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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Egleton St Edmund

 

The Parish

The parish of Egleton lies in western Rutland quite close to its border with neighbouring Leicestershire. Egleton lies about two miles southeast of Rutland's county town of Oakham, indeed it was once a chapelry of Oakham parish, and just east of the A6003 road which connects Oakham with Uppingham. Egleton is a small compact little village which once stood in rolling countryside and now stands on the edge of the vast reservoir of Rutland Water. Whilst this has robbed the parish of most of its pastures the area to the west and south is typical of the area before flooding, rolling countryside dominated by pastures with tall hedges, quintessential English Shire hunting countryside. Today Egleton is home to one of Rutland's attractions the Bird Watching Centre which allows views over the reservoir (famous for its Ospreys) and holds the annual UK Bird Fair. The small stream running through the village would have become the River Gwash before the reservoir and this flows eastwards to join the Welland just east of Stamford thence to the North Sea through the Wash. Egleton stands at around 90 metres above sea level with local heights of 150 metres to its southwest. Parishes in Rutland are rather small and Egleton would have been no exception, it covered barely 1,000 acres and supported a population of around 150 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Egleton in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Edmund's church sits on the northern edge of the village sitting on the eastern side of a tight bend in the main access lane from Oakham. The church shows a few signs of very early (perhaps pre-Conquest) origins with Saxo-Norman style features in both the south doorway and the chancel arch. Much else dates from the great church building era of the perpendicular era although the spire on the western tower is from the late 18th century. The church was, of course, restored during the Victorian era, in this case 1870s although Pevsner does describe this work as "sensitive". The church sits at the northern end of the village properties and is rather screened by mature trees from the road, a pathway heads to a pair of wooden gates granting access to the churchyard. Once beyond the boundary trees there are still a few obstacles to photography which restrict the angles available.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 22nd February 1755 - 9th November 1809 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE2247/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 15th September 1813 - 18th November 1836 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE2247/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Oakham All Saints
Oakham All Saints
Burley Holy Cross
Burley Holy Cross
Oakham All Saints
Hambleton St Andrew
Brooke St Peter
Belton St Peter (detached)
Hambleton St Andrew

