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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Tong St Bartholomew

 

The Parish

The parish of Tong lies in the extreme east of Shropshire forming an extensive stretch of the border with neighbouring Staffordshire. Tong is located roughly 10 miles northwest of the Staffordshire industrial town of Wolverhampton and sits on the A41 road which links Wolverhampton with Newport, it sits a half mile north of that road's intersection with the modern M54 motorway. There are two distinct settlements within the parish, the village of Tong, itself, is a small hamlet of properties gathered around the church and hall whilst a half mile north there is the second settlement of Tong Norton gathered around the former castle site.Tong Castle was the family seat of the Durant family and had turrets, pinnacles and 8 lofty domes, it was demolished in 1954 after falling into ruin. Tong is essentially an estate parish with the local economy, dominated by pastoral farming, determined largely by the needs of the estate. In addition there was exploitation of the local sandstone, in both red & white forms, for local building work. The modern M54 dominates the south of the parish, standing defiantly even upon the site of the Duirant's estate. Drainage of the area is rather vague with both water headed southwards to the Severn via the River Worfe whilst eastwards it reaches the Penk, a tributary of the immense Trent catchment headed for the North Sea. Both Tong and Tong Norton stand at around 90 metres above the sea with gentle terrain rising around to local spot heights of 147 & 156 metres standing on the county border with Staffordshire. Tong parish was extensive at almost 3,500 acres and that acreage would have supported a population of close to 550 parishioners. In Domesday times Tong was an altogether much smaller place, held by Earl Roger of Shrewsbury it could muster just 7 ploughs and a league of woodland as its assets.


The Church

St Bartholomew's church stands in the southern village of Tong within an out-and-back lane cut-off from the course of the A41 as it runs north from the M54. The church is surprisingly large and grand for such an unremarkable modern settlement, a tribute to the funding provided by the Durant family over the centuries. Outwardly the church is of the 14th or 15th century and appearing almost entirely in the Perpendicular style. It takes forensic examination by Pevsner to reveal secrets of an earlier version revealed internally. It is clear that a 13th century church, revealed by the work of the headmoulds and chamfers of the arches of both northern and southern arcades, was extensively reworked into today's version. It was in 1409 when the widow of Sir Fulke, Isabel, was granted license to make the church collegiate (the college no longer survives) and prompted the almost complete rebuild that is today's Perpendicular and grand design. The central crossing tower complete with square basal section, intermediate octagon and crowning spire is the church's stand-out feature. The early 16th century, between 1515 & 1519, saw the major addition to the rebuild which was the addition of the so-called "Golden Chapel", a chantry chapel for the local Vernon family. Architecturally the church was completed to the church we see today by a sensitive Victorian restoration of 1892. Besides its architecture the church is renowned for the extent and quality of the monuments contained within which are documented at length by Pevsner and are well worth a visit in their own right. The lane passing the church is broad, it used to be the A41, allowing comfortable on-street parking outside the churchyard. Apart from a single large tree at the northeastern corner all aspects are readily available from an extensive and uncluttered churchyard.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
29th April 1755 - 9th December 1762
Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP281/A/3/1a
Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages
Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads
None

NB this register is bound together with its successor into a single archival deposit
2 27th May 1765 - 28th September 1812 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP281/A/3/1b Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 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
Fading of this register may result in one or two misreads

NB this register is bound together with its predecessor into a single archival deposit
3 28th July 1814 - 30th December 1835 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP281/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


Sheriffhales St Mary
Weston under Lizard St Andrew, Staffordshire
Blymhill St Mary, Staffordshire
Shifnal St Andrew
Brewood St Mary & St Chad, Staffordshire
Shifnal St Andrew
Donington St Cuthbert
Brewood St Mary & St Chad, Staffordshire

