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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Stokesay St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Stokesay is in the extreme south of Shropshire close to its border with neighbouring Herefordshire. Stokesay is roughly 7 miles northwest of Ludlow and a mile south of the railway junction at Craven Arms. The present village of Stokesay is quite small, a mere hamlet lying on a narrow lane just west of the A49 road which connects Church Stretton and Ludlow. Stokesay today is most famous for its excellent castle which is the principal building (other than the church) and is a much visited attraction in the area. Stokesay was very much a pastoral farming community at the time of this transcript and is still dominated by that today. The village lies in the valley of the River Onny, a tributary of the Teme and eventually the Severn, flowing into the Bristol Channel. Stokesay is sited at around 120 metres above sea level but the narrow flood plain contains most of the settlement, land rises rapidly to the west to way over 300 metres above sea level in what is a largely upland area. The parish is quite large, as befits an upland area, at around 5,000 acres and it would have supported around 550 parishioners, much lower than that today unless you include Craven Arms within today's population. In Domesday times Stokesay was held by one Roger of Lacy and supported 13 ploughs as well as a mill.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church sits close by the castle, to the north of the narrow lane. The church began life as a Norman building but was largely demolished during the English Civil War. The church was rebuilt following the succession of hostilities and is described by Pevsner as a "perfect 17th century ensemble. The building follows the standard construction of nave, chancel and western tower. Both nave and chancel were rebuilt onto the lowest courses of the prior building but the tower was a complete rebuild. The church is just to the north of the castle and is partially hidden behind a tall hedge, a gateway gives access to the graveyard which contains a few mature trees but not sufficient to create photographic difficulties.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th May 1754 - 7th July 1792 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/273/A/3/1 Plain, unruled 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 Poor handwriting at times may lead to one or two misreads
2 11th April 1793 - 17th May 1812 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/273/A/3/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Poor handwriting at times may lead to one or two misreads
3 1st April 1813 - 16th May 1837 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/273/A/3/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Halford St Thomas
Halford St Thomas
Halford St Thomas
Sibdon Carwood St Michael
Hopesay St Mary
Culmington All Saints
Onibury St Michael
Clungunford St Cuthbert
Clungunford St Cuthbert
Onibury St Michael

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 08/05/1754 Richard JONES     Martha PRICE    
