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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Mainstone St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Mainstone is located in southwestern Shropshire, indeed it forms part of the border with Wales and neighbouring Montgomeryshire. Mainstone is a really rural spot, the parish lies deep in the border hills about 4 miles west of the market town of Bishops Castle and is traversed only by minor lanes west of the A488 which links Bishops Castle with Clun & Knighton. There is not much of a village to Mainstone mostly isolated farms although there are settlements in the valley of the River Unk and west of this at the hamlet of Churchtown. The parish is very much border country between England and Wales and the parish carries a stretch of Offa's Dyke within its confines. The land use is almost totally for pasture with both sheep and cattle grazing in small fields. Mainstone is sited at about 250 metres above sea level but land in the parish rises to above 400 metres in close proximity, the River Unk is the principal drainage which flows southeastwards to merge with the River Clun at Clun village. The parish being rural supported a relatively small population of just below 300 parishioners. Given its position on the edge of Norman territory it is not surprising that there is no entry in Domesday Book, the presence, however of pre-Norman Offa's Dyke probably indicates a longer history than that suggests.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church is located right beside Offa's Dyke where it crosses the lane at Churchtown. The church is an ancient building with probably a 12th century origin. The walls of the building, however, were almost completely rebuilt in the late 1880s. The building has a continuous nave and chancel with only a bellcote rather than the standard western tower. Internally Pevsner waxes lyrical regarding the quality of the 15th century roof. The building is sited in a relatively open graveyard adjacent to the narrow country lane. A low moss-covered stone wall surrounds with access achieved through wrought-iron gates. There is a mass of surrounding trees particularly to the north giving shelter. It's position next to the popular long distance trail means it is regularly visited despite its remote site.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 20th October 1754 - 30th November 1812 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/182/A/3/1 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 21st February 1813 - 28th June 1837 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/182/A/3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Church Stoke St Nicholas, Montgomeryshire
Church Stoke St Nicholas, Montgomeryshire
Snead St Mary the Virgin, Montgomeryshire
Clun St George
Bishops Castle St John the Baptist
Clun St George
Clun St George
Lydbury North St Michael

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
02/01/1754 William HOWARD     Jane DAVIS    
1 20/10/1754 David GOUGH   Clun Joice BEAMOND    
2 25/04/1755 Francis WHITEHALL     Ann MEDLICOAT    
3 12/05/1755 Richard GWILT     Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
4 18/11/1755 William GRIFFITHS     Mary BOWEN Single  
5 02/02/1756 Edward BARNETT   More Elizabeth POWEL    
6 02/02/1756 John JONES     Mary GOUGH    
7 13/12/1756 Francis GWALT   Bishops Castle Elizabeth JAMES    
8 07/02/1757 Thomas RIGGET   Bishops Castle Sarah BIRD    
9 17/11/1757 William DAVIES   Lydham Jane LEWIS    
10 07/02/1758 Charles BASON     Elizabeth ORICE    
11 24/11/1758 John JONES     Catherine GRIFFITHS    
12 09/12/1758 Griffith PRYCE     Mary DAVIES   Chirbury
13 29/03/1759 Thomas BISHOP     Mary SNEAD    
14 04/06/1759 Morris DAVIES     Anne DAVIES    
