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

 

The Parish

The parish of Westwell lies in the extreme west of Oxfordshire, indeed it has the distinction of being the westernmost parish in its county and consequently forms a stretch of the border with neighbouring Gloucestershire. Westwell is located just over 2 miles southwest of the small market town of Burford and sits a similar distance west of the A361 road which connects Burford with Lechlade. Westwell is a small and compact village with an attractive green, complete with village pond, at its centre. The local economy is largely dominated by farming but here a mixed regime of both arable & pastoral would have held sway at the time of this transcript, the farming has moved significantly more arable in modern times. Westwell is drained east then south by the Shill Brook which heads onward to reach the Thames, here matters turn east through Oxford & the capital to reach the North Sea. Westwell is sited at around 120 metres above the sea in gently undulating countryside where land rises still further westwards to a local height of 155 metres. By the standards of this area Westwell parish was rather small, covering just under 900 acres it would have only supported a population of a little under 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Westwell was held by one Poyntz's son Walter and could muster 7 ploughs and a small set of pastures.


The Church

St Mary's church lies to the northwest of the village green accessed by rough track from that central point. An ancient church that retains much of its history. The main body of the church shows the Norman Romanesque style of the 12th century and Norman is also present in the southern doorway, with its zigzag carvings, and also in the vestry walls. A few changes can be seen from that early origin, the chancel arch appears to have been reworked and the chancel also has Early English Gothic lancet style windows whilst the porch is 14th century. A Victorian restoration of 1869 added not only the bell turret to the western end and also saw the nave fenestration replaced. Parking should be sought at the green and the church approached on foot. The churchyard has a large tree occupying the favoured southeastern aspect but is otherwise open for photography from all other angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 27th July 1756 - 25th November 1811 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR284/1/R3/1 Plain, ruled and bordered book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Water damage leading to breakup of writing and also fading leads to the possibility of a small number of misreads.
2 12th October 1813 - 7th January 1833 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR284/1/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 Barrington St Mary. Gloucestershire
Little Barrington St Peter, Gloucestershire
Burford St John the Baptist
Eastleach Turville St Andrew, Gloucestershire
Eastleach Martin St Michael & St Martin, Gloucestershire
Burford St John the Baptist
Eastleach Martin St Michael & St Martin, Gloucestershire
Broadwell St Peter & St Paul
Broadwell St Peter & St Paul

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
27/07/1756 Thomas BRONSDON Holwell Jane TURNER
01/11/1758 John HALL Susannah WINNET
06/05/1760 John WILLIAMS Sherborne, Gloucestershire Mary TURNER
02/03/1761 Thomas BROWN Elizabeth ORPWOOD
10/08/1761 William WRIGHT Mary NUNNEY
28/09/1761 Edmund PALMER Elizabeth LINE
15/02/1762 James WALKER Great Barrington, Gloucestershire Elizabeth JAMES
28/06/1763 William HOWLET Bampton Elizabeth BUCKNER
21/12/1764 Thomas LARGE Jane BUNTTIN
04/08/1767 Thomas CLACK Shilton Anne SIMS
01/12/1768 Samuel SOLIM Sarah NUNNY
16/12/1770 John MARGETS Elizabeth WALLIS
20/12/1773 William SEWELL Martha TOWNSEND
30/05/1774 Daniel HALL Mary COTTRILL
05/03/1776 Robert PHIPPS Holwell Mary JOHN
26/05/1777 William TOWNSEND Hannah JAMES
08/09/1777 James HUCKS Elizabeth HALL
03/10/1778 Robert GREEN Holwell Mary BURSOM
13/09/1779 William PERIN Elizabeth BURDOCK
09/10/1779 Thomas JAMES Elenor HALL
12/10/1779 Richard COOK Sarah COWPER
12/10/1779 James REDBOND Margaret BETTRIDGE
12/02/1782 Joshua SMITH Chaddleworth, Berkshire Anne GARDINER
19/08/1782 Samuel DANCEY Mary TALL
18/10/1782 James LOVESEY Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire Mary DASSET
14/02/1785 John BLANDFORD Burford Betty LARGE
25/07/1785 John MATTHEWS Jane PALMER
01/08/1785 Thomas MIDWINTER Sarah COLLAT
11/10/1785 David STRONG Mary HOPES
11/10/1787 James RADBOURNE Sarah WALLCRAFT
09/05/1790 Henry LAPPER Anna Maria BROWN
20/03/1792 Reuben LONG Elizabeth CARTER
26/03/1792 John MITCHEL Elizabeth HAMBERGE
22/10/1792 Joseph HIX Alice EVANS
05/11/1792 Benjamin WIGGINS Sarah COOK
04/09/1793 Edward WIGGINS Sarah JAMES
04/11/1793 James HALL Fanny TUBB
01/07/1794 William FRANCIS Ann MARGETTS
12/09/1794 William BAYLIS Single Great Barrington, Gloucestershire Elizabeth LARGE
02/11/1795 William COLLINS Elizabeth TURNER
20/02/1797 James RADBURN Mary SMITH
08/11/1800 John SHIREBORNE Jane COOPER
07/11/1801 Richard TURNER Elizabeth GEEVES
01/02/1803 John MOULDER Sarah GREEN
26/10/1803 William JAMES Ann BARNETT
06/02/1804 James HALL Hannah WYATT
16/11/1805 William MILES Elizabeth COLLINS
08/07/1806 Thomas BEAL Burford Ann HALL
22/07/1806 John MILLS Elizabeth MOULDER
08/01/1807 Thomas BROOKES Margaret PITTAWAY
13/11/1809 Richard HIDE Elizabeth GRIFFIN
18/11/1811 John HARRIS Black Bourton Rebecca JAMES
25/11/1811 William GREEN Anne DEED
1 12/10/1813 Thomas MOLLARD Rose DANCEY
2 09/02/1815 Thomas WELLS Single Hampnett, Gloucestershire Sarah BAGNALL
3 09/02/1815 Thomas WOOD Single Elizabeth MOULDER
4 02/05/1815 Edward COOK Holwell Mary Ann LAPPER
5 08/12/1815 William WINDFIELD Olive STRONG
6 12/12/1815 William MARGETTS Ester GREEN
7 25/06/1816 John HALL Letitia FRANCIS
8 26/11/1816 William FINLEY Great Barrington, Gloucestershire Esther DANCEY
9 03/04/1820 Richard TAYLOR Wootton Elizabeth GREEN
10 21/12/1820 Charles RUMBOLD Malmesbury, Wiltshire Mary BAGNALL
11 16/04/1821 James TRINDER Ann WALKER
12 03/02/1823 John BETTS Hannah LINSEY
13 28/04/1823 James GEORGE Holwell Sarah DANCEY
14 14/08/1823 John FRANCIS Elizabeth KILBEY
15 07/06/1824 James HICKS Ann JONES Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire
16 25/04/1825 John HICKS Sarah SMITH
17 30/01/1826 Edward TOWNSEND Jane SHANMAN
18 10/07/1826 Thomas DORE Single Shipton Under Wychwood Mary WILKS Single
19 24/12/1827 Sampson GODDEN Wootton Sarah GREEN
20 10/11/1828 Charles ASHELL Ann HUMPHRIES
21 11/04/1831 William MAUNDERS Aldsworth, Gloucestershire Mary HICKS
22 10/11/1832 William JAMES Lucy Sophia PEARE
23 31/12/1832 Reuben LONG Ann EVANS
24 07/01/1833 Charles CLARK Elizabeth LONG

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