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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Ansford St Andrew

 

The Parish

The parish of Ansford lies in southeastern Somerset, the village is a northern extension of the larger settlement of Castle Cary. The parish is roughly 5 miles northwest of the market town of Wincanton and sited on the A371 road which links Wincanton to Shepton Mallet. The village is around 90 metres above sea level on a shelf above the valley of the River Brue. It is likely that the joint settlements grew up to serve the crossing point of the Brue. Ansford is very much the junior partner of this settlement, just a population of 300 parishioners (Castle Cary maybe 7 times that value). The area traditionally was mixed agriculture, pastoral in the valley and arable on the hills. Despite its relatively small size Ansford has been around for a long time, it merits a mention in Domesday Book where it reputedly supported 6 ploughs and a mill.


The Church

St Andrew's church is sited at the southwestern edge of Ansford where a small valley and stream separates the village from Castle Cary. The church consists of two distinct pieces, the tower which is in the Perpendicular style and probably 14th century and the remainder which is a total rebuild during mid-Victorian (1861) times. That this has little architectural novelty or interest is perhaps reflected in the extremely short entry within Pevsner's guide.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 10th April 1754 - 14th September 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - /P/ans/2/1/3 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 14th December 1813 - 4th June 1837 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - /P/ans/2/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Ditcheat St Mary Magdalene
Ditcheat St Mary Magdalene
Bruton St Mary
Castle Cary All Saints
Pitcombe St Leonard
Castle Cary All Saints
Castle Cary All Saints
Pitcombe St Leonard

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 10/04/1754 Richard CLARKE Widower Castle Cary Sophia WOODFORD Widow  
2 30/10/1754 Henry SPRATLING     Ann BURGES Single  
3 13/01/1755 William COLES     Love ACOURT Single Castle Cary
4 22/09/1755 Benjamin BISS     Grace DYKE Single  
5 09/05/1756 John RUSS   Castle Cary Ellenor WAKE    
6 18/01/1758 John BULGINE   Castle Cary Mary HANNAM Widow  
8 29/06/1758 Robert FRANCIS     Mary SLOE    
9 01/11/1758 Edward RAMBLIN   Castle Cary Mary BURGE Single  
10 06/04/1760 Edward COWPER     Sarah WADMAN    
11 30/11/1760 William HURT     Grace CHAPMAN Widow  
12 26/12/1760 Edward GORE     Alice BARNARD    
13 22/09/1761 John BAKER   Castle Cary Elizabeth MASTERS Single  
14 08/11/1761 Thomas FRANCIS     Elizabeth COLE Single  
15 03/04/1763 George CARD   Evercreech Elizabeth FRANCIS Single  
16 07/04/1763 James BROCK   Compton Pauncefoot Rose MOOR    
17 02/04/1764 Samuel SMITH   Sandford Orcas Love LIDFORD    
18 04/12/1764 John JUKES Widower Meare Elizabeth SIMPSON    
19 27/04/1765 William OLIVER     Rachael BIGNELL    
20 17/06/1765 Thomas JEFFRYS   North Barrow Grace MASTERS    
22 09/10/1766 William PIRNE   West Lydford Mary SMITH    
23 19/03/1767 Benjamin COLLINS     Frances MORRIS    
24 14/11/1767 John BAKER   Castle Cary Ann HYDE    
26 29/03/1769 Samuel COLLINS     Christian DOWNE   Ditcheat
28 12/09/1769 James GRISTOCK     Catherine TERRY    
27 01/10/1769 Thomas SMITH     Ann FRANCIS    
30 14/04/1770 Charles BIGGEN   Castle Cary Mary HUTCHINS    
31 26/12/1770 Luke BARNARD   Castle Cary Frances DAVIDGE    
32 22/06/1771 Thomas ARNOLD   Ditcheat Anne CLOTHIER    
34 04/11/1771 Benjamin FRANCIS     Elizabeth TOTHIL   Castle Cary
36 25/02/1772 William BUTT     Elizabeth CLOTHIER    
37 12/08/1772 Samuel DAW   Shepton Mallet Grace WARE    
35 09/09/1772 Solomon BURGE     Elizabeth WILSON   Castle Cary
38 02/06/1773 William CLARKE   Evercreech Elizabeth BISS    
39 13/07/1773 John CLENCH   Castle Cary Elizabeth COLES    
41 02/05/1774 William CORP     Christian SPEED   Castle Cary
42 24/05/1774 John POUNCETT   Pitcombe Jane WOODFORDE    
43 10/10/1774 John SHEARD     Frances WILLS   Castle Cary
40 11/10/1774 Samuel TAYLOR   Batcombe Dianna COOLING    
44 11/06/1775 William RUD   Castle Cary Ann MASTERS    
46 25/10/1775 James COOPER   Shepton Mallet Ann FRANCIS    
45 31/10/1775 Nathaniel RIGGON   Castle Cary Margaret FRANCIS    
47 20/11/1775 Francis WOODFORD     Jane CLARKE    
48 27/05/1776 James COLEMAN   Castle Cary Martha COLES    
49 14/10/1776 Robert SHEARD     Martha CORP    
50 01/10/1777 Richard CLARKE Single Castle Cary Martha CLARKE Single  
51 20/04/1778 William SPEED     Sarah POWEL    
52 16/09/1778 Stephen FRANCIS     Susannah MALTING    
54 26/10/1779 John CORP   Ditcheat Arrabella RUTLEIGH    
57 09/12/1779 William CARY Widower Pitcombe Martha PERRY Single  
55 27/12/1779 William DAVIDGE     Elizabeth JENNINGS    
58 12/10/1780 John FROAKS     Elizabeth CREECH    
59 25/12/1780 Robert PARSONS     Mary MEAD    
60 19/11/1781 James PITMAN     Ann BURGE    
61 04/02/1782 William BURGE     Elizabeth STOCKMAN   Castle Cary
62 08/04/1782 James GRISTOCK   Pitcombe Mary LAVER    
63 12/08/1782 Richard ELLEN   Pitcombe Elizabeth CLINES    
64 01/12/1783 William STEPHENS     Catherine GILES    
65 11/04/1784 John EYRES   Sherborne, Dorset Jane BUTT    
66 02/08/1784 James TREASURE   Castle Cary Hannah GRISTOCK    
68 16/05/1785 George CLOVES     Grace SAMS   Castle Cary
69 27/06/1785 James TREASURE   Castle Cary Mary BURGE    
70 27/06/1785 Peter ORAM     Ann RICHARDS   Bruton
71 28/02/1786 Richard AMOR   Pitcombe Rebekah BISS    
72 15/10/1786 Israel KINGSTONE     Mary BROOK    
73 21/12/1786 Jonathan HYDE   North Cadbury Anna FOOT    
74 21/12/1786 William HARPER   Evercreech Mary FOOT    
75 27/05/1787 Charles COLES     Dinah GULLIVER    
76 13/08/1787 John HEROD     Grace SPEED    
77 24/12/1787 Charles DAW     Priscilla ELLEN    
78 05/01/1788 Thomas SPEED     Elizabeth BUTT    
79 11/04/1788 William BURGE   Castle Cary Rebecca SPEED    
80 02/01/1789 Robert SHEARD     Sarah TWOGOOD    
81 25/05/1789 John ANSTIE   Castle Cary Virtue FRANCIS    
84 06/04/1790 William DIBBEN   Henstridge Mary SPEED    
83 25/05/1790 William BULSTONE     Rachel SLADE    
86 21/07/1790 James SLADE     Elizabeth ABBOT   Milborne Port
87 19/03/1792 William KINGSTONE     Dinah FRANCIS    
88 10/04/1792 William ALDRIDGE   Castle Cary Mary PERROT    
90 13/08/1793 James ROACH     Ann TRACEY    
91 20/10/1794 George PIERCE     Susannah WAKE    
93 09/04/1795 Luke MASTON Widower Milton Lilborne, Wiltshire Mary DURNFORD Single  
94 09/04/1795 Thomas SPEED     Elizabeth BROCKWAY    
95 25/07/1795 John JEANS     Elizabeth WHITE    
97 27/03/1796 John BAKER   Castle Cary Charlotte READ    
98 16/04/1798 George BARNARD     Hester SPRAGG    
