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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Meline St Dogfael

 

The Parish

The parish of meline is located in northeastern Pembrokeshire, roughly midway between it Irish Sea coast and the border with its neighbour Carmarthenshire. Meline is located about 8 miles southwest of the port of Cardigan, it is sited just north of the A487 road which connects Cardigan with Fishguard. There is no village to Meline, indeed the name "Meline" is not even shown on modern Ordnance Survey maps, just a scatter of farms and cottages. Meline parish consists of two distinct areas, the smaller northern portion contains fertile agricultural lands and pastoral farming with some arable predominated, the larger southern portion consisted of the northern slopes of the rather barren Preseli Mountains, an area of rough grassland and stony slopes where sheep would have predominated. The centre of Meline, by the church, was on slopes above the valley of the Nant Duad, a tributary of the Afon Nyfer through which it headed west to join the Irish Sea at Newport. Meline is sited at around 60 metres above the sea but parts of the parish topped out at well over 400 metres on the upper slopes of the Preselis. Meline parish, on account of the poor land quality covered an extensive area, around 4,000 acres, Preseli parishes are all rather large and it would have supported almost 500 parishioners. Like most of Wales Meline is not mentioned in Domesday Book as it did not cover the area.


The Church

St Dogfael's church sits at the motorable end of a narrow lane heading north off the A487. The church is not an ancient mediaeval one, it was erected in 1864 at the expense of Sir Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd. The church is clearly interesting architecturally as Pevsner devotes almost a half page to its description. This is perhaps surprising for a rather simple church with only a nave, chancel, southern porch and a bell-tower. The lane that leads to the church is signed with the brown tourist signs for Castlell Henllys, a reconstructed Iron Age hill fort and visitor attraction across the valley of the Nant Duad. Where this bends sharply right the church sits behind iron gates with rather imposing stone gate posts, the church appears rather screened from the lane but once inside the churchyard photographic angles are mostly rather good.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th July 1755 - 11th November 1812 Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/137/2
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
2 8th July 1813 - 8th November 1836 Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/137/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Nevern St Brynach
Nevern St Brynach
Eglwyswrw St Christiolus
Eglwyswrw St Christiolus
Nevern St Brynach
Eglwyswrw St Christiolus
Whitechurch St Michael
Mynachlog Ddu St Dogmael
Mynachlog Ddu St Dogmael
Mynachlog Ddu St Dogmael

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 08/07/1755 Richard JOHN     Mary JOHN    
2 25/05/1756 James BOWEN     Jane MEARE Single St Mary, Haverfordwest
