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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Middle Chinnock St Margaret

 

The Parish

The parish of Middle Chinnock (as its name suggests the central one of 3 villages with that name) lies in southern Somerset not too far from its border with neighbouring Dorset. Middle Chinnock is located about 3 miles northeast of the market town of Crewkerne and sits, in lanes, a mile west of the A30 road which connects Crewkerne with Yeovil and onward to London. Middle Chinnock is a tiny place little more than a strip of properties along a lane to the east of West Chinnock. This area of the county is characterised by the rather fretted border between the Levels and higher ground to the east and south, a series of ridges cut deep into the low ground and provide a mixture of land uses for each parish, pastures on lower ground and arable on the drier parts. Middle Chinnock sits on a narrow such ridge between the Chinnock Brook, to its north, and the Broad River, to its south; both drain into the infant River Parrett which makes its way across the Levels to reach the outer Bristol Channel through the port of Bridgwater. Middle Chinnock is sited at around 40 metres above the sea, its ridge rises steadily eastwards topping out at around 135 metres near East Chinnock. Middle Chinnock parish was one of the smallest within its county, covering only a little over 450 acres it was one of the smallest rural parishes in the country and would have supported close to 200 parishioners. Middle Chