGGS   Great Haseley Mary BUSBY    
21 17/02/1806 William HOLLOWAY Single   Mary BECK Single  
22 13/10/1806 Richard SHARMAN     Betty WEBB    
29/10/1807 John SUCH Widower   Frances FATHERS    
27/04/1808 Richard WEST     Charlotte WEBB    
25 08/05/1808 John KENCH     Mary HIGGS    
1 18/04/1814 James HARRIS Single Enstone Ann TAYLOR Single  
2 17/10/1814 Thomas JARVIS Single Chipping Norton Mary FATHERS Single  
3 03/09/1815 William MATTHEWS Single   Sarah FINCH Widow  
4 15/11/1818 Thomas HOLLOWAY Single Great Tew Sarah BECK Single  
5 08/12/1818 William COLCUTT Widower   Elizabeth STRATFORD Single  
6 17/06/1819 William STURDY Single Spelsbury Mary CARTER Single  
7 18/10/1819 John MASON   Chipping Norton Ann FAIRBROTHER    
8 04/11/1819 John SUMNER     Ann HUNT   Wolford, Warwickshire
9 28/11/1819 John SYRATT     Lydia PARSONS    
10 01/04/1820 William BROOKS Single   Harriet HORSELL Single  
11 11/05/1820 David JOHN Single   Rose Hannah ROFFE Single  
12 01/11/1821 Henry HEMMINGS     Elizabeth FORD    
13 14/02/1822 James TOMKINS     Mary SMITH    
14 16/04/1822 Edward O'BRYAN   All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire Elizabeth Susan SOMERSET    
15 16/07/1822 Robert ALLDER     Jemimah TOMKINS    
16 31/08/1823 John MARGETTS     Hannah SYRATT    
17 22/01/1824 Edward BECK Single   Hannah MUMFORD Single Long Compton, Warwickshire
18 01/06/1825 John BRADFORD   Great Rollright Elizabeth BECK    
19 12/09/1825 Thomas BERRY     Elizabeth MAYCOCK    
20 26/01/1826 James FLOOD Single Kislingbury, Northamptonshire Maria BUSBY Single  
21 26/02/1827 William PARSONS     Sarah SUMNER    
22 30/04/1827 William PINFOLD   Enstone Elizabeth WOLGROVE    
23 27/05/1828 Thomas BUSBY     Sarah WATKINS    
24 01/06/1828 John PARSONS     Maria SUMNER    
25 10/08/1829 William SMITH Single Enstone Eliza BUSBY Single  
26 28/01/1830 William BUSBY Single   Mary HARWOOD Single Chipping Norton
27 23/08/1830 George GARDINER Single Little Tew Mary Ann BUSBY Single  
28 21/11/1830 James TURFREY   Enstone Hannah SMITH    
29 30/12/1830 William SYRATT     Sarah WIDDOWS    
30 28/02/1831 James PHILLIPS     Hannah WOLGROVE    
31 10/05/1832 George KING   Little Tew Ann CARTER    
32 11/10/1832 Edward BADGER   Swalcliffe Maria COULLING    
33 14/10/1833 John ROPER     Mary TIMMS   Burmington, Warwickshire
34 06/02/1834 Edward FAULKNER   Enstone Frances HAILES    
35 22/04/1834 Thomas MARGETTS   Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire Kezia SUMNER    
36 14/10/1835 Thomas BURMAN     Marianne CLARKE    
37 09/11/1835 Edward MILES Single   Ann ROPER    
38 01/02/1837 William COULLING Single Warkworth, Northamptonshire Elizabeth HARWOOD    
39 08/05/1837 Thomas SUMMERS Single   Elizabeth OWEN Single  

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