3 04/06/1756 Evan DAVID Single   Martha JOHN Single  
4 09/12/1756 Thomas WILLIAM Single   Elizabeth WILLIAM Single  
5 15/03/1757 David REES Single   Mary WILLIAM Single  
6 04/05/1757 John JENKIN Single Eglwyswrw Elizabeth STEPHEN Single  
7 04/10/1757 John THOMAS     Martha EVAN Single  
8 10/11/1757 Solomon THOMAS Single   Mary GRIFFITH Single  
9 11/11/1757 David JOHN Widower Llanfair Nant Gwyn Rose MATHIAS Single  
10 08/12/1757 Thomas MORRIS Single Whitechurch Martha LEWIS Single  
11 07/11/1758 Evan JOHN Single Dinas Mary THOMAS Single  
12 15/02/1759 William REES Single   Ann WILLIAM Single  
13 04/10/1759 John WILLIAM Single   Gwenllyan THOMAS Single  
14 14/11/1759 Llewellin WATKIN Single Newport Margaret WILLIAM Single  
15 12/12/1759 John THOMAS     Anne WILLIAM Single  
01/06/1761 David HUGH Single Moylgrove Sarah WILLIAM Single  
16 02/11/1761 Jeremiah FRANCIS Single   Elizabeth WILLIAM Single  
17 04/11/1761 James MORGAN Single Nevern Elizabeth EVANS Single  
17 18/12/1761 Thomas JOHN Widower   Mary THOMAS Single  
18 14/01/1762 John JOSEPH Single   Martha WILLIAM Single  
19 12/06/1762 John GRIFFITHS Single   Ann MADDOCKS Single  
13/10/1762 John WILLIAM Single   Mary DAVID Single  
07/11/1762 John LEWIS Single Moylgrove Mary WILLIAM Single  
20 20/12/1763 Thomas WILLIAM Single Nevern Ann THOMAS Single  
23 23/01/1764 John PERROT Widower St Nicholas Margaret PHILLIPS Single  
24 21/03/1764 James REES Single   Mary GILBERT Single  
25 12/04/1764 Morris OWEN Single Little Newcastle Mary PHILLIPS Single  
26 08/11/1764 Henry REES Single   Mary GRIFFITH Single  
27 16/11/1764 Thomas PHILLIPS Single   Mary LEWIS Single  
28 07/02/1765 William BOWEN Single Eglwyswrw Ann EDWARD Widow  
29 14/02/1765 James EDWARD Single   Ann GRIFFITH Single  
30 14/10/1765 John OWEN Single   Ann JAMES Single  
32 16/11/1770 David GRIFFITH Widower   Margaret CORNOCK Single  
33 19/11/1770 John NICHOLAS Single Eglwyswrw Martha DAVID Single  
34 21/05/1771 Joshuah THOMAS Single Llanfair Nant Gwyn Ann EDWARD Single  
35 01/10/1771 George JENKIN Single Nevern Anne REES Single  
36 14/04/1772 John GRONOW Widower Nevern Martha DAVID Single  
37 16/07/1773 Alban CHARLES Single   Dorothy YONG Single Eglwyswrw
38 11/11/1773 Thomas LEWIS Single St Dogmaels Sarah RICHARD Single  
01/02/1774 John THOMAS Single   Margaret WILLIAM Single  
15/02/1774 William VINCENT Single Dinas Hester PHILLIP Single  
27/10/1774 David DAVIDS Single   Elinor FRANCIS Single Nevern
01/11/1774 Thomas LEWIS Single   Mary REES Single  
15/11/1774 William THOMAS Single Nevern Dorothy ROBERT Single  
28/02/1775 William BEVAN Single St Dogmaels Elizabeth LEWIS Single  
30/06/1775 David BOWEN Single   Susanna WILLIAMS Single  
03/08/1775 William HARRY Single Eglwyswrw Elinor HARRY Single  
31/12/1776 John DAVENALD Single Nevern Elizabeth OWEN Single  
25/10/1777 Evan LLOYD Widower Fishguard Esther STEPHENS    
04/11/1777 Francis THOMAS Single   Elizabeth PHILLIP Single  
13/11/1777 David EVAN Single   Mary DAVID Single Whitechurch
24/10/1778 John DAVID   Whitechurch Martha EVAN Single  
18/11/1778 William LLOYD Single Bayvil Mary DAVID Single  