2 12/05/1754 Thomas FAULKNER   Acton Scott Mary DAVIES    
3 05/06/1754 Richard BLUCK     Mary LLOYD    
4 23/09/1754 Edward BOWEN Widower   Mary WHEELER   Onibury
5 20/01/1756 William BALDWIN   Onibury Elizabeth RAWLINGS    
6 08/06/1756 Richard MORGAN   Halford Ann REYNOLDS    
6 01/11/1756 Edward BEVAN     Mary JONES    
7 10/07/1757 Thomas PINCHES     Ann BEDDOES    
8 31/07/1757 John WEAVER     Mary PUGH    
8 18/12/1757 John PRICE   Clungunford Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
9 23/05/1758 Thomas MARSON   Halford Martha JONES    
10 12/11/1758 James BIRCHLEY     Eleanor BEVAN    
11 07/06/1759 Francis CROXRON   Halford Elizabeth MOYLE   Halford
11 27/01/1760 Edward BEVAN     Mary JONES    
12 08/05/1760 William COSTON   Leintwardine, Herefordshire Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
13 01/02/1761 Thomas RYLANDS     Jane ANTHONY    
13 05/01/1762 Edward LUCAS     Lucretia RUDE    
14 04/05/1762 William MORRIS   Diddlebury Mary MORRIS    
14 27/05/1762 Richard COOPER   Downton, Herefordshire Elizabeth PRICE    
15 31/05/1762 John MORRIS     Katherine WILLIAMS    
16 12/01/1763 Richard EVANS   Sibdon Carwood Elizabeth DAVIES    
16 20/06/1763 Arthur FRANCIS     Lucretia WILD    
17 28/06/1763 Thomas JONES     Althea PRICE    
18 19/05/1765 John TEAGUE   Culmington Susan BURNEL    
18 06/10/1765 Richard STOCKING   Clungunford Alice ROBERTS    
19 24/10/1765 John KNIGHT     Henrietta CUNYNGHAM    
20 17/11/1765 John FELLOWES     Elizabeth GITTINS    
20 20/04/1767 Richard COLLINS     Elizabeth EVANS    
21 28/05/1767 Richard HAMMONDS     Elizabeth PRICE    
21 10/06/1767 Richard OLIVERS     Elizabeth VAUGHAM    
22 15/09/1768 Richard SMITH   Hopton Castle Deborah ONIANS    
23 07/02/1769 John CROWDER     Elizabeth BALDWYN    
22 28/02/1769 Thomas BLOWER   Overbury Priscilla HUMPHRIES    
24 18/05/1769 Richard PRICE     Mary TUNSTALL    
24 01/11/1769 Benjamin BEDDOWS   Mainstone Mary LANGFORD    
25 29/12/1769 William ROBERTS     Ursilla JONES    
25 12/06/1770 John CLARKE   Condover Anne BRIGHT    
26 19/07/1770 Thomas PRICE   Knighton, Radnorshire Anne TUNSTALL    
26 09/09/1770 John GREEN   Wistanstow Elizabeth EVANS    
27 18/05/1771 John LLOYD   Clungunford Martha PUGH    
27 01/09/1771 William MARTEN   Leintwardine, Herefordshire Martha CORFIELD    
28 30/12/1772 John YAPP     Betty HILL    
29 23/02/1773 William PREECE   Ludlow Ann DAVIES    
32 01/05/1773 Richard MEYRICK     Ann GRIFFITHS    
31 06/05/1773 Richard DAVIES   Onibury Elizabeth MEYRICK    
32 13/05/1773 William REYNOLDS     Mary CASWELL    
34 24/01/1774 Thomas GALLIERS   Leintwardine, Herefordshire Ann ONIANS    
34 05/05/1774 John LAMBE   Orleton, Herefordshire Martha WEAVER    
35 26/07/1774 John POWEL     Mary WHITEFOOT    
36 23/10/1774 William GILSON   Wistanstow Elizabeth HIGGS    
36 09/12/1774 Francis SPEAKE     Margaret BRIGHT    
37 01/01/1775 William REYNOLDS     Elizabeth MEYRICKE    
37 06/08/1775 John MORRIS   Clungunford Ann HILL    
38 01/10/1775 John GARDNER   St Mary, Shrewsbury Emma HANCHARD    
38 13/02/1776 Thomas WAINWRIGHT   Church Stretton Sarah TUNSTALL    