15 27/12/1759 Charles JONES   Clun Tabitha DRABBLE    
16 17/02/1760 Francis JONES     Susannah GRIFFITHS    
17 07/06/1760 John HOCKHAM   Bishops Castle Elizabeth HOWEL    
18 29/06/1760 Thomas VENABLES     Sarah BEVAN   Lydbury North
19 10/08/1761 John LEWIS     Martha DAVIES    
20 06/06/1762 William SNEDD     Ann WRIGHT   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire
21 06/02/1763 Edward DAVIES   Norbury Jane DAVIES    
22 05/01/1764 Richard COLLINS     Margaret DOWNS    
23 24/04/1764 John JONES   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth BOWEN    
24 29/05/1764 John JOHNS     Mary BATLOW    
25 31/05/1764 Edward POWEL     Martha THOMAS    
26 16/02/1765 Richard BRADLEY   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
27 15/07/1765 Thomas MATTHEWS     Margaret JONES    
28 17/06/1766 Hollingham BIRD     Elizabeth OLIVER    
29 22/09/1766 Thomas JAMES     Jane THOMAS    
30 06/10/1766 John BOWEN     Sarah JONES    
31 16/02/1768 Richard JONES   Clungenford Catherine MATTHEWS    
32 30/04/1768 Charles PUGH   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Sarah PRICE    
33 27/04/1769 Samuel GRIFFITHS     Sarah BEVAN    
34 06/11/1769 Thomas VENABLES     Jane COOK    
35 20/01/1771 Thomas BEVAN     Elizabeth POOLE    
36 26/01/1771 Thomas ROBERTS     Mary PRICE    
37 28/04/1771 Henry VAUGHAM     Mary VAUGHAN    
38 20/06/1771 Charles DIKE     Mary HARRIS   Clun
39 25/11/1771 Richard POOLE     Ann BEVAN    
40 11/05/1772 William EVANS   Lydbury North Elizabeth OLIVERS    
41 12/05/1772 Moses DAVIES     Elizabeth PRICE    
42 03/02/1773 Francis BOWEN     Hesther HIGGINS    
43 10/02/1773 Thomas JAMES     Anne GRIFFITHS    
44 23/08/1773 James HATFIELD     Margaret EVANS    
45 11/05/1774 Arthur JONES     Catherine WILLIAMS    
46 15/05/1775 Samuel BEAMOND     Susan MATTHIES    
47 15/07/1775 John DAVIES   Montgomery, Montgomeryshire Mary BLAYNEY    
48 23/10/1775 John HOWARD     Sarah THOMAS    
49 13/02/1776 George FLETCHER     Hannah HOWELL    
50 04/05/1776 William FRANCIS     Elizabeth BEAMOND    
51 02/08/1776 Edward BOWEN     Eleanor CARTWRIGHT    
52 03/04/1777 Richard WARREN   Bishops Castle Mary LAKE    
53 15/05/1777 David ROBERTS     Mary WILLIAMS    
54 26/09/1777 John BIRCH     Mary BAILYE    
55 01/02/1778 John DAVIES     Margaret HURLEY    
56 30/05/1778 Moses EVANS     Eleanor LEWIS    
57 17/10/1778 Richard MINTER     Sarah HOWARD    
58 12/02/1779 John BROWN   Clun Jane KERRY    
59 26/04/1779 Richard GOUGH     Ann BRYANT    
60 08/05/1779 Samuel EVANS     Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
61 04/06/1779 William BAILEY     Anne MORRIS    
62 08/07/1779 John JONES     Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
63 30/10/1779 Samuel HORNER     Mary GRIFFITHS    
64 16/09/1780 John BEAMOND     Mary MEACHAM    
65 01/10/1780 Evan WORSNAM     Elizabeth WEAVER    
66 17/12/1780 Richard DEALES   Bishops Castle Anne BOWEN    
67 04/05/1781 Matthew JAMES   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
68 23/08/1781 Thomas MEREDITH     Frances HARRINGTON    
69 18/10/1781 William GRIFFITHS     Catherine FRANCIS    
70 23/11/1781 Richard CORFIELD     Martha LOCKET    
71 15/02/1783 Richard PAIN     Mary POWELL    
72 15/02/1783 David JONES     Margaret JAMES    
73 23/02/1784 Charles MEYRICK   Clun Mary VENABLES    
74 20/04/1784 Thomas JONES     Elizabeth PRICE    
75 25/05/1784 Samuel HUGHES     Sarah DAVIS    
76 01/11/1784 Philip MORRIS   Clun Charlotte Margaret EDWARDS    
77 10/11/1784 John ADDIS   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth GWILT    
78 15/11/1784 John ROGERS   Frodesley Elizabeth BASON    
79 15/12/1784 John PROBERT   Old Radnor, Radnorshire Margaret PREECE    
