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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Welshampton St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of Welshampton lies in the extreme north of Shropshire, indeed it forms part of the border with the detached portion of neighboring Flintshire. Welshampton is a small and compact village sitting of the A495 road about 3 miles east of the market town of Ellesmere, the A495 road connects onwards to Whitchurch. Much of Welshampton is built either along the A495 or on short side roads which lead off it to both north & south. The area, at the time of this transcript, would have largely been devoted to pastoral farming which would have formed the main income of the area. Welshampton is situated in a rolling countryside dominated by glacial deposits which have left behind the "meres" which make the area a rather attractive one, especially given the incidence of woodland throughout. A brief prosperity would have come to the area when the Ellesmere branch of the Shropshire Union Canal was built through Welshampton parish. The principal drainage of the parish is a collection of small brooks that eventually merge to form the River Rodden and flow southeastwards to eventually join the Severn and thus reach the Irish Sea through the Bristol Channel. Welshampton is sited at around 90 metres above sea level and local heights are only 40 metres or so above that level. In Domesday times Welshampton was held by on Reginald the Sheriff and was small place indeed offering just 3 ploughs.


The Church

St Michael's church sits on the south side of the A495 at the western end of the main run of properties. The church is a Victorian replacement and was built in 1863. The church is small and externally offers little imaginative architectural detail, inside, however, Pevsner describes the building as lavish. The use of fine black marble is particularly a feature of the interior. Externally the roof catches the eye with its distinctive "diapered" green patterning on the grey slate. The church sits behind a low stone wall and access is by a very picturesque lych gate. The roadside fringe is lined with mature trees but once through that there are few obstructions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments

1754 - 1772


Registers for this period would appear to have been lost
1 3rd August 1772 - 20th July 1802 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/294/A/1/1 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 16th February 1803 - 13th April 1812 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/294/A/3/1 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 18th January 1813 - 26th December 1836 Shropshire Archives - Reference - FP/294/A/3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Ellesmere St Mary
Ellesmere St Mary
Hanmer St Chad, Flintshire
Ellesmere St Mary
Hanmer St Chad, Flintshire
Ellesmere St Mary
Ellesmere St Mary
Ellesmere St Mary