39 11/08/1776 John GOOPP   Lydbury North Elizabeth GITTES    
40 08/09/1776 William JONES     Diana ANDREWS    
40 03/05/1777 William EVANS   Diddlebury Anne PERRY    
41 11/05/1777 William MORRIS     Ann DAVIES    
41 26/12/1777 John GRIFFITHS     Elizabeth CHALENGER    
42 20/05/1778 Samuel DAVIES     Elizabeth BOWEN    
43 06/07/1778 Thomas WOODHOUSE     Hannah PHILLIPS    
43 15/02/1779 Thomas MORGAN   Shobden, Herefordshire Esther DAVIES    
44 05/04/1779 John POWEL   Lydbury North Priscilla HODGKES    
44 24/06/1779 William BEDDOWES   Diddlebury Ann PEARCE    
45 25/05/1780 John THOMAS   Bishops Castle Margaret TUNSTAL    
46 25/05/1780 Thomas HOWARD     Elizabeth GENNER    
46 02/10/1780 Charles HOTCHKISS     Mary JONES    
47 05/05/1781 Thomas JACKS     Hannah DAN    
48 03/06/1781 Richard TIPTON     Mary DAVIES    
48 04/06/1781 Edward ROABERSON     Ann GEORGE    
49 07/04/1782 Adam WATTS     Mary PRICE    
50 21/06/1782 William NATHTHUS     Ann MANN    
50 21/07/1783 Thomas KENTON Single   Mary TURNER Single  
51 09/10/1783 James LANE Single Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire Martha TUNSTALL    
51 20/12/1784 Thomas MOUNFORD     Elizabeth EVANS    
52 02/08/1785 Charles MASON     Ellinor TIPTON    
53 31/01/1786 Samuel JAMES   Hopesay Mary PHILLIPS    
63 08/05/1786 Thomas WHITEFOOT     Jane HOTCHKISH    
54 13/02/1787 James LLOYD   Shobden, Herefordshire Mary BIGG    
55 11/05/1787 John JONES     Elizabeth LAMB    
56 03/07/1787 Thomas LAW     Margaret JONES    
57 05/11/1787 Thomas GROVES   Hopesay Jane LUCAS    
58 19/08/1788 Thomas JONES     Mary NEWELL    
59 26/10/1788 William LEE   Bromfield Mary WEAVER    
60 17/02/1789 James STUBBS     Ann HARRIS    
60 19/02/1789 William GRIFFITHS     Elizabeth SCOTT    
61 29/03/1789 Thomas HARRIS   Wistanstow Mary HOWELLS    
62 07/05/1789 Richard HAILEY     Alice HEAD    
62 23/07/1789 John CHADWALLADER   Ludlow Deborah ONIANS    
63 08/10/1789 Thomas DYKE   Hopton Castle Mary WATTS    
64 31/01/1790 Thomas GARDNER     Esther PERRY    
64 21/04/1790 John MORRIS     Ann DAVIS    
65 09/05/1790 Thomas GOODMAN   Onibury Betty POWELL    
66 17/05/1790 John JONES     Susanna HOWELLS    
67 08/06/1790 Jeremiah SANKEY Single Hope Bowdler Sarah BIGG Single  
68 15/08/1790 John PRICE     Elizabeth FRAIL    
69 27/12/1790 John LEWIS     Elizabeth EVANS    
70 31/12/1790 Thomas BIGG     Ann JACKSON    
71 17/03/1791 William RAWLINGS     Ann OWEN    
73 07/05/1791 Thomas EVANS     Ann HOTCHKISS    
74 12/05/1791 William FALKNER     Althea GREENHOUSE    
74 12/05/1791 Henry WHITEFOOT     Martha BEDDES    
75 21/06/1791 Joseph THOMAS     Mary HOWELS    
76 19/07/1791 Richard JONES     Mary MEYRICK    
77 24/11/1791 Edward TOMKINS   Ludford Ann BUCKNALL    
78 17/05/1792 John PRICE     Eleanor PRICE    
79 21/05/1792 Thomas DARBY     Elizabeth TAYLOR    
79 07/07/1792 Samuel HOTCHKISS     Sarah ROPER    
1 14/04/1793 Edward BIRD     Martha ANTHONY    
2 03/05/1793 Edward LUCAS     Ann NORTHWOOD    
3 03/05/1793 Thomas HAYCOCKE     Mary WARD    
4 07/05/1793 Benjamin SMALL     Mary BAUGHAN    
5 31/10/1793 Richard MORRIS   Diddlebury Elizabeth WEDGE    