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 29/04/1755 Robert ORE Single
Catherine NICHOLS Single
2 19/05/1755 John NICHOLS Single
Martha HOLLIER Single
3 15/10/1756 John TAYLOR Single
Sarah JAMES Single
4 21/05/1760 Joseph JONES Single
Anne SIMMONS Single
5 19/06/1761 William SALTER Widower
Mary UNCLES Single
6 09/12/1762 John STEVENTON Single
Elizabeth DUNCALF Single
7 27/05/1765 Joseph CARPENTER Widower
Ann GREEN Widow
8 15/08/1765 Andrew MECHASNEY
Albrighton Near Tong Mary ANCILL

9 24/11/1765 John RICHARDS Widower
Mary BOWDLER Widow
11 02/11/1766 John WAKER Single Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire Mary SWAN Single
12 13/12/1766 Thomas CHUNE

Mary MOORE Single Albrighton Near Tong
13 12/01/1767 John WOOLLEY Single
Sarah PINFIELD Single
15 28/07/1767 William DARLEY Single
Elizabeth WALKER Single
16 20/04/1768 Robert COLLINS Widower Tarporley, Cheshire Ann JORDAN

17 02/05/1768 John SWAN

Sarah PYATT

18 03/06/1768 Thomas MILLINGTON
Shifnal Rebecca PITT

19 21/09/1768 William BRADBOURN
Aston, Warwickshire Mary PHILLIPS

20 08/11/1768 Richard DUNCALF

Sarah PLANT
Brewood, Staffordshire
22 02/07/1770 John BAGNALL
Brewood, Staffordshire Hannah PRYCE

23 06/10/1770 Edward BALL Single Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire Sarah PHILLIPS Single
25 16/08/1771 John HALFPENNY Single Gnosall, Staffordshire Elizabeth SALT Single
26 10/10/1771 Titus HANLEY

Martha MABORN

27 13/02/1772 Thomas ROWLEY Single
Ann Maria BISHOP Single
28 29/06/1772 Thomas WIGHTWICK Single
Sarah RODEN Single
29 17/01/1773 William BIRD Single
Elizabeth BROWN Single
30 31/10/1773 John TAYLOR Single
Ann SHERLEY Single
31 05/12/1773 Francis HUMPAGE Single
Elizabeth SHAW Single
32 26/12/1773 Thomas POWELL Single
Mary JONES Single
33 29/12/1773 Joseph BAILIES

Jane SMITH

34 06/02/1774 William BUTLER

Martha WOOLLEY Single
35 20/07/1774 Thomas STECKLAND Single
Ann GREGORY Widow
36 19/09/1774 Francis HART
Penkridge, Staffordshire Mary ICK

38 17/04/1775 Joseph BIRCH Single Tettenhall, Staffordshire Penelope BOND Single
39 06/06/1775 Jesse ARLEY

Lucy MORRIS

40 08/07/1775 John STOCKLEY Single
Ann PHILLIPS Single
41 10/09/1775 Richard WOOLEY Single
Susanna ROBINSON Single
42 16/06/1776 John EDWARDS Single
Eleanor FOX Single
43 10/10/1776 Robert HEAYSE Single
Mary HUFFADINE Single
44 30/12/1776 Walter MARRION Single
Mary PLANT Widow Forton, Staffordshire
45 09/04/1777 George SLINN Single Gnosall, Staffordshire Mary SANKEY Single
46 04/05/1777 Daniel ADAMS Single
Sarah WENLOCK Widow Shifnal
47 19/10/1777 Thomas ANSELL Single
Rebecca ROBINSON Single
48 15/01/1778 William HODGE Single
Ann STEVENSON Single
49 02/06/1778 Edward SPENSER Single
Ann GRAINGER Single
50 30/06/1778 David SERGEANS
St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire Sarah EDWARDS

