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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Bradford on Tone St Giles

 

The Parish

The parish of Bradford on Tone lies in southwestern Somerset not too far from its borer with neighbouring Devon. Bradford on Tone is located about 4 miles west of the county town of Taunton and sits just a half mile north of the A38 road which connects Taunton through Wellington and onward to Exeter. As its name suggests Bradford on Tone sits on the banks of the River Tone, where it forms a medium sized village on the southern bank. Whilst Bradford on Tone's economy would have been underpinned by pastoral farming, there was some quarrying of the local stone for building. The Tone drains the parish northeastward, through Taunton and reaches the Bristol Channel through the port of Bridgwater. Bradford on Tone is sited at around 40 metres above the sea in gently rolling countryside where local heights rise to almost 100 metres on nearby Lipe Hill. Bradford on Tone parish was fairly typically sized for its area, it covered just over 1,700 acres and would have supported a population of around 550 parishioners. In Domesday times Bradford on Tone was one of the many holdings of Count Robert of Mortain, a relatively small place of 8 ploughs, small meadows, pastures & woodland but there was a mill on the Tone.


The Church

St Giles' church sits at the heart of the village, close to the Tone and to the east of the main village crossroads. The church has its origins in the 13th century, albeit little remains of that period, the 3-bay arcade and a single lancet window in the chancel are all that remain of the Early English Gothic period. Much else is later and Perpendicular in style, most of the fabric dating from the 15th or early 16th centuries. As is normal for most churches changes took place in the Victorian era, too, the addition of the northern chapel being the most notable change. The church is readily visible to the east as you pass through the village with the main entrance, with parking space, leading off the lane which runs to Hele and Upcott. A low local stone wall surrounds the churchyard which is free from photographic obstructions.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 125th May 1754 - 8th July 1812 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/bra.t/2/1/5 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 25th January 1813 - 31st July 1836 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/bra.t/2/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Oake St Bartholomew
Hillfarrance Holy Cross
Norton Fitzwarren All Saints
Milverton St Michael
Nynehead All Saints
Bishops Hull St Peter & St Paul
West Buckland St Mary
West Buckland St Mary
Trull All Saints

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 12/05/1754 William BAKER     Jane MATTOCK   Bishops Hull
2 17/05/1754 Thomas RENDELL     Joane HILL    
3 05/08/1754 William HARDELL   St Mary, Taunton Betty HAYNE    
4 10/10/1754 William SLOCOMBE     Hannah DIGHT Single  
5 31/03/1755 Phillip TROTT Widower   Mary BRYER Single  
6 03/04/1755 John LINDON     Mary DAVY   West Buckland
7 03/06/1755 Robert LOKIER     Mary VICARY    
8 10/06/1755 John PETTEN   Bishops Hull Margarett JEANEY    
9 14/07/1755 James POLE   Bishops Hull Betty POLE    
10 19/11/1755 Thomas BRYANT   Bishops Hull Mary RICHARDS    
11 12/07/1756 Thomas LEMAN     Margaret POTTER    
12 24/05/1757 Richard HOUSE Single   Mary RENDELL Single  
13 30/05/1757 Simon CADE Widower   Hannah STEPHENS Single Bishops Lydeard
14 29/12/1757 John RITHERDON Widower   Elizabeth STOCKER Widow  
15 05/01/1758 Francis WITHERS Single   Betty CROSS Single  
16 27/08/1758 George DURSTON Single   Betty MATTHEWIS Single  
17 06/09/1758 William LOCKYER Single Milverton Dorothy RAZWELL Single  
18 29/10/1758 William VENNING Single   Ann BANFIELD Single  
19 12/03/1759 William CARPENTER Single   Grace RICHARDS Single  
20 18/06/1759 William ENGLAND Single Hillfarrance Mary SYLE Single  
21 18/06/1759 Peter REED Single Hillfarrance Joan FOURACRE Single  
22 28/06/1759 Hugh VERNCOMB Widower   Elizabeth LEE Widow Montacute
23 26/07/1759 John ENGLAND Single Oake Mary STACY Single  
24 15/08/1759 Arthur SWAIN Single St Mary, Taunton Elizabeth LINDON Single  
25 03/09/1759 Edward FOURACRE Single   Mary RUGGE Single  
26 29/10/1759 William BOTT     Ann PERROTT Single  
27 16/02/1760 Thomas BLAKE   Angersleigh Betty TURNER Single  
28 06/06/1760 Thomas CARPENTER Single   Jane ROCKWELL Single  
29 25/07/1760 Thomas ENDLAND     Agnes STACY    
30 11/06/1761 William EASTON Single   Catharine NORMAN Single  
31 21/02/1762 John KNIGHT Single   Joan WERE Single  
32 15/06/1763 Robert BRYAR Widower   Izet BICKNELL Widow Hillfarrance
33 15/06/1763 John GATTER Single   Mary DIGHT Single  
34 30/01/1764 William REDWOOD Single   Ann HERRING Single  
35 04/06/1764 John RUGGS Single Hillfarrance Anne GREEDY Single  
36 25/06/1764 John DIGHT Widower   Elenor SYMON Widow  
37 09/01/1765 John INGRAM Single Wellington Joan BAMPFIELD Single  
38 06/02/1765 James PAUL Single   Mary WARE Single  
39 17/02/1765 Nathan FERRICE Single   Mary TROTT Single  
40 27/05/1765 John VICKERY Single   Ann HAMWOOD Single  
41 28/01/1766 William RENDELL Single   Betty BRYANT Single Bishops Hull
42 08/04/1766 Robert SYLE Widower   Sarah WITHERS Widow  
43 19/05/1766 Robert BRUFORD Single   Alice EASTON Widow  
44 15/10/1766 John HILL   Culmstock, Devon Mary ACKLAND    
45 17/11/1766 John WIRE Single   Joan COMMONS Single  
46 23/01/1767 John JAMES Single Hillfarrance Mary WOODROW Single  
47 01/06/1767 John KNIGHT Single   Hannah WHITLOCKE    
48 05/08/1767 John WADDON   Bishops Hull Joane CARPENTER    
49 13/08/1767 John LEATT Single East Budleigh, Devon Sarah CARPENTER Single  
50 08/02/1768 James ADAMS Single   Mary GATTER Single  
51 01/04/1768 Thomas EAMES Single Ilminster Ann RENDALL Single  
52 25/06/1768 William RICHARDS     Joan PRING Single  
53 27/08/1768 James PORTER Widower North Petherton Susanna RENDELL Widow  
54 26/10/1768 James JECKINGS Single   Joan POTTER Widow  
55 18/11/1768 William HOW Single Trull Frances WHITLOCK Single  
56 01/04/1769 Francis ENGLAND Widower   Betty KEEN Single  
57 01/05/1769 Jonas CHORLEY Single   Sarah LEGG Single  
58 26/06/1769 John WITHERS Single   Dorothy VICKERY Single  
59 27/08/1769 John VICKERY Widower   Mary BARTLET Widow  
60 07/09/1769 Francis ENGLAND Widower   Betty MAKEPEACE Single  
61 08/06/1770 James WOOD Single   Mary GOFF Single  
62 15/09/1770 William SIDDON Widower   Mary POOL Single  
63 19/05/1771 George WOODLAND Single   Mary CARPENTER Single  
64 27/08/1771 Nicholas GANDELL Single   Betty EASTON Single  
65 05/12/1771 William KEBBY Single   Jone GATTER Single  
66 19/05/1772 Edward DIGHT Single   Susanna STEVENS Single  
67 28/06/1772 Daniel PEARSE Single   Mary PAUL Single  
68 07/05/1773 Benjamin STACY Single   Sarah CROCKER Single Bishops Hull
69 05/09/1773 David DIGHT Single   Betty BROWNSFORD Single  
70 24/03/1774 John NORMAN     Joan HURLY   Pitminster
71 26/03/1774 William GIFFORD   Pitminster Prudence COTTEL    
72 08/04/1774 Thomas CARPENTER Widower   Frances COZONS Single  
73 28/06/1774 William BATT     Mary PRESCOTT    
74 21/08/1774 Robert SYLE Widower   Silvy PERREY Widow  
75 17/01/1775 Joseph TURNER Single Bishops Hull Mary PRING Single  
76 28/03/1775 William DIGHT Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
78 11/09/1775 John CARPENTER     Mary TURNER    
77 14/09/1775 John WHITE     Betty LENDON    
79 01/11/1775 Thomas BRUFORD Widower West Buckland Betty SPRATT Single  
80 26/11/1775 Thomas LEMMON Widower Nynehead Susannah VENTING Single  
81 24/06/1776 George MAY Single   Mary LOCK Single  
82 19/07/1776 George LOCK Single   Edith WHITE Single  
83 30/09/1776 John PRING Single Lydeard St Lawrence Jane EAMES Single  
84 29/01/1777 Hugh DUNN Widower St Mary, Taunton Mary LUTLEY Single  
85 01/08/1777 Thomas PERREY Single   Ann FOURACRE Single West Buckland
86 20/11/1777 William CHORLEY Single   Ann SNOOK Single  
87 30/04/1778 Thomas THORNE Single   Mary FORD Single  
88 03/06/1778 Aaron BLAKE Single   Joan VEALS Widow  
89 21/09/1778 Samuel REDWOOD Single Nynehead Ann LOCK Single  
90 06/12/1778 James CLEAVE Single   Sarah SAUNDERS Single Wiveliscombe
91 30/03/1779 John WARD Single   Ann PAUL Single  
92 13/05/1779 James NATT Single Langford Budville Ann WHITE Single  
93 25/12/1779 Thomas WILKINS Single   Betty COOPER Single  
94 12/06/1781 John RENDALL Single Bishops Hull Mary HOUSE Single  
95 15/04/1782 John CHORLEY Single   Sarah GILL Single  
96 06/01/1783 William BATT Widower   Jemima WINTER Single Halse
97 08/09/1783 John LOCK Single   Jone HUGHS Single  
98 30/09/1783 Thomas CARPENTER Widower   Mary BOWRING Single  
99 16/10/1783 Thomas SLAPE Widower Hillfarrance Betty SOUTHEY Single  
100 06/04/1784 Benjamin PRING Single   Ann HOUSE Single  
101 22/04/1784 William WATERMAN Widower Oake Betty BAKER Single  
102 29/06/1784 John RENDELL Single   Betty CARPENTER Single  
103 03/07/1785 Robert SPRAGUE Widower   Hannah HORSEY Single Hillfarrance
104 21/07/1785 Jacob TURNER Widower Norton Fitzwarren Mary RITHERDON Widow  
105 09/10/1785 John PLEACE Single Oake Jone REED Single  
106 21/11/1785 William HILL Single   Joan DIGHT Single  
107 22/11/1785 Henry MORISH Single Cothelstone Betty PRING Single  
108 21/05/1786 William GLANVILL Single   Betty DIGHT Widow  
109 22/05/1786 Thomas THORNE Widower   Betty ACLAND Single  
110 21/08/1787 Andrew WILLIAMS Single Charlinch Jane CARPENTER Single  
111 22/10/1787 John BLACKMOOR Single Wilton Hannah HARCOMBE Single  
112 02/04/1788 William PERREY Single   Jenney HASKINS Single  
113 06/05/1788 James MASON Single   Hannah WITHERS Single  
114 20/05/1788 Thomas STEPHENS Single Trull Sarah BRYANT Single  
115 19/08/1788 James BRYANT Single   Betty PAUL Single  
116 22/09/1788 John NETKET Single   Dinah DIAMOND Single  
117 28/09/1788 John EASTON Single   Miriam GARDNER Widow  
118 25/11/1788 James GREGORY Single   Jane LOCKYEAR Single  
119 04/02/1789 John HOWSE Single   Mary CARPENTER Single  
120 14/04/1789 Robert COOKSLEY Single   Betty ADAMS Single  
121 14/04/1789 John GREGORY Single   Joanah PRIEST Single  
122 25/12/1789 Robert CROSS Single West Buckland Sarah KNIGHT Single  
123 24/12/1790 Abraham HAWKINS Single   Ann STACY Single  
124 26/03/1792 John AMERY Single   Mary HOUSE Single  
125 09/04/1792 James RANDELLS Single   Mary WITHERS Single  
126 09/09/1792 Phillip TROTT Widower   Betty WALKER Widow  
127 16/09/1793 Richard ALLEN Single   Betty WOOD Single  
128 17/06/1794 John FRY Single Sampford Arundel Ann BRYANT Single  
129 01/04/1796 James ALLEN Single Halberton, Devon Hannah HURFORD Single  
130 20/12/1796 Nathaniel BRYANT Single   Mary JACOBS Single  
131 20/12/1796 Robert SYDENHAM     Betty JACOBS    
132 15/05/1797 James PERREY     Betty STACEY    
133 05/06/1797 Richard CHAPPLE     Miriam EASTON    
134 18/09/1797 John WHITE     Sarah WITHERS    
135 14/02/1798 John WOOD     Mary CARPENTER    
136 09/04/1798 Edward MANFIELD     Ann WERE    
137 21/05/1798 William KNIGHT     Sarah ACLAND    
138 27/08/1798 John KNIGHT   Hillfarrance Mary WILKINS    
139 27/08/1798 Isaac PERREY     Ann HEWET    
140 11/09/1798 James COOKSLEY     Betty BENNET    
141 17/09/1798 James BRUCE     Elizabeth SPICER    
142 01/04/1799 John PERRY     Elizabeth HAKE    
143 06/01/1800 George DUDDERIDGE     Betty REED    
144 07/01/1800 James THORN   Milverton Betty BICKLE    
145 18/04/1800 Robert PAGE     Hannah ACLAND    
146 02/10/1801 William CARPENTER Single   Elizabeth THORN Widow  
147 18/11/1801 James BOND Single Milverton Mary CARPENTER    
148 01/12/1801 William BAKER Widower   Joan CLARK Widow  
149 27/04/1802 Richard TEMPLEMAN Single   Mary RENDELL Single  
150 14/06/1802 John GREED Single   Mary STACY Single  
151 10/12/1802 James VINSON Single   Mary HAWKINS Single  
152 01/06/1803 William MILLS Single St James, Taunton Jane NICKLESS Single  
153 27/12/1803 Michael BURNELL Single   Mary ROUSELL Single  
154 03/07/1804 William BABB Single   Betty RENDELL Single  
155 11/08/1804 Joseph BAILEY Single   Elizabeth STACEY Widow  
156 16/09/1804 William BRUFORD Single Bishops Hull Susannah GILLARD Single  
157 22/11/1804 Henry COLLIER Single Winsham Ann RENDLE Single  
158 24/12/1804 Michael WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth GARDNER Single  
159 04/02/1805 Charles BAKER Single   Mary CROCKER Single  
160 16/05/1805 John COLES Single   Betty CORAM Single St James, Taunton
161 08/04/1806 Robert HEWETT Single   Ann PERRY Single  
162 21/04/1806 George BAKER Single   Mary MORGAN Single  
163 19/05/1806 Thomas CURRY Single Norton Fitzwarren Joan RENDELL Single  
164 17/07/1806 William NEWBERRY Single Broadhembury, Devon Jane RENDELL Single  
165 18/06/1807 Thomas PERRY Single   Mary MADDOCK Single  
166 14/08/1807 Edward DIGHT Single   Betty GLANVILL Single  
167 14/01/1808 Raymond WILLIAMS     Charlotte BRAGG    
168 28/06/1808 William BENDING Single   Ann WILKINS Single  
169 30/11/1808 John PAVEY Widower   Mary PERREY Single  
170 02/01/1809 William WARE Single   Betty MAPELDORAM Single  
171 28/02/1809 James BETTEY Single   Joan PAUL Single  
172 18/04/1809 Thomas BANNETT Single   Jane KIBBY Single  
173 08/08/1809 John YENDLE Single   Elizabeth PERREY Single  
174 05/09/1809 John DIGHT Single   Jane WOOD Single  
175 24/10/1809 James PRING Single   Elizabeth RENDELL Single  
176 24/01/1810 Robert WILLKINS Single   Mary SAUNDERS Single  
177 06/02/1810 Peter HILL Widower Wellington Mary WEAVER Widow  
178 18/04/1810 John CHORLEY Single   Mary DIGHT Single  
179 04/07/1810 Henry James LEIGH   St Mary, Taunton Anne Whitmah WATERS Single  
180 25/09/1810 Robert JAMES Single   Sarah WHITE Single  
181 08/11/1810 George HARTNELL Single Bishops Hull Eleanor GOULD Single  
182 28/03/1811 Henry ROBJOHNS Single   Mary DAVEY Single  
183 02/05/1811 Edward THOMAS Single   Jane MARSHAL Single  
184 08/07/1812 Robert KNIGHT Single   Mary MANFIELD Single  
1 25/01/1813 James MAPLEDORAM Single   Elizabeth MORGAN Single  
2 01/06/1813 Thomas SHEPHERD Single   Thomazin RISING Single  
3 11/08/1814 John HARTNELL Single Wilton Martha RENDELL Single  
4 01/10/1814 John BRICE Single Culmstock, Devon Elizabeth PRING Single  
5 26/03/1815 Solomon DREW Single   Sarah CHORLEY Single  
6 14/05/1815 Thomas MOREL Widower   Betty HILL Widow  
7 03/06/1816 George CONIBEERE Single Heathfield Betty HAWKINS Single  
8 01/07/1817 Thomas STADDON Single   Martha LANGFORD Single  
9 13/04/1818 John OTEN Single Pitminster Ann TUCKER Single  
10 08/06/1818 Joseph DUDDRIDGE Single   Sarah PERRY Single  
11 23/11/1818 George KING Single   Mary RENDELL Widow  
12 28/04/1819 Henry HAWKINS     Harriet HAWKINS   St James, Taunton
13 16/09/1819 William LUTLEY   Wiveliscombe Mary RENDELL    
15 03/05/1821 William HOUSE     Mary Ann REED    
14 28/05/1821 Samuel HUTCHINGS   Keinton Mandeville Mary BRYANT    
16 29/06/1821 William PHILLIP     Mary HARFORD    
17 23/10/1821 John VENER   Bishops Hull Sarah HAWKINS    
18 16/12/1821 John FREEMAN     Mary Ann SYDENHAM   West Buckland
19 04/03/1822 John CLAISH   St Mary, Taunton Elizabeth DAVEY   Filton, Gloucestershire
20 30/05/1822 James CLARK     Elizabeth SAUNDERS    
21 14/08/1822 John PHILLIPS     Sarah CHAPEL    
22 17/10/1822 James WILLS Widower   Sarah RADFORD Single  