6 15/05/1794 Richard JONES     Ann GOWER    
7 27/12/1794 Richard OWEN     Martha WHITEFOOT    
8 05/02/1795 John RAYNOLS Single   Sarah GEORGE Single  
9 02/04/1795 John ONIANS     Elizabeth ROGERS    
10 11/05/1795 William TEAGUE     Elizabeth DUNN    
11 31/03/1796 Richard JONES   Bromfield Martha PAYNE    
12 22/05/1796 William EVANS     Mary JONES    
13 29/05/1796 Richard LLOYD     Ann JONES    
14 07/06/1796 Richard HAMMONDS     Elizabeth HAMMONDS    
15 28/08/1796 John DAVIES     Elizabeth BAYNHAM    
16 11/09/1796 James MULLART     Jane EDWARDS    
17 08/05/1797 William BEALE     Mary TEAGUE    
18 29/05/1797 Richard FRANCIS     Mary BERTLAM    
19 01/06/1797 Francis PREECE     Ann POWEL    
20 08/11/1797 Thomas DAVIES     Jane WILLIAMS    
21 20/11/1797 James HUGHES     Sarah HOWELS    
22 25/01/1798 John FARMER     Catherine PAINTER    
23 16/05/1798 Thomas WILLIAMS     Ann MORRIS    
24 30/05/1798 Thomas WILLIAMS     Ann MARSH    
25 27/11/1798 Edward DAVIES     Ann TEAGUE    
26 04/04/1799 John CRACKCLOSE     Martha MILLARD    
27 25/02/1800 Edward DODD     Martha TEAGUE    
28 08/05/1800 William YAPP     Hannah JONES    
29 31/05/1800 John BOWEN     Ann POWEL    
30 06/02/1801 Benjamin RAWLINGS     Margaret EVANS    
31 27/05/1801 Edward JONES     Mary EDWARDS    
32 03/06/1801 John WILLIAMS     Elizabeth POWEL    
33 28/06/1801 James HARDWICK     Martha TUMLEY    
34 02/04/1802 Price EVANS Widower Llanbedr Painscastle, Radnorshire Mary DAVIES Single  
35 29/06/1802 David JACKSON     Elizabeth MILLARD    
36 13/06/1803 John JAMES     Jane LAMBE    
37 12/04/1804 James CHESTER     Mary COOPPER    
38 17/06/1804 John POWEL     Elizabeth WALLITERS    
39 29/07/1804 John WHITMORE   Ribbesford, Worcestershire Elizabeth PEARCE    
40 31/07/1804 William WOODHOUSE     Sarah JARRET    
41 15/04/1805 Edward BEAVER     Mary PINCHES    
42 23/08/1805 Thomas JONES     Mary MULLARD    
43 17/11/1805 Benjamin FRANCIS   Culmington Mary BARKLUM    
44 27/11/1805 Edward PINCHES     Prudence WATKINS    
45 12/02/1806 John HIGGINS     Ann PERRY    
46 08/05/1806 Thomas JACKS   Stanton Lacy Hannah WOODHOUSE    
47 12/05/1806 Nathaniel MAKELIN     Mary THOMAS    
48 06/05/1807 John VAUGHAN     Elizabeth ROBINSON    
49 30/06/1807 Richard BACKHOUSE Single Aston Botterell Mary ONIANS Single  
50 19/01/1808 William GITTINGS   Presteigne, Radnorshire Mary MARSH    
51 25/04/1808 Thomas WATKINS   Onibury Margaret DAVIES    
52 29/06/1808 William BRIGHT Single   Margaret ONIANS Single  
53 10/08/1808 George EVANS   Onibury Mary BUTCHER    
54 27/09/1808 Thomas WARD     Mary PRICE    
55 08/05/1809 Edward DUNN   Bromfield Martha HODGEKISS    
56 15/05/1809 William LOYD   Bromfield Mary CLARK    
57 20/05/1809 James WEAVER     Mary SMALLMAN    
58 31/05/1809 Edward HOGGINS     Elizabeth MORRIS    
59 26/02/1810 Richard GOWER     Eleanor MANN    
60 12/04/1810 Richard ONIANS Single   Sarah BURTON Single  
62 03/05/1810 Henry ONIANS     Elizabeth HUGHES   Bromfield
61 07/05/1810 Richard JONES     Rebecca CLARK    
63 14/06/1810 John HARRIS     Elizabeth FALKNER    
64 03/07/1810 John EVANS Single Bromfield Ann SHEPHERD Single  