06/03/1779 Joseph JOHN Single   Lettice OWEN Single Eglwyswrw
11/05/1779 Jacob THOMAS Single Llanfihangel Penbedw Mary JENKIN Single  
01/11/1780 David JAMES Single   Elizabeth PHILLIPS Single  
23/11/1780 Thomas PHILLIP Single   Ann GEORGE Single Eglwyswrw
30/01/1781 William ROWLANDS Widower Newport Frances EVAN Single  
17/05/1781 James THOMAS Single Whitechurch Mary PHILLIP Single  
05/07/1781 David GRIFFITH Single Nevern Anna GEORGE Single  
20/03/1782 John LOYD Widower Nevern Hannah WILLIAM Single  
05/12/1782 David LEWIS Widower Nevern Elizabeth THOMAS Single  
01/04/1783 Thomas WILLIAM Widower Eglwyswrw Jane WILLIAM Single  
01/07/1783 Richard JONES Single Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire Anne PICTON Single  
11/09/1783 Evan JOHN Single   Frances EDWARD Single  
14/12/1783 John DAVID Single   Anna JOHN Single  
12/01/1784 James EVAN Single   Anne SHELBY Single  
01/04/1784 Caleb WILLIAM     Hannah REES    
26/04/1784 John WILLIAM Single Llanfair Nant Gwyn Mary EVAN Widow  
28/05/1784 John DAVID     Jane SHELBY    
21/10/1784 William ROWLANDS   Bayvil Mary THOMAS Single  
26/10/1784 Thomas GRIFFITH Single Eglwyswrw Anne WILLIAM Single  
03/11/1784 Thomas PHILLIP Single Whitechurch Martha MORRIS Single  
24/02/1785 Mathias JAMES Single Nevern Anne DAVID Single  
04/10/1785 Thomas DAVID Single Whitechurch Rachel PICTON Single  
15/06/1786 Roger JOHN Widower Nevern Catherine LAUCHARNE Single  
02/11/1786 Henry GEORGE Single Nevern Mary LEWIS Single  
04/01/1787 Joseph DAVID Single Llanwnda Catherine GRIFFITH    
25/10/1787 Thomas THOMAS Single   Maria REES Single  
07/02/1788 John EVAN Single   Anne JOHN Single  
26/02/1789 William LEWIS Single Nevern Martha DAVID Single  
05/11/1789 David PHILLIP Single Whitechurch Hannah OWEN Single  
10/11/1789 Thomas MORRIS Single St Dogmaels Catherine REES Single  
16/01/1790 William GRIFFITH Single Nevern Martha THOMAS Single  
24/06/1790 Thomas REES Single   Mary PHILLIP Single  
10/11/1790 David JOHN Single   Margaret NICHOLAS Single  
14/06/1791 John OWEN Single Cardigan, Cardiganshire Catherine DAVIES Single  
26/10/1791 Thomas DAVID     Elizabeth MORRIS    
01/02/1792 John WILLIAM Single Nevern Mary REES Single  
15/05/1792 John EVAN Single   Mary GEORGE Single  
11/10/1792 William LLOYD Widower   Elinor EDWARDS Single Nevern
25/10/1792 Daniel EVAN Single Eglwyswrw Mary GRIFFITH Single  
01/11/1792 David LUKE Single Mynachlog Ddu Margaret PICTON Single  
13/11/1792 David RICHARD Single   Dorothy REES Single  
15/12/1792 Phillip GRIFFITH Single Egremont, Carmarthenshire Mary THOMAS    
18/12/1792 David WILLIAM Single Nevern Dinah OWEN Single  
18/04/1793 Thomas PHILLIP Single Nevern Martha THOMAS Single  
05/11/1793 James JENKIN Single   Margaret DAVID Single  
21/11/1793 John SHELBY Single   Maria GEORGE Single  
18/03/1794 William DAVID Single Llanychaer Ann WILLIAM Single  
22/11/1794 John LAWRENCE Single   Mary JENKINS Single  
15/01/1795 Richard HOWELL Single Llanhowel Martha REES Single  
09/03/1796 John MORRIS Widower Llanfyrnach Catherine JOHN Single  
20/08/1796 John PHILLIP Single   Elizabeth THOMAS Single  
22/11/1796 Thomas DAVIDS Single   Mary WILLIAM Single  