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
22/02/1755 Ralph HAMMOND     Mary BRIGGS Single  
15/12/1755 William BOTTOM     Mary CRODING Single Oakham
30/12/1756 John LOVITT     Jane FORMAN Single  
01/06/1761 Henry BEAVER     Alice EATON Single  
18/08/1761 Thomas SCOT   Hambleton Anne TIMSON Single  
21/11/1761 Charles TYRES     Susannah MEADOWS Single  
22/12/1761 John MOULD     Elizabeth TOMSON Single  
10/12/1762 Samuel ADCOCK     Elizabeth TOMSON Single  
07/10/1764 Edward MEADOWS     Susannah ADCOCK Single  
30/12/1765 St John KIRK   Burrow On The Hill, Leicestershire Susannah TOMSON Single  
15/12/1766 Thomas SPRIGS   Uppingham Mary EXTON Single  
25/05/1767 Thomas SMITH   Oakham Elizabeth COOPER Single  
23/01/1769 James EXTON     Mary CUNNINGTON Single  
18/05/1769 Thomas GIBBINS   Syston, Lincolnshire Alice BATES    
05/12/1769 Richard HILL   Hambleton Mary MEADOWS Single  
10/09/1770 John POPPLE   Wing Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD Single  
25/08/1772 John SEATON     Hannah RIDGLEY Single Lyddington
04/01/1773 William SEARSON Single St Michael, Stamford, Lincolnshire Elizabeth STUBBS Single  
09/04/1776 John BROWN     Elizabeth GOODWIN    
05/08/1776 Thomas WHITE   Braunston Eleanor ROLLINGS    
13/12/1779 John VEAZEY     Ann WEATHERILL    
13/01/1780 James DONKIN   Oakham Ann MOULD    
17/04/1780 William MOULD     Mary CARTER    
27/12/1780 James NAILE     Sarah COLLINGWOOD    
05/02/1783 Thomas WOODS     Sarah WILLAND    
15/12/1783 Robert BROOM     Elizabeth CONNINGTON    
14/10/1784 William CARTER     Hannah WARD Single Edith Weston
28/06/1785 Robert PETEFOR     Sarah WHOOLDRIGE Widow  
10/09/1785 John NEEDHAM     Mary STAFFORD Single  
13/03/1787 Joseph HILL     Ann SAXSON Single Oakham
19/11/1787 Edward HARRIS   Ashwell Susannah TYERS Single  
12/11/1789 Thomas MANTON   Cottesmore Ann SCOTT Single  
29/11/1790 James ECOB   Stapleford, Leicestershire Sarah COOPER    
29/12/1791 Richard FOUNTAIN   Cottesmore Hannah CARTER    
09/02/1792 John BRYAN     Ann CARTER    
23/07/1792 Thomas SELLERS   Oakham Mary BEAVER    
22/10/1795 William KITCHEN     Ann SEATON    
09/02/1796 John DEACON   Oakham Mary ADCOCK    
13/12/1796 Thomas MEADOWS     Eleanor THOMSON    
05/01/1801 Joseph TIRRELL   Bringhurst, Leicestershire Eleanor MEADOWS    
24/11/1801 Thomas TOMSON     Catherine SEATON    
13/08/1807 James BRADSHAW   Harrington, Northamptonshire Mary Anne SEATON    
16/01/1809 Thomas OSBORNE     Ann HOLMES    
09/11/1809 James NEALE     Sarah WOODS    
1 15/09/1813 James RIPPIN Single Market Deeping, Lincolnshire Sarah ROWES Widow Oakham
2 14/10/1813 James BULLIVANT Widower Oakham Sarah GROWCOCK    
3 06/01/1814 Robert SPRIGGS     Alice NAIL    
4 19/09/1814 Adam BROWN     Ann REYNOLDS   Exton
5 18/11/1814 Thomas TYERS     Elizabeth CARTER    
6 19/09/1815 Robert CARTER Single Boston, Lincolnshire Susanna SEATON    
7 26/02/1816 John CLARK Single Manton Ann NEEDHAM    
8 29/12/1817 William BROWN     Mary KEATH    
9 21/03/1819 James BROWN     Anne MARTON   Morcott
10 28/09/1819 John KNIGHT   Burley Mary RIPPIN    
11 23/11/1819 William WOODING   Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire Frances WOODS    
12 19/11/1821 John RUDKIN   Burley Mary BROWN    
13 07/06/1824 John BROOM Single Weldon, Northamptonshire Frances NEEDHAM Single  
14 05/07/1824 John SELLERS Single Market Overton Mary SELLERS Single  
15 07/12/1824 William ROBINSON Single   Anne BRYAN Single  
16 13/03/1825 Robert WILLIAMS Single Oakham Sarah PEET Single  
17 04/04/1826 Francis BLACKBURN Single Oakham Sarah CARTER Widow  
18 24/06/1828 Joseph TIRRELL     Eleanor THOMPSON Single  
19 09/02/1829 John MANTON Single Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire Maria CUNNINGTON Single  
20 09/11/1829 Joseph NEEDHAM Single Rushton, Northamptonshire Mary DICKMAN Single  
21 11/05/1830 Thomas SCOTT Single   Susannah WOODS Single  
22 26/04/1831 John JOHNSON Single   Mary SCOTT Single  
23 24/05/1832 John MOULD Single   Sarah DEXTER Single  
24 14/06/1832 Robert WATSON Single   Elizabeth HIPPY Single  
25 14/02/1833 Robert JEAKINS Single Oakham Elizabeth Anne FRISBY    
26 22/10/1833 William HAMMOND Single   Maria SELLERS Single  
27 14/12/1835 Robert MUNTON Single Greetham Elizabeth NEAL Single  
28 18/11/1836 Thomas HILL Single   Jane FOULKES Single Hambleton

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