51 29/10/1778 Isaac SMITH Single Albrighton Near Tong Salley JONES

52 26/12/1779 John FENNEHOUSE

Jane BILLINGSBY Single
53 02/01/1780 Richard HORTON

Eleanor WRIGHT

54 27/02/1780 William MATTHEWS

Mary JONES

55 15/04/1780 Robert TAGG

Sarah SWAN

56 02/08/1780 Joseph HADEN

Esther KNOWLES

57 20/09/1780 Thomas PLANT

Sarah DUNCALF

57 15/04/1781 Thomas MILLINGTON Widower
Rachel WEEKS Single
58 04/06/1781 John SMITH Single
Mary TURNER Single
59 25/06/1781 Thomas SANSOME
Brewood, Staffordshire Sarah DARLING

60 18/02/1782 William MOORE

Sarah CHAMBLEY
Penkridge, Staffordshire
61 23/06/1782 Samuel POWELL

Mary BLAKEMORE

62 22/07/1782 John SWANN

Ann LOCKLEY

63 23/11/1783 John BENTLEY
Penkridge, Staffordshire Margaret AMIS

64 04/10/1785 Samuel PIGG

Elizabeth FELTON

65 01/12/1785 John WARD

Mary ANDREWS

66 14/05/1787 George BEEMAN

Sarah SHAW

67 18/07/1787 Thomas POWELL Widower
Sarah SWAN

68 19/11/1787 William PICKIN Single
Susannah MASON Single
69 04/08/1788 Francis AMIS Single
Phillis EVANS Widow
70 01/02/1789 Richard WARD Single
Mary LOWE Single
71 09/02/1789 Thomas CRESWELL Single
Ann BRUFFALL Single
72 01/11/1789 John VEN

Elizabeth BERESFORD

73 18/01/1790 William MARSFIELD

Sarah SCOTT

74 24/05/1790 William MORRIS Single
Lucy JONES Single
75 13/06/1790 Richard WOOD

Anna Maria LACEN

76 29/12/1791 Humphrey EDGE

Frances MEREDITH

77 16/07/1792 John MECHASNEY

Elizabeth SMITH Single Donington
78 19/08/1792 Manoah CHAMBLEY Single
Althea WADE Widow Brewood, Staffordshire
79 20/10/1792 Thomas MEREDITH Single Shifnal Mary COLLINS Single
80 05/01/1793 Joshua ANDREWS Single
Mary JONES Single
81 21/04/1794 John BENTLEY

Ann PHIPPS

82 05/10/1794 Edward Henry STEED

Mary ANDREWS Single
83 17/12/1794 William HAWKINS Single
Ann EVANS Single
84 18/12/1794 William LOWE Single
Harriot CHERRINGTON Single Shifnal
85 29/01/1795 Thomas ROWLEY Single
Mary HOARE Single Bath, Somerset
86 23/07/1795 James DICKENSON

Margaret POPE Single
87 19/09/1796 David BAGNALL

Sarah FOX

89 05/02/1798 Francis DOWNING
Wombourne, Staffordshire Jane MARRION

88 18/02/1798 Nebuchednezer DAVIS

Sarah DORAN

90 21/02/1798 Thomas HAMLITT
Dawley Magna Ann SWAN

91 02/08/1798 John WELLS Single
Elizabeth DAVIS Single
92 05/08/1799 Joseph PEELE Single St Mary, Lichfield, Staffordshire Margaret STUBBS Single
93 03/06/1800 Benjamin UNDERHILL
Albrighton Near Tong Ann BOWEN Single
94 28/01/1802 Richard DAVIS Single
Sarah FELTON Single
23/09/1802 James JONES Single
Sarah WEDGE Single
11/04/1803 Edward EDWARDS

Anne MASON Single Blymhill, Staffordshire
05/05/1803 Richard PENSON
Lilleshall Hannah ANDREWS Single
03/11/1803 William WEDGE Single
Sarah SPENCER Single
12/12/1803 John SHAW Single
Ann VAUDRELL Single
31/05/1804 William GAMBLE Single
Jane LOWNDS Single
29/11/1804 William BROOKS Single
Frances TRIGGER Single
03/01/1805 Thomas MACKRELL