30/07/1797 Chancey REES     Catherine GRIFFITH    
28/12/1797 Lewis THOMAS Single St Brides Elinor THOMAS Single  
09/04/1799 George EVANS   St Dogmaels Ann JENKINS Single  
08/02/1800 David PHILLIPS Widower   Martha WILLIAM Single  
25/12/1800 John THOMAS Widower   Ann DAVID Single  
29/12/1800 David BEYNON Widower   Elizabeth BOWEN Widow  
18/01/1801 Stephen JENKINS   Nevern Ann THOMAS    
06/12/1801 James THOMAS Widower   Hannah WILLIAM Single  
16/12/1801 John JENKINS Single   Mary RICHARD Widow  
27/04/1802 Stephen EDWARD Single   Ann JOHN Single  
19/10/1802 William RICHARD Single Manordeifi Martha EVAN Single  
21/10/1802 Daniel JAMES Single Eglwyswrw Martha WILLIAM Single  
02/11/1802 Thomas JACOB Single Nevern Rachel REES Single  
16/11/1802 John EVANS Single Nevern Mary EVANS Single  
29/11/1802 David DAVID Widower   Ann LEWIS Single  
12/05/1803 Simeon WILLIAM Single   Mary REES Single  
16/06/1803 Thomas REES Single Llantood Hannah JAMES Single  
22/10/1803 Thomas LEWIS Widower   Martha MORGAN Widow  
22/11/1803 Jacob MORRIES Single Nevern Elizabeth LEWIS Single  
26/11/1803 Moselamus PHILLIP Widower   Ann JENKIN Widow Eglwyswrw
20/03/1804 Daniel JACOB Single Bridell Elizabeth REES Single  
27/06/1804 Thomas NICHOLAS Widower   Rachel WILLIAM Single  
08/11/1804 Owen JOHN Single   Hannah REES Single  
28/02/1805 Thomas EVANS   Blaenporth, Cardiganshire Martha REES    
15/04/1805 Daniel THOMAS   Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire Elizabeth EVAN    
28/06/1805 Isaac DAVID     Maria DAVID    
29/10/1805 James EVANS Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
29/10/1805 David THOMAS Single   Martha JAMES Single  
14/11/1805 Owen PICTON Single Whitechurch Mary DAVIS Single  
25/11/1805 Thomas WILLIAMS Single St Dogmaels Margarett EVANS Single  
23/12/1805 Thomas PERKINS Single St Davids Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
26/08/1806 Thomas DEVONARD Single   Elizabeth WILLIAM Single  
06/11/1806 Thomas EVAN Widower Nevern Mary WILLIAM Single  
30/12/1806 David YONGE Single Bayvil Anne JAMES Single  
17/02/1807 James OWENS   Whitechurch Margaret DAVIDS    
03/10/1807 David BOWEN   Nevern Ann JAMES    
31/10/1807 James JAMES Widower   Ann PHILLIPS Widow  
11/11/1807 Thomas WILLIAM   Nevern Mary LEWIS    
20/10/1808 David DAVID   Nevern Elizabeth REES    
29/12/1808 William DAVID   Nevern Elizabeth EVANS    
16/02/1809 Thomas ROWLAND Widower St Dogmaels Ann BOWEN Single  
26/08/1809 John LEWIS   Nevern Frances BOWEN    
21/11/1809 John WILLIAM     Mary RICHARD    
21/08/1810 Rees EVANS     Elizabeth DUMALT    
11/12/1810 Edward LEWIS   Newport Elinor GRIFFITH    
05/02/1811 Thomas EVAN     Elizabeth GEORGE   Nevern
04/04/1811 William SAMMUEL   St Dogmaels Allys DAVIS    
03/06/1811 William RICHARD     Ann PHILLIP    
26/06/1811 David DAVIES     Mary LEWIS    
04/07/1811 John DAVID     Lydia LEWIS    
23/07/1811 Thomas JONAH   Llanarth, Cardiganshire Dorothy THOMAS    
19/03/1812 David RICHARD   Moylgrove Rachel DAVIES    
31/03/1812 John WILLIAM Widower   Elinor PHILLIP Single Nevern
16/06/1812 James EVAN   Nevern Martha LEWIS    
11/11/1812 Edward REES     Elizabeth REES    