80 16/05/1786 Griffith BASON     Martha CORBETT   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire
81 25/09/1786 Edward BOWEN     Mary MEYRICK    
82 02/12/1786 George MOUNTFORD     Sarah BASON    
83 03/12/1786 John BOWEN     Elizabeth FOX    
84 06/01/1787 Samuel PERKINS     Martha BLAYNEY    
85 10/01/1787 William GOUGH     Sarah GWILT    
86 03/05/1787 James WILLIAMS     Mary SNEADE    
87 06/05/1787 Jeremiah SNEADE     Mary BROWN    
88 15/11/1787 John BEAMOND     Martha GRIFFITHS    
89 18/01/1788 William PRICE     Mary PRICE    
90 11/05/1788 George SELBY   Clun Elizabeth EVANS    
91 11/05/1788 Benjamin HIGGINS     Ann EVANS    
92 18/06/1788 John MORRIS     Ann WARD    
93 17/04/1789 George HIGGINS     Elizabeth FRANCIS    
94 06/05/1789 Christopher EVANS     Jane JONES    
95 22/05/1789 William MEYRICK     Elizabeth JONES    
96 01/11/1789 John MORGAN     Mary BEAMOND    
97 02/11/1789 Edward FARMER     Mary BOWEN    
98 06/05/1790 John BROWN     Sarah HARLEY    
99 07/02/1791 William JONES     Sarah BEAMOND    
100 01/03/1791 William BEAMOND     Catharine LEAVIS    
101 29/08/1791 Samuel MEYRICK     Margaret RIDGE    
102 08/10/1791 John RENOLDS     Mary POOL    
103 08/10/1791 John MORRIS     Elizabeth CADWALLADER    
104 09/10/1791 Thomas LLOYD     Elizabeth GWELT    
105 04/05/1792 Charles BEAMOND   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Rebecca DAVIS    
106 07/10/1792 David GOUGH     Ann EVANS    
107 31/12/1792 Richard BOWEN     Sarah EVANS    
108 22/04/1793 James REESE     Elizabeth THOMAS    
109 26/11/1793 Thomas WILLIAMS     Mary GOUGH    
110 05/05/1794 Richard GWILT     Mary JONES   Ceri, Montgomeryshire
111 21/05/1794 Thomas WATTS     Martha LEWIS    
112 03/03/1795 Richard PRYCE   Forden, Montgomeryshire Eliza Constantia EDWARDS Single  
113 16/10/1795 Richard HOWARD     Mary FRANCIS    
114 17/12/1797 Robert NORTON     Margaret MATTHEWS    
115 23/05/1798 James BARGE Single   Anne GRIFFITHS Single  
116 05/08/1798 Edward CORBETT     Mary CLEATON   Bishops Castle
117 12/03/1799 James BEAMOND     Mary GOUGH    
118 16/03/1799 Francis CRACKSTON     Elizabeth BEVAN    
119 18/07/1799 Thomas BIRD     Sarah DIKE    
120 14/04/1800 Samuel GOUGH     Margaret JONES    
121 01/01/1801 Michael DISHLEY     Ann BLAYNEY    
122 18/10/1801 William CROW     Mary WARD    
123 15/02/1802 William EVANS     Sarah POOLE    
124 13/04/1802 Thomas BREESE     Elizabeth SOUTHERTON    
125 29/07/1802 Samuel WILLIS     Mary LEA    
126 03/10/1802 Richard VAUGHAN   Bishops Castle Anne CLAYTON    
127 26/12/1802 John CADWALLADER     Frances MEREDITH    
128 01/05/1803 Richard TURNER     Anne MORGAN    
129 09/05/1803 William CHESTER     Margaret FRANCIS    
130 20/05/1803 John FLETCHER     Martha EDWARDS    
131 27/12/1803 Richard BUCKLEY     Margaret ROBINSON    
132 05/03/1804 Cornelius GOUGH     Mary BRIGS    
133 03/01/1805 Richard DEAKER Single   Mary MOLLINGS    
134 06/10/1805 Evan LLOYD     Nansey DAVIS    
135 30/12/1805 James WATTS     Margaret PRICE    
136 28/04/1806 John POWEL     Mary EDWARDS    
137 04/05/1806 Benjamin LUKE     Anne MORRIS    
138 26/05/1806 William JENKINS     Mary JONES    
139 17/11/1806 William THOMAS     Elizabeth DAVIES    
140 25/05/1807 Owen EVANS   Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Sarah DAVIES    
141 24/08/1807 Evan DAVIS     Sarah BEVAN    
142 04/10/1807 Richard PUGH     Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
143 07/10/1807 Richard SANJEY     Ann PRICE   Clun
144 25/10/1807 Richard SIRES     Susannah BRIGS    
145 30/12/1807 John JONES     Anne BREES    
146 26/02/1808 William LOCKLEY     Martha DAVIS    
147 25/05/1808 Levi BLAYNEY     Martha DYKE    
148 05/06/1808 Francis RINEHAM     Eleanor HOWARD    