Mary PHILLIPS

21/03/1805 Jeffrey HEAZE Single
Margaret HALL Single
09/05/1805 Charles HUFFADINE Single
Ann WOOLEY Single
26/12/1805 William WHITE
Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire Lucy ANCILL

24/04/1806 John LOWE
Sherriffhales Ann HARTSHORN

23/06/1806 Edward BISHTON Single
Lucy WOOLEY Single
14/08/1806 William WOOLLEY Single
Ann TAGG Single
25/09/1806 Thomas BATE

Sarah WARD

09/04/1807 Edward EDWARDS

Ann BOND

30/11/1807 John SWANN

Elizabeth HITCHCOX

05/09/1808 John JONES
City Of London Ann AMIES

02/10/1808 Thomas HINCKS
Donington Mary ANCILL

13/02/1809 Francis HUMPAGE

Elizabeth BASSAGE

21/05/1809 George LIONELL

Catharine PLANT

01/06/1809 John SMITH
Shifnal Mary HALL

09/10/1809 Charles BROUGHALL

Margaret BROTHERTON

30/10/1809 Thomas BALDWYN Single
Sarah BILLINGLY Single
15/01/1810 George HAMP Single
Jane ROBERTS Single
23/04/1810 Thomas GREATBATCH

Elizabeth GREEN

17/06/1810 Charles SALT Single
Eleanor BILLINGSLEY Single
18/06/1810 William JOHNSON Single St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex Elizabeth CLARKE

25/02/1811 Samuel LANGFORD Single
Ann WAREN Single
06/06/1811 Francis PORTER Single
Jane HULSTON Single
12/06/1811 Thomas CHILD Single Brewood, Staffordshire Hannah VAUGHAN Single
16/09/1811 James WEDGE Single
Sarah BOWDLER Single
16/09/1811 William BIRD Single
Jane GROOM Single
19/10/1811 John JACKSON
Liverpool, Lancashire Sarah CAUSER

13/01/1812 John TITLEY Single
Mary JACKSON Single
24/04/1812 Samuel HAMLET
Sherriffhales Sarah HARLEY

11/06/1812 Joseph FENN Single Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Thule VAUGHAN Single
13/07/1812 John PRESTON Single
Margaret HARLAND Single
28/09/1812 William CHEVINTON

Hannah WALKER

1 28/07/1814 George ANDREWS

Elizabeth WITHERS

2 26/12/1814 Richard MACCHESNEY

Anne BEEDLESTONE

3 19/01/1815 Joseph PACEY Single
Sarah ROBERTS Single
4 16/07/1815 James RICHARDS

Elizabeth MORRIS

5 29/08/1816 Thomas BAGLEY

Sarah ROBERTS

6 26/12/1816 John MCCHESNEY Single
Martha WHITTINGHAM

7 26/12/1816 John BENTLEY Widower
Elizabeth BOWDLER Single
8 17/02/1817 Thomas FILCOX

Sarah ANSEL

9 17/07/1817 William MOORE Widower
Sarah MARRIAN Widow
10 29/12/1817 William ANDERSON

Ann TAYLOR

11 13/08/1818 William RICHARDS

Sarah CORNS

12 20/09/1819 Michael PICKIN Single
Elizabeth BOWDLER

13 21/10/1819 Thomas HARLEY Single Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Mary HIGGINSON Single
14 24/02/1820 Edward YATES Single
Sophia SPRUCE Single
15 16/03/1820 Richard OWEN Single
Jemima YALE Single
16 03/04/1820 Thomas KEY Single
Maria ROBERTS

17 28/09/1820 James WILLIAMS
Gnosall, Staffordshire Anne HAZLEDINE

18 06/05/1821 Robert SALTER Single
Esther SMITH Single
19 14/05/1821 James HAMLET Single
Ann DUDLEY Single Shifnal
20 21/05/1821 Thomas CHERRINGTON Single
Elizabeth WEDGE Single
21 05/07/1821 Thomas JONES Single
Elizabeth MCCHESNEY