1 08/07/1813 Maurice LEWIS     Mary REES    
2 28/10/1813 Thomas WILLIAM   Nevern Maria MORGAN    
3 31/10/1813 Owen ROBERTS   Llanllawer Martha JAMES    
4 11/04/1814 David MAURICE     Jemmima PRICE    
5 13/11/1814 David MATHIAS   Nevern Mariah DAVIES    
6 10/01/1815 Thomas JAMES   Newport Ann BEYNON    
7 17/01/1815 John GRIFFITH     Margaret DEVOLARD    
8 02/09/1815 John BENJAMIN   St Dogmaels Mary HOWEL    
9 19/10/1815 Simon DAVID     Sarah HOWEL    
10 26/03/1816 William HEWLIN   Nevern Margaret JOHN    
11 04/07/1816 William WILLIAMS Single Cilgerran Mary RICHARDS Single  
12 24/12/1816 Daniel WILLIAM     Rachel WILLIAM    
13 06/03/1817 John HARRIES Single Letterston Elizabeth REES Single  
14 03/04/1817 William WILLIAM Single Llantood Lidian EVANS Single  
15 23/12/1817 Benjamin JOHN     Elizabeth REES Widow  
16 23/12/1817 Thomas DAVIES   Walton East Elizabeth LLOYD    
17 31/12/1817 John JOHN Single Eglwyswrw Margaret DAVIES Single  
18 27/01/1818 Thomas WILLIAM Single Nevern Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
19 19/02/1818 Thomas NICHOLAS Widower   Jane SHADRACH Single  
20 19/11/1818 William OWEN Single Nevern Elizabeth LEWIS Single  
21 16/02/1819 Thomas JAMES Single   Phoebe EVANS Single  
22 02/03/1819 John EVANS Single   Hannah HOWELLS Single  
23 14/10/1819 David WILLIAM Single Nevern Anne MORRIS Single  
24 18/05/1820 Caleb WILLIAM Widower   Margaret EDWARD Widow  
25 18/05/1820 John DAVIES   Eglwyswrw Mary GRIFFITH    
26 20/06/1820 John THOMAS Single Eglwyswrw Elizabeth REES Single  
27 07/09/1820 Francis HARRIES Single Nevern Sarah LEWIS Single  
28 03/02/1821 David EVANS Single Cardigan, Cardiganshire Margaret GRONOW Single  
29 12/06/1821 Morris JOHN Single   Sarah PHILLIPS Single  
30 27/06/1821 Thomas DAVIES Single   Maria PHILLIP Single  
31 12/07/1821 William DAVIES Widower Nevern Margaret BEYNON Single  
32 06/09/1821 Thomas THOMAS Single Nevern Hannah THOMAS Single  
33 11/10/1821 Owen WALTERS Single Nevern Mary REES Single  
34 08/11/1821 William GEORGE Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
35 07/03/1822 David DAVIES Single   Esther LLOYD Single  
36 18/10/1822 William DAVIES   Eglwyswrw Hannah LEWIS    
37 22/10/1822 Evan DANIEL Widower   Phebe JOHN    
38 25/02/1823 Benjamin GRIFFITHS     Elizabeth PHILIP    
39 24/04/1823 James JAMES   Nevern Hannah HUGHES    
40 23/06/1824 David MORGAN   Mynachlog Ddu Rachel DAVID    
41 26/10/1824 Enoch BEYNON Widower   Margaret WILLIAMS Widow  
42 04/08/1825 Simon PHILLIP Widower   Margaret PHILLIP Widow Nevern
43 14/02/1826 John OWEN Single   Mary SHELBY Single Eglwyswrw
44 25/07/1826 Eynon BATEMAN Single Nevern Margaret LEWIS Single  
45 16/09/1826 William RICHARD Single Eglwyswrw Margaret WILLIAM Single  
46 24/10/1826 John EVAN     Hannah THOMAS    
47 26/06/1827 David DAVIES Widower Nevern Rachel JOHN Single  
48 23/08/1827 James REES Single   Rachel PHILLIPS Single  
49 08/10/1827 William EVANS Single Nevern Ann HOWELLS Single  
50 08/07/1828 John SHELBY Single   Rachel DAVID Single Eglwyswrw
51 17/07/1828 William WILLIAMS Single Maenclochog Hannah GRIFFITH Single  
52 02/10/1828 David JOHN Single Eglwyswrw Mary DAVID Single  
53 16/12/1828 Mauris THOMAS Single   Hanah EVANS Single  
54 14/04/1829 Thomas LEWIS Single   Mariah EDWARDS Single Nevern
55 11/06/1829 David JAMES Widower   Phebe DAVID Single  
56 22/08/1829 Evan LEWIS Single Llanycefn Mariah PHILLIP Single  
57 19/11/1829 Benjamin FRANCIS Single Newport Ann EVAN Single  
58 21/01/1830 Benjamin JAMES Widower Eglwyswrw Anne EVANS Single  
59 11/02/1830 Thomas RICHARDS Single Moylgrove Anne DAVIES Single  
60 04/03/1830 James JOHN Single   Mariah PHILLIP Single Nevern
61 09/03/1830 John THOMAS Single Nevern Hannah PHILLIPS Single  
62 05/10/1830 John GRIFFITH Single   Mariah EVAN Single  
63 26/10/1830 John JAMES Single Llanfair Nant Gwyn Mary PHILLIPS Single  
64 02/11/1830 John OWEN Single   Mary HIGGON Single  
65 03/11/1830 Simon PHILLIP Single Whitechurch Hannah STEPHEN Single  
66 13/01/1831 David PHILIP Single   Maria THOMAS Single  
67 09/02/1832 Benjamin GRIFFITHS Single   Mary THOMAS Single  
68 19/02/1832 John DAVIES Widower   Martha DAVIES Single  
69 06/03/1832 Thomas JONES Widower   Anne JENKINS Single  
70 08/05/1832 Levi JAMES Single Nevern Rachel RICHARDS Single  
71 11/10/1832 Daniel JOHN Widower   Mary BATEMAN Single  
72 20/11/1832 William LLOYD Single   Mary REES Single  
73 18/05/1833 Daniel JONES Widower St Dogmaels Ann FRANCIS Single  
74 06/06/1833 David THOMAS Single Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire Eliza PHILLIPS Single  
75 20/06/1833 Thomas RICHARDS Widower   Elizabeth JAMES    
76 21/10/1833 Morris NICHOLAS Widower Eglwyswrw Mary PEREGRINE    
77 24/10/1833 Morris WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth GRIFFITHS Single  
78 19/05/1834 Samuel DAVIES Single   Elizabeth GEORGE Single  
79 21/08/1834 George GRIFFITH Single   Hannah OWEN Single  
80 15/11/1834 Richard DAVIES Single   Elizabeth LLEWELLIN   Nevern
81 18/11/1834 Stephen LEWIS Single   Sarah RICHARD Single  
82 24/11/1834 Joseph PEREGRINE Single Llanfair Nant Gwyn Hannah HUGHES Single  
83 11/03/1835 William WILLIAMS Single Llantood Phoebe REES Single  
84 17/03/1835 Stephen DAVIES Single   Anne DAVIES Single Nevern
85 17/03/1835 Stephen NICHOLS Single   Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
86 25/04/1835 John EVAN Single   Hannah WILLIAM Single Nevern
87 19/05/1835 Levi JAMES Single Llandilo Hannah GRIFFITH Single  
88 17/06/1835 Thomas GRIFFITHS Single Cilgerran Martha REES Single  
89 18/09/1835 Enoch THOMAS Widower   Anne THOMAS Single  
90 10/10/1835 David REES Widower Llanfyrnach Lydia DAVIES Widow  
91 29/10/1835 Thomas GWYNNE Single   Rachel MORRIS Single  
92 03/11/1835 John EVAN Single Eglwyswrw Elizabeth THOMAS Single  
93 05/11/1835 John THOMAS Single Nevern Martha GRIFFITH Single  
94 05/11/1835 James PERRY Single Pontfaen Mary BATEMAN Single  
95 03/12/1835 Stephen MORRIS Single Whitechurch Lydia PHILLIPS Single  
96 05/05/1836 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Martha PHILLIP Single  
97 20/10/1836 John PICTON Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
98 08/11/1836 Samuel JOHN Widower   Mary GRIFFITHS Single  

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