149 21/06/1808 John JONES     Rebecca OWEN    
150 03/07/1808 John GOUGH     Sarah POWEL    
151 01/05/1809 Richard EDWARDS     Martha DAVIES    
152 01/09/1809 Thomas CLARKE     Jane BLAINEY    
153 07/01/1810 John DAVIES     Mary JONES    
154 04/05/1810 Evan PUGH   Lydbury North Ann BRIGS    
155 10/05/1810 John EVANS   Ceri, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth EVANS    
156 03/07/1810 William PRICE Single Montgomery, Montgomeryshire Susannah HOWES Single  
157 14/10/1810 David OLIVER     Jane BOYCE    
158 28/01/1811 William STARR   More Mary HUMPHREYS    
159 19/04/1811 Thomas PARRY   Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire Ann HUMPHREYS    
160 28/04/1811 Thomas BLAINEY     Anne DAKIN    
161 28/04/1811 Samuel GRIFFITHS     Mary REYNOLDS    
162 03/05/1811 James DISLING     Martha GRIFFITHS    
163 27/01/1812 John HOUGH     Ann EDWARDS    
164 11/05/1812 William GRIFFITHS     Elizabeth BOND    
165 30/11/1812 John PRICE     Mary BISHOP    
1 21/02/1813 William BULLOCK     Ann ROBINSON    
2 20/06/1813 Edward JONES   Bishops Castle Elizabeth FRANCIS    
3 21/11/1813 Thomas ADDIS     Sarah VENABLES    
4 06/12/1813 Aaron SHAW     Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
5 20/02/1814 William HAVER     Mariah JONES    
6 21/02/1814 William DODSON     Mary GROVES    
7 07/05/1814 David EDWARDS     Ann VENABLES    
8 17/07/1814 John HUGHES Single   Ann EVANS Single  
9 28/11/1814 Edward JONES Single   Margaret DRIFFITHS Widow  
10 01/06/1816 Charles STEPHENS   Newtowm, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
11 30/06/1816 Edward GITTENS   Clun Mary VENABLES    
12 05/10/1816 Thomas CAREW     Elizabeth EDWARDS   Clun
13 30/11/1816 William IDSON     Susan BOWEN    
14 08/12/1816 Evan EDWARDS   Clun Margaret BARON    
15 18/01/1817 John SOUTHERN   Clunbury Ann TILLY    
16 03/02/1817 John GRIFFITHS     Mary PHILLIPS    
17 02/05/1817 Richard PUGH     Elizabeth CROW    
18 05/05/1817 John HORNE Single   Sarah MOUNTFORD Single  
19 11/05/1817 Richard JAMES Single   Eleanor GOUGH Single  
20 26/05/1817 Thomas SMART Single   Margaret HORSMAN Single  
21 20/04/1818 John TROW Single   Jane JAMES Single  
22 30/08/1818 John MORRIS     Susan EVANS    
23 19/10/1818 Robert CHESTER Single   Anne DWILLIAM Widow Clun
24 16/12/1818 Shadrach BISHOP     Mary BONNETT    
25 25/04/1819 Sampson TILLY Single   Sarah JAMES Single  
26 02/05/1819 Jeremiah FRANCIS     Elizabeth JONES    
27 02/05/1819 John LEWIS     Mary BLAINEY    
28 23/06/1819 Henry CROW Single   Eleanora GROVER Single  
29 18/07/1819 Richard JONES Single   Mary BRICK Single  
30 13/11/1819 Edward LLOYD Single   Mary JAMES    
31 14/06/1820 Jeremiah WILLIAMS Single   Sarah THOMAS Single  
32 26/07/1820 Samuel OWEN Single   Mary Ann NEWBERRY Single  
33 05/01/1821 Richard JONES Single   Ann JONES Single Ceri, Montgomeryshire
34 10/01/1821 George COOK Single   Sarah BISHOP Single  
35 04/05/1821 John PRIME     Jane JONES    
36 12/05/1821 Thomas EVANS Single Lydham Sarah HAMER Single  
37 25/06/1821 William HADDALL Single   Elizabeth MORRIS Single  
38 22/07/1821 Thomas MARSH Single   Margaret SAYER Single  
39 12/08/1821 William GRIFFITHS Single Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Jane WORMAN Single  
40 12/02/1822 William MACKLEY Single   Ann PARRY Single  
41 03/05/1822 George WEAVER     Mary MEYRICK    
42 25/05/1822 William JONES     Mary WILLIAMS    
43 07/07/1822 William REECE Single   Zinah JONES Single  
44 02/05/1823 James HAFFER Single Clun Elizabeth JONES Single  
45 07/05/1823 John WEAVER Single   Mary EDWARDS Single  
46 17/08/1823 Thomas DAVIES Single   Jane VENABLES Single  
47 19/01/1824 John GWILT Single   Sarah EDWARDS Single  
48 17/05/1824 Richard LEWIS     Elizabeth HOWELL    