100 06/07/1800 James ROGERS     Elizabeth COOPER    
101 25/12/1800 James DAW     Mary TAYLOR    
102 07/04/1801 Joseph FRY     Sarah COLLY   North Cadbury
103 28/05/1801 Samuel KINGSTON     Edith FRANCIS   Castle Cary
104 24/11/1801 John ORAM   Castle Cary Elizabeth STOCKFORD    
106 21/06/1802 Robert FRANCIS     Ann LINTERN    
105 22/06/1802 Peter COLES     Mary LAPHAM    
107 26/08/1802 Charles LEWIS   Castle Cary Sarah HANDOVER    
05/05/1803 Silvester RAWKINS   East Pennard Sarah OSBALDESTON    
26/06/1803 Joseph WILTON     Elizabeth RUGG    
11/10/1803 Mesech PARSONS     Mary BARNARD    
12/12/1803 James FRANCIS     Ann SALISBURY    
25/12/1804 Abraham FLUKES     Mary SPEED    
01/07/1805 Thomas CONNOCK     Elizabeth FRANCIS    
25/05/1807 John CORD   Kilmington Harriett HELLIAR    
16/10/1808 William HANHAM     Catharine EVILL    
20/06/1809 Benjamin BISS     Mary LUCAS    
12/10/1809 George CARBIN   Guernsey, Channel Islands Jane BLOCKLEY    
17/10/1809 Samuel WHITE     Mary GRANT    
14/02/1810 Joseph JAMES     Martha RIX    
02/04/1810 Joseph FRANCIS     Grace ATKINS    
31/07/1810 Thomas DENMEAD   St Cuthbert, Wells Phebe CHAFFIN    
09/10/1810 James WEBSTER   Hockworthy, Devon Elizabeth WHITE    
11/02/1811 George HIGGINS   Castle Cary Sarah RUGG    
01/01/1812 William KINGSTON     Martha FRANCIS    
14/09/1812 John GARLAND     Christian GANE    
1 14/12/1813 William HUTTON   Ditcheat Mary Susanna Sanges STACEY    
2 17/05/1814 John BULGIN   Castle Cary Elizabeth LOVELL    
3 20/09/1815 John TIDCOMBE   Castle Cary Sarah DOWNE    
4 24/10/1815 Aaron HOCKINS     Elizabeth PITMAN    
5 27/05/1816 James CARTER   Bishops Caundle, Dorset Maria LINTHORN    
6 11/11/1816 Robert BURGE     Martha HAMBLYN    
7 21/11/1816 Matthew CHAFFIN   St Michael, Bath Ann ALDRIDGE    
8 17/02/1817 William GREENSTOCK   Pitcombe Mary WHITE    
9 15/08/1818 William Davis BAYLY Single Frome Elizabeth WEBSTER Widow  
10 26/12/1818 William COLEMAN     Ann BURGE    
11 23/02/1819 William STALLARD Single Shepton Mallet Mary Stephens DOWNE Single  
12 10/06/1819 Charles GARLAND     Sarah TROTT    
13 23/10/1820 James ANDREWS   Pitcombe Sarah BARRY    
14 29/10/1820 Peter COLES     Sarah EATON    
15 11/06/1821 Charles CHURCHOUSE     Elizabeth TAYLOR    
16 11/06/1821 William HANAM     Ann WILLIAMS    
17 24/09/1821 John KINGSTON     Mary ALDRIDGE    
18 04/04/1822 James PEARCE     Mary Ann PARSONS    
19 20/10/1823 Henry BOND Widower   Jane CROCKER Single  
20 05/02/1824 Samuel BROWN Widower Lovington Mary Ann ROBERTS Single  
21 09/02/1824 Samuel SAVIOUR Single Ilchester Sarah BARNARD Single  
22 12/02/1824 Solomon BURGE Widower   Ann BARRY Widow  
23 06/12/1824 James COLEMAN Single Castle Cary Jane MILES Single  
24 27/08/1825 Robert WRIGHT     Mary Ann ATKINS    
25 26/09/1825 William MABY     Leah HANHAM   Lovington
26 29/09/1825 Joshua BENNETT     Caroline PARKER    
27 08/01/1826 George ROBERTS Single   Ann BURT Single  
28 11/04/1826 Samuel KINGSTON     Elizabeth FRANCIS    
29 16/05/1826 Richard SHEPPARD     Mary ROY    
30 04/06/1827 John POINTING Single   Sarah FRANCIS Single  
31 17/09/1827 James BARNARD     Priscilla ARNOLD    
32 24/12/1827 John HISCOX Widower   Mary Ann JAMES Single  
33 18/02/1828 Francis LANGLEY Single   Leah TALBOT Single  
34 21/07/1828 Thomas HIX Single   Sarah GIBSON    
35 12/05/1829 William SHEAN Single   Ann COLEMAN Single  
36 18/05/1829 George BROWN Single Bruton Susan BAKER Single  
37 18/10/1830 Charles LONGMAN Single   Sarah FOOT Single  
38 09/12/1830 John WADMAN     Mary Ann LANGLEY    
39 14/12/1830 Thomas RAWSWELL   Shepton Beauchamp Sarah GARRETT    
40 24/04/1831 Edward HAMBLIN Single   Elizabeth COLEMAN Single  
41 16/10/1831 John FROKES Single   Mary COLES Single  
42 26/12/1831 Thomas ANSTEY Single   Mary Ann SMALL Single  
43 26/12/1831 Silas WRIGHT Single   Tabitha SQUANCE Single  
44 23/01/1832 Richard SYMS Single   Mary Ann GIBSON Single  
45 01/05/1832 George HAMBLYN Widower   Martha ANSTEY Single  
46 18/06/1832 James HIX Single   Harriett FELTHAM Single  
47 24/06/1832 Benjamin BRYANT Single   Ann PITT Single  
48 19/07/1832 Charles HANNAM Single   Elizabeth PARSONS Single  
49 25/12/1832 Thomas BISS Single   Elizabeth ATKINS Single  
50 05/10/1834 Silas HILL Single   Elizabeth HINES Single  
51 20/04/1835 Henry HILL Widower   Mary Ann HANHAM Single  
52 07/06/1835 William GREED Single   Mary Ann BISS Single  
53 11/02/1836 Charles GOULD Single   Martha BARNARD Single  
54 24/05/1836 William Thomas Blewitt MOUNTSTEVEN Single Bodmin, Cornwall Emily WOODFORDE Single  
55 14/08/1836 Thomas GULLIFORD Single   Mary Ann NOBLE Single  
56 25/12/1836 Andrew COLEMAN Single   Elizabeth HAMBLIN    
57 04/06/1837 James COLEMAN Widower   Maria WOLLEN Single  

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