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
03/08/1772 Thomas HOLEBROOCK     Anne PAY    
29/05/1773 James KIRKHAM     Elizabeth HUGHES    
30/06/1773 Edward SPEAKMAN     Elizabeth TREVOR    
04/01/1776 Richard LEWIS     Allice MENLOVE    
07/09/1778 James AUSTIN   Ellesmere Jane THARP    
28/06/1780 John THOMAS     Elizabeth WYKEY    
22/12/1780 John WATERS     Mary TITTLE    
05/07/1781 John CLAY   Bangor On Dee, Flintshire Mary WILLIAMS    
29/10/1781 John SPEAK     Mary SAVAGE    
23/01/1782 Francis WINZER   Ellesmere Margaret HARRIS    
16/05/1782 Thomas SANDLAND   Dawley Magna Elizabeth JONES    
24/07/1783 George MASON     Sarah MATHEWS   Hanmer, Flintshire
11/08/1783 John TUNNAH   Wem Sarah HOGNETT    
23/10/1783 Thomas JOHNSON     Elizabeth WILLKISON    
24/12/1783 John FOWLES     Elizabeth ROGERS    
18/10/1784 Richard PLANT   Ellesmere Martha CHETTOE    
31/01/1785 Samuel DAVIES     Anne DAVIES    
28/03/1785 Samuel SANDLAND     Elizabeth TURNER    
18/01/1787 Richard BUTLER   Wem Martha DARLINGTON    
24/09/1787 Alexander FOX     Margaret MORGAN    
12/01/1790 John HUGHES   Whitchurch Margaret WHITE    
29/03/1790 William ROGERS     Sarah BASSNETT    
24/04/1790 William EVANS     Elizabeth ALLCOCK    
21/01/1793 Thomas JEROM Single   Elizabeth CLAY Single  
08/07/1793 Thomas JONES Single   Elizabeth HARPER Single  
30/12/1793 Edward HUGHES Single Ellesmere Ann EVANS Single  
24/02/1794 Samuel POWEL Single Prees Mary CARTWRIGHT Single  
25/05/1794 James BRAYN Single   Mary PAYNE Single  
04/09/1794 Joseph ALLMARK Single   Elizabeth COOPER Single  
09/01/1795 John PRICE Single Ellesmere Elizabeth HARRIS Single  
19/01/1795 Edward WOOLLUM Single   Sarah EDWARDS Single  
19/05/1796 Thomas GRINDLEY Single   Mary EDWARDS Single  
05/11/1796 Thomas WYNN Single   Anne WILLIAMS Single  
22/11/1796 James RUSHEN Single   Elizabeth EVANS Widow  
21/02/1797 Brian BISHOP Single   Mary DAVIES Single  
06/06/1797 John HARRIS Single   Sarah GROOME Single Withington
16/10/1797 William DULSON Single   Mary GRIFFITH Single  
21/11/1797 Robert CHAFE Widower   Mary CANE Single  
27/12/1797 John SALVAGE Widower   Mary NEWNS Single  
23/09/1798 William BETTS     Martha BASNETT    
31/12/1798 Thomas HALLAM Single   Mary LEEKE Single  
28/05/1799 John WENLOCK Single Ellesmere Sarah FREEMAN Single  
12/12/1799 Thomas TREVOR Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
28/12/1799 George EDGE Single   Sarah JONES Single  
13/10/1800 Thomas JONES Single   Jane MORGAN Single  
17/12/1800 Richard EDWARDS Single Hanmer, Flintshire Nancy PHILIPS Single  
06/07/1801 John TAMS Single   Ann EVANS Single  
20/07/1802 Thomas SMITH Single Ellesmere Catharine WHITE Single  
2 16/02/1803 Samuel BEST Widower   Elizabeth TUNNAH Widow  
1 21/02/1803 Edward BATE Single Barrow, Cheshire Martha PHILLIPS Single  
3 14/03/1803 George MASON Widower   Sarah HUGHES Widow  
4 29/06/1803 Thomas JACKSON Single St Martin Mary HALLBROOK Single  
5 23/10/1803 John HOLBROOK Single Ellesmere Ann WYNNE Single  
6 14/11/1803 Thomas STOAKES     Martha BRADSHAW Single  
7 04/02/1804 Edward PAY Single   Margaret ROBERTS Single  
8 21/05/1804 William STANT   Ellesmere Elizabeth SHONE    
9 01/10/1804 John WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth GRIFFITHS Single  
10 17/04/1805 Samuel SANDLAND     Sarah LYTH    
11 03/07/1805 William HUMPHREYS Single   Elizabeth OWEN Single  
12 09/01/1806 Thomas WHITE Single   Mary MORRIS Single Ellesmere
13 09/01/1806 Edward WHITE Single   Catherine SMITH Single Ellesmere
14 12/04/1806 Richard LEWIS Single   Elizabeth ROLISON Widow Shocklach, Cheshire
15 06/06/1806 Benjamin KIRKAM     Sarah WILLIAMS    
16 04/02/1807 Richard EVANS Single   Sarah LEWIS Single  
17 08/04/1807 John WIKEY Single   Elizabeth WYNN Widow  
18 30/11/1807 Richard JONES Single   Anne CROXTON    
19 24/01/1808 Edward WILLIAMS Single Llanynys, Denbighshire Esther WEAVER Single  
20 29/02/1808 Bethuel WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth MANSELL Single  
21 18/04/1809 William WOOLLAM Single   Ann TREVOR    
22 14/08/1809 John PATE Widower   Ann FURBER Single  
23 09/07/1811 George BOWERS Single Wem Mary POVALL Single  