65 07/10/1810 Philip MULLARD     Ann ROGERS    
66 17/05/1812 Richard BIGG     Katherine LEWIS    
1 01/04/1813 John EYPE     Ann EDWARDS    
2 13/05/1813 Richard BRADLEY   Clungunford Elizabeth HOWARD    
3 18/05/1813 David FRANCIS   Sibdon Carwood Mary BIRD    
4 02/06/1814 Thomas YATES     Ann PERRY    
5 18/05/1815 William SHINGTON     Elizabeth EDWARDS    
6 03/07/1815 George DAVIES     Elizabeth PRICE    
7 27/08/1816 John WOODHOUSE   Bishops Castle Jane BIRD    
8 04/02/1817 John CODHALL   Cardington Margaret LEE    
10 08/05/1817 John RAYNOLDS     Elizabeth JONES    
9 08/05/1817 John JACKS     Ann BUSHEY    
11 22/05/1817 John LAW     Martha OWEN    
12 25/09/1817 William John DROSE     Mary SWANN    
13 19/11/1817 Francis OWEN Single   Elizabeth ALLEN Single  
14 13/12/1817 William PRICE     Elizabeth JONES    
15 22/04/1818 George OSELAND Single   Margaret LAWLEY Single Upper Arley, Staffordshire
16 20/06/1818 William PERRY     Mary WOOD    
17 09/04/1819 William HUGHES     Martha DODD    
18 07/10/1819 Thomas BIGGS     Margaret CHORBET    
19 15/05/1820 John WALE     Elizabeth PRICE    
20 21/05/1820 William JACKS Single   Elizabeth EVANS Widow  
21 01/06/1820 Robert LOYD     Mary PASSEY    
22 04/06/1820 Michael HOGGINS     Martha MORRIS    
23 06/07/1820 Thomas EDWARDS Single Aymestrey, Herefordshire Mary DAVIES Single  
24 27/07/1820 James COOPER     Mary HOWELL    
25 14/09/1820 William JONES     Anne ROBERTS    
26 02/10/1820 William YAPP     Mary HALL    
27 18/12/1820 James SMITH     Elizabeth BIGGS    
28 06/05/1821 James BARKER     Elizabeth GOODWIN    
29 17/05/1821 Thomas LANGFORD     Margaret JONES    
30 05/06/1821 William BATHAWAY     Ann BUTCHER    
31 21/05/1822 Richard JONES   Wistanstow Martha JONES    
32 30/05/1822 Edward DUNN     Priscilla THOMAS    
33 16/07/1822 John BALDWIN Single Bitterley Jane SHEPPARD Single  
34 18/07/1822 John YATES     Ann PRICE   Onibury
35 11/08/1822 Richard JONES   Leintwardine, Herefordshire Martha CROWE    
36 19/12/1822 Job BRAY     Mary DAVIES    
37 19/06/1823 Abraham WILLIAMS     Maria PROSSER    
38 06/05/1824 George MORGAN     Sarah JONES    
39 09/06/1824 Thomas SMOUT   Orleton, Herefordshire Susan BROMLEY    
40 31/12/1824 George YAPP     Elizabeth WEBSTER    
41 31/12/1824 Richard GRIFFITHS     Mary TEAGUE    
42 01/04/1825 John LANGFORD     Priscilla GRIFFITHS    
43 01/05/1825 Edward WATTERS     Martha TANTRUM    
44 28/12/1825 John LEE     Deborah TANTRUM    
45 18/01/1826 John DOWNES     Anne TEAGUE    
48 22/02/1826 Robert JOHNSON Single St Nicholas, Warwick, Warwickshire Harriet DARBY Single  
46 18/05/1826 Edward GRIFFITHS     Rebecca CADWALLADER    
47 03/10/1826 Thomas DIXON Single   Mary Ann MARSTON Single  
49 26/10/1826 William THOMPSON     Martha BEAVAN    
50 23/12/1826 John BEVAN     Ann TANTRUM    
51 29/01/1827 John GOODWIN Single St Clement, Worcester, Worcestershire Eliza Charlotte DARBY    
52 16/04/1827 George WATKINS     Elizabeth JAMES    
53 09/05/1827 Edward BIGGS   Leintwardine, Herefordshire Martha SMALL    
54 05/07/1827 Richard DAWES Single Sibdon Carwood Mary Charlton ONIANS Single  