49 05/06/1824 William CHESTER Single   Sarah WHITHALL Single  
50 06/06/1824 John CAREW     Eleanor CROW    
51 10/07/1824 John BREEZE Widower Ceri, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth MORGAN Widow  
52 21/03/1825 James CADWALADER Single   Ann ADDIS Single  
53 13/04/1825 Samuel BRIGHT Single Clunbury Elizabeth MOUNTFORD Single  
54 06/05/1825 William HADFIELD Single   Ann PRICE Single  
55 30/05/1825 William WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth CAUNTON Single  
56 17/09/1825 Edward JONES Single   Mary JONES Single  
57 16/02/1826 John PARKER Single   Elizabeth GRIFFITHS Single  
58 27/03/1826 Joseph JONES Single   Elizabeth WARD Single  
59 25/12/1826 William DAVIES Widower   Adah ADDIS Single  
60 19/02/1827 Thomas JONES Widower   Mary FRANCIS Single  
61 28/05/1827 David ANDREWS Single   Elizabeth HAMER Single  
62 21/01/1828 Richard BOWEN Single   Susan POWEL Single  
63 17/03/1828 William JONES Single   Susan DAVIES Single  
64 21/04/1828 Thomas DAVIES Single   Elizabeth ROBERTS Single  
65 29/04/1828 Richard PRICE Single Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth NEWBURY Single  
66 09/06/1828 George MORRIS Single   Margaret PRICE Single  
67 17/11/1828 John GWILT Widower   Martha OWENS Single  
68 24/11/1828 Benjamin PRICE Single   Jane DAVIES Single  
69 11/05/1829 William EVANS Single   Ann PUGH Widow  
70 11/05/1829 John SMITH Single   Ann HARDING Single  
71 29/12/1829 John DAVIES Single   Ann VENMORE Single  
72 31/05/1830 Joseph EDWARDS Single   Jane JONES Single  
73 29/07/1830 William TEAGUE Single   Hannah CROW Single  
74 19/09/1830 Thomas BASON Single   Sarah OWEN Single  
75 18/10/1830 Richard ROBINSON Single   Mary GALL Single  
76 13/11/1830 Edward DAVIES Single   Hannah GRAVES Single  
77 19/12/1830 David LOYD Widower   Margaret MEYRICK Single  
78 17/01/1831 Samuel GRIFFITHS Single   Mary CROXTON Single  
79 28/03/1831 Charles BASON Single   Hannah CHESTER Single  
80 13/04/1831 John PRICE Widower Clun Mary BOWEN Single  
81 16/06/1831 Samuel MARSTON Single   Mary CROW Single  
82 07/07/1831 William YARDLEY Single Luton, Bedfordshire Mary MOUNTFORD Single  
83 28/07/1831 John MORRIS Single   Susan JONES Single  
84 22/05/1832 John EVERAL Single   Ann EVANS Single  
85 18/08/1832 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Ann EVANS Single  
86 21/12/1832 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Mary DAVIES Single  
87 17/04/1833 Edward MORRIS Single Bishops Castle Mary BUDDRIS    
88 02/06/1833 David EVANS Single   Mary LLOYD Single  
89 10/03/1834 John EVANS Single   Mary HAMER Single  
90 16/04/1834 John JONES Single   Margaret LEWIS Single  
91 02/05/1834 John JONES Single   Anne WARD Single  
92 09/09/1834 William RICHARDS Single   Elizabeth PRICE Single  
93 01/10/1834 Samuel FRANCIS Widower Clun Jane PRINCE Widow  
94 13/10/1834 William SMALLMAN Single   Sarah FRANCIS Single  
95 15/10/1834 Charles THOMAS Single Buttington, Montgomeryshire Elizabeth PUGH Single  
96 24/02/1835 William ELLIS     Ellinor COLLINS    
97 17/08/1835 Thomas VENABLES Single   Elizabeth CHESTER Single Lydbury North
98 05/10/1835 Thomas EVANS Single Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Mary LLOYD    
99 30/10/1835 Richard FRANCIS Single   Mary PRICE    
100 28/03/1836 Richard VENABLES Single   Sarah NAYLISS Single  
101 08/02/1837 William Lockley PREESE Single Bishops Castle Elizabeth PRICE    
102 17/04/1837 Edward DAVIES     Mary JONES    
103 08/05/1837 Richard VENABLES Single   Mary CADWALLADAR Single  
104 29/05/1837 John CADWALLADAR     Martha JONES    
105 28/06/1837 James WILLIAMS Single Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire Ann REDGE    

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