24 21/10/1811 Nathaniel EDWARDS Single   Mary HALMARK Single  
25 04/11/1811 Thomas HUMPHRIES Widower Hanmer, Flintshire Mary WIKEY Single  
26 07/02/1812 Thomas LOWE Single Ellesmere Nancy EDWARDS Widow  
27 30/03/1812 Thomas SPAKEMAN Single   Eleanor SMITH Single Ellesmere
28 13/04/1812 Samuel CARTWRIGHT Single   Elizabeth TURNER Single  
1 18/01/1813 Richard FLEET     Martha TUNNAH    
2 01/02/1813 John EVISON     Sarah BROOMFIELD    
3 25/08/1813 William PATE     Martha PLANT    
4 10/10/1813 Thomas SIMPSON     Phoebe WOODFIN    
5 29/12/1813 Luke CLAY     Mary PRICE   Ellesmere
6 18/02/1814 David DAVIES     Mary GRINDLEY    
7 26/02/1814 Thomas EDGE     Sarah COFFIN   Ellesmere
8 11/06/1814 Joseph LANGFORD     Martha CULLCOTT    
9 06/02/1815 Richard DAVIES     Maria EDWARDS    
10 01/05/1815 Richard EDGE     Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
11 15/05/1815 Robert WILLIAMS     Sarah MORGAN    
12 18/07/1815 Matthew DAVIES     Elizabeth EDWARDS    
13 27/09/1815 Thomas LOVETT     Elizabeth PLANT    
14 01/01/1816 Jonathan RUSHTON     Elizabeth CARTWRIGHT    
15 31/01/1816 Thomas HARPER     Mary FREEMAN    
16 24/06/1816 Thomas BROADHURST     Elizabeth LOVETT    
17 07/11/1816 William LEWIS     Mary DICKIN   Ellesmere
18 28/12/1816 Thomas BOWIN     Elizabeth FLETCHER    
19 02/06/1817 John COLERICK     Frances EVANS    
20 08/06/1818 Thomas BEDDOW     Mary SANDLAND    
21 03/08/1818 William EDWARDS     Mary SPEAKE    
22 25/01/1819 Richard ROBERTS     Mary AUSTIN    
23 22/02/1819 Thomas EVANS     Mary MCCANN    
24 17/09/1819 John CHASE     Sarah BARTLAM    
25 29/06/1820 James EDGERTON     Elanor TAYLOR    
26 22/02/1821 Thomas PRESTON     Elizabeth KIRKHAM    
27 22/09/1821 James EVANS     Ann EVANS    
28 09/12/1822 John WILLIAMS     Jane JONES    
29 27/12/1822 Robert CHASE     Eliza JONES    
30 20/10/1823 John FURBER     Catherine SMITH   Ellesmere
31 30/07/1824 Charles James LEWIS     Mary FONNEREAU   Ellesmere
32 04/10/1824 James WORRALL     Elizabeth JEFFREYS    
33 29/03/1825 John DREWRY     Mary CHASE    
34 25/04/1825 Thomas REYNOLDS     Mary PEAK    
35 20/06/1825 William TUNNAH     Elizabeth CHETTOE    
36 04/07/1825 John BOWEN     Martha SANDLAND    
37 24/09/1825 Edward CARTWRIGHT   Ellesmere Mary DULSON    
38 16/01/1826 Joseph CHASE     Mary NEWNS    
39 16/01/1826 Joseph JOY     Elizabeth BAYLEY    
40 24/04/1826 Nathaniel EDWARDS   Baschurch Sarah CLARKE    
41 17/07/1826 Edward BOWEN     Jane EVANS    
42 07/05/1827 Richard DRURY     Ann CHASE    
43 13/06/1827 John JACKSON   Clun Marianne PAY    
44 21/06/1827 William PEAK     Elizabeth FURBER    
45 11/09/1827 John BROUGHALL     Ann GRINDLEY    
46 01/10/1827 John THORNHILL     Sarah JONES    
47 11/03/1828 Thomas Groom DOD     Sarah WOOLLAM    
48 19/04/1829 Thomas TOWER     Elizabeth TREVOR    
49 14/12/1829 John FURBER Single   Anne HAYWARD Single  
50 17/08/1830 John DULSTON     Ann BUSHBY    
51 23/02/1831 William CLAY     Sarah PRICE    
52 01/08/1831 James MASON     Ellen DAVIES    
53 04/09/1831 John HODGKINSON     Ann FURBER    
54 15/09/1831 William STANT     Elizabeth BOWERS    
55 26/09/1831 Robert PATE     Mary YOUDE    
56 05/10/1831 Thomas DOWNWARD     Jane GRINDLEY    
57 29/12/1831 William WOOLLAM     Elizabeth TAYLOR   Hanmer, Flintshire
58 25/02/1832 Samuel WYNN     Caroline BROOKS    
59 13/06/1833 Richard PATE     Ann TOWER    
60 10/07/1833 Samuel MORRIS Single Hodnet Alice EVANS Single  
61 05/09/1833 Peter PRITCHARD   Ellesmere Jane HOLBROOK    
62 10/03/1834 William CHASE     Anne CARTWRIGHT    
63 19/05/1834 Joseph TREVOR Single   Anne TOWER Single  
64 29/05/1834 Edward JONES Single   Jane WORRALL Single  
65 10/09/1834 Charles PARISH Single Malpas, Cheshire Elizabeth HOLBROOK Single  
66 26/11/1834 John ROBERTS Single   Mary JONES Single  
67 22/04/1835 John DOWNWARD     Anne WILKINSON   Wem
68 25/10/1835 George LYDIATE     Harriet EVANS    
69 03/12/1835 George POWELL     Mary Ann WEAVER   Hanmer, Flintshire
70 31/12/1835 Andrew PEATE     Mary CHASE    
71 21/12/1836 Samuel LEGH Single Ellesmere Hannah Maria WILLIAMS Single  
72 26/12/1836 Richard JONES Widower   Elizabeth LANGFORD Widow  

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