22 23/04/1822 Benjamin LLOYD Single Wellington Rebecca MASEFIELD Single
23 14/05/1822 William SMITH Single
Ann BATES Single
25 19/06/1823 John POWELL Single
Sarah LOWE Single
26 03/07/1823 Henry LOWE Single Gnosall, Staffordshire Sarah HAZLEDINE Single
27 05/02/1824 John NORTON Single
Catherine JONES Single
28 26/07/1824 Joseph HULSTON Single
Margery EATON Single
29 06/09/1824 Thomas REYNOLDS Single Donington Ann BARRATT Single
31 29/08/1825 William TAYLOR Single
Sarah HADLEY Single Shifnal
32 08/05/1826 Joseph MORRIS Single
Ann BROOM Single
33 21/12/1826 Andrew COUSINS Widower
Elizabeth JANDRILL Widow
34 10/05/1827 Joseph GREEN

Frances STARKEY

35 03/07/1827 James Hughes BAKER Single Ribbesford, Worcestershire Elizabeth WEAVER Single
36 25/10/1827 William LOCKET

Ann WARREN

37 03/12/1827 Edward JAMES Single
Elizabeth ANDREWS Single
38 13/01/1828 William HALL Single Ryton Ann GALLIARS Widow
39 07/04/1828 Benjamin FARMER

Elizabeth ECCLES

40 28/04/1828 John JONES Single
Sarah TIMMIS Single
41 11/08/1828 John SHUTT Single
Martha SALT Single
43 23/07/1829 William SMITH Single
Sophia HUFFADINE Single
44 13/08/1829 James HOLLYHOKE
Chetwynd Mary Maria LOWE

45 20/12/1829 William NICHOLLS Single
Mary CORNS Single
46 18/07/1830 Thomas BATE Widower
Catherine FELTON Widow
48 25/09/1830 George DURANT Widower
Celeste LA VEFUE Single
49 16/05/1831 James DORAN Single
Celicia PIGEON Single
50 14/07/1831 Edward HUFFADINE

Hannah WARRENDER

51 04/08/1831 Francis DOWNING Single
Jane SHAMON Single
52 19/09/1831 John BRYON Single
Mary ANDREWS

53 29/09/1831 James BISHTON Single
Maria BILLINGSLY Single
54 30/10/1831 Thomas Lewis POWELL Single
Mary CHERRINGTON Single
55 29/12/1831 James STANTON Single
Elizabeth MILLINGTON Single
56 23/01/1832 George PORTER Single
Winifred DORAN Single
57 08/11/1832 William MEACHAM Single
Maria ANCELL Single
58 31/12/1832 James WARRENDER Single
Ann BUTTERY Single
59 18/02/1833 William HAYFORD Single
Mary AUSTWICK Single
60 16/05/1833 Joseph FORD Single
Emma BENNETT Single
61 27/06/1833 Henry SMITH Single
Elizabeth SIMMS Single
62 16/01/1834 George BENNION Single
Sarah SMITH Single
63 06/02/1834 William SIMS Single
Mary NOKES Single
64 10/07/1834 Thomas GILBERT
Clewer, Berkshire Mary Anne Moss PHILLIPS

65 28/07/1834 John HOLDING Single
Prudence WIN Single
66 30/12/1834 Daniel INSCOE
Shifnal Anne GRINDLEY

67 25/01/1835 Richard LEVESON
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Martha WARRENDER

68 27/04/1835 Richard JANDRILL Single
Mary SWAN Single
69 10/10/1835 Alexander Cosmo ORME Single Sutton, Surrey Mary Elizabeth PROUD

70 11/11/1835 John BIRCH

Mary Ann STORER

71 30/12/1835 John MARTIN Single
Mary Ann EASTHOPE Single

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