23 17/12/1822 John PAYNE   Hillfarrance Anne RENDELL    
24 22/03/1823 John STEPHENS   Trull Frances Jane BUNCOMBE    
25 06/04/1823 Thomas GABRIEL     Elizabeth EVANS    
26 06/05/1823 Thomas FRY     Martha JAMES    
27 23/01/1824 James CROUCH Single Chard Mary BARKER Single  
28 08/09/1824 Samuel HAYES     Martha STONE    
29 28/09/1824 James BOWERMAN     Mary PARR    
30 20/04/1825 William DENHAM     Anna RENDELL    
31 20/04/1825 John RENDELL     Ann PALMER    
32 25/05/1825 Thomas RENDELL     Sarah PALMER    
33 31/10/1825 John Fussell PALMER     Elizabeth PALMER    
34 13/12/1825 Thomas YANDELL     Mary THATCHER    
35 20/03/1826 James CALWAY     Mary SHEAN    
36 28/03/1826 John GILLARD     Joan DYER   Milverton
37 04/04/1826 Aaron FOURACRE     Mary LANGFORD    
38 11/04/1826 John PAGE     Jemima SLADE    
39 11/04/1826 James STRONG     Ann PAGE    
40 22/08/1826 James KNIGHT     Amey HANNING    
41 23/01/1827 James MAPLEDORAM     Mary STOREY    
42 05/02/1827 John BAKER     Ann HILLMAN    
43 10/01/1828 George BRAKE     Mary BRISTOE    
44 15/01/1828 John CORDWENT     Sarah EASTON Single West Buckland
45 08/02/1828 James COLES     Elizabeth CROYDEN    
46 27/02/1828 John MOCKRIDGE   St James, Taunton Martha EASTON    
47 29/06/1828 John THATCHER     Jane BAKER    
48 28/07/1828 Richard HOLLAND     Elizabeth HEAL    
49 04/10/1828 William TOLLER   West Buckland Hannah ROBSON    
50 17/02/1829 Joseph MATTHEWS   Trull Mary PRING    
51 27/06/1829 James RICHARDS     Sarah TAYLOR    
52 03/03/1830 John BAKER Widower Culmstock, Devon Sarah BAILEY Widow  
53 03/05/1830 John HUSSEY     Mary DAVEY    
54 18/06/1830 John HOOKWAY     Elizabeth CORAM    
55 20/09/1830 Robert ROWSELL     Eliza HAWKENS    
56 22/12/1830 Robert Thomas Tytherleigh PALMER     Sarah HELLIER    
57 27/03/1831 Thomas CARTER     Ann PERRY    
58 25/05/1831 William BAKER     Betty BAKER    
59 23/08/1831 James PERRY     Sarah BAKER    
60 22/09/1831 Joseph PERRY     Elizabeth WOODBERY    
61 02/01/1832 James GATELY   Kenwyn, Cornwall Elizabeth Gibbs CARPENTER    
62 03/05/1832 James BLACKMORE   West Buckland Sarah FOURACRES   Hillfarrance
63 13/09/1832 William KELLY     Mary SEAMAN    
64 22/10/1832 James BAKER     Elizabeth SEBLEY    
65 17/11/1832 John ALLEN     Mary Ann PRING    
66 17/04/1833 John PERRY     Mary BAKER    
67 30/04/1833 George KELLEY     Charlotte QUICK    
68 04/05/1833 Richard WRIGHT     Jane PHILIPS    
69 05/11/1833 William RIDGWAY     Elizabeth FARMER    
70 18/05/1834 Thomas CROCKER     Elizabeth PERRY    
71 05/08/1834 James JENNINGS     Ann OWEN    
72 11/06/1835 James DUMMETT     Elizabeth MASTERMAN    
73 12/08/1835 Joseph BRADDICK     Eliza RABJOHNS    
74 08/12/1835 James MILLS   Cullompton, Devon Sarah Ann SLADE    
75 26/04/1836 John TAPSCOTT   Culmstock, Devon Sarah DIMOND    
76 15/05/1836 Charles MACEY     Sarah RENDELL    
77 05/07/1836 William PAGE     Melora THOMAS    
78 05/07/1836 Samuel DERHAM     Elizabeth Marshall GAYNOR    
79 31/07/1836 Charles STADDON     Anne MAPLEDORAM    

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