55 05/11/1827 Noel BANKS Single Halford Ann DODD Single  
56 23/03/1828 John DAWSON   Hopesay Jane Sophia MARSTON    
57 06/05/1828 Jeremiah LLOYD     Mary HUTCHKISS    
58 12/05/1828 John JAMES   Clungunford Ann ADIS    
59 29/05/1828 Thomas DILLOW Single   Margaret BYTHEWAY    
60 01/06/1828 Thomas JACKSON     Ann LAW    
61 23/10/1828 John BANKS   Diddlebury Mary DODD    
62 31/12/1828 James CADWALLADER   Culmington Elizabeth JONES Single  
63 16/03/1829 Robert STUTTARD     Mary ALLFORD    
64 23/03/1829 William THOMAS   Lydbury North Hannah ELLIS    
65 01/05/1829 William DAVIS   Hopesay Margaret JONES    
66 20/08/1829 Thomas WILLIAMS     Mary MULLARD    
67 27/05/1830 Thomas PINCHER     Sarah THOMAS    
68 18/11/1830 Edward THOMAS     Elizabeth JONES    
69 28/02/1831 James PERRY     Sarah POWELL    
70 06/05/1831 John THOMAS Single Halford Elizabeth REYNOLDS Single  
71 09/05/1831 Matthew PRICE Single   Elenor WHALL Single  
72 01/06/1831 Richard BLAINEY     Elizabeth PERRY    
73 16/06/1831 William RUSSELL Single   Mary BUNN Single  
74 16/03/1832 Benjamin PUGH Single   Susannah JORDAN Single  
75 12/04/1832 Jeremiah AMIES Single   Elizabeth MORRIS    
76 06/06/1832 Richard LANGFORD Single   Jane JAMES Single  
77 25/07/1832 James HOWARD Single   Martha STUBBS Widow  
78 19/09/1832 Joseph STEEL Single Leintwardine, Herefordshire Hannah THOMAS Single  
79 12/11/1832 William PERRY Single   Elizabeth PIERCE Single  
80 06/12/1832 Thomas BEVAN Single   Ann MORRIS Single  
81 27/12/1832 William DODD Single   Mary PERRY Single  
82 31/12/1832 William BOTFIELD Single Onibury Mary BIRD Single  
83 22/01/1833 Richard CROW Single   Susan TEAGUE Single  
84 01/03/1833 Moses LEWIS Single   Mary MORGAN Single  
85 02/04/1833 Thomas DONKIN Single   Harriett MARSTON Single  
86 04/04/1833 Francis MANTLE Single   Sarah TEAGUE Single  
87 08/05/1834 Thomas JAMES     Maria BUTCHER    
88 30/06/1834 Samuel AMIES   Kenley Mary JONES    
89 25/08/1834 Richard JONES     Eliza CANE    
90 09/09/1834 Thomas NORTON     Elizabeth YAPP    
91 18/09/1834 Enoch MORRIS Single   Elizabeth RICHARDS Widow  
92 12/03/1835 Philip MULLARD     Mary MULLARD    
93 15/07/1835 John PERRY     Anne SHUFFIELD    
94 25/09/1835 Thomas WEBB   Llandegley, Radnorshire Anne SMITH    
95 03/11/1835 Thomas JONES     Sarah PRICE    
96 10/03/1836 William COX   Sibdon Carwood Margaret WARD    
97 07/04/1836 William WOODHOUSE     Charlotte ABEL   Leintwardine, Herefordshire
98 07/05/1836 Richard KINSEY   Diddlebury Elizabeth PICKEN    
99 26/05/1836 Richard COSTON Single Stanton Lacy Anne BEARD Single  
100 05/07/1836 Robert Tanner MULLARD     Eleanor EVANS    
101 05/07/1836 James JAMES     Margaret EVANS    
102 01/09/1836 Thomas JACKSON     Martha THOMAS    
103 15/09/1836 William STUBBS     Mary PRICE    
104 29/09/1836 Richard JONES     Emma REYNOLDS    
105 25/01/1837 Edward THOMAS   Bromfield Mary POWELL    
106 09/02/1837 John ARNETT   Onibury Jane LANGFORD    
107 28/02/1837 Edward PEARCE Single Stanton Lacy Maria BOLTON Single  
108 16/05/1837 William COTTERELL     Mary DISHLEY    

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