England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Monington lies in the extreme north of Pembrokeshire not too far from its border with neighbouring Cardiganshire. Monington is located roughly 3 miles southwest of the town & port of Cardigan and sits a couple of miles north of the B4582 road which connects Cardigan with Newport. Modern day Monington is a tiny place, little more than a name on the map with a handful of scattered farms. Known in Welsh as Eglwys Wythwr or "the church of eight men" (that being a reference to the number of freeholders) is has always been thus. Despite being in rolling countryside the soil quality is generally good so arable farming dominates the local economy. Pembrokeshire's coast is only a few miles west and a small, fast-flowing, stream drains Monington quickly to the sea arriving at Ceibwr Bay. Monington sits on a strongly sloping site, the stream being at 70 metres whilst the higher properties are at 140 metres, land rises stull further towards St Dogmaels reaching 205 metres at the local high spot. By Pembrokeshire standards Monington was a small parish, covering just over 1,000 acres it would have supported only a handful of folk above 100 parishioners. Like most of Wales Monington is not mentioned in Domesday Book which does not cover this area. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
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1754 - 1773 |
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No registers survive for this period, if any marriages
occurred they have been lost to history |
2 | 2nd October 1773 - 5th January 1809 | Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/138/1 | 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 | A somewhat chaotic sequence and trying handwriting raise the distinct possibility of accidental omission and also a likelihood of a few misreads |
3 | 10th June 1816 - 18th November 1833 | Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/138/2 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Whilst there are only 9 marriages the handwriting is sufficiently poor to warrant a slight caveat |
St
Dogmaels St Thomas
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St
Dogmaels St Thomas
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St
Dogmaels St Thomas
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St
Dogmaels St Thomas
Llantood St Illtyd |
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Moylgrove
St Andrew
Llantood St Illtyd |
Llantood
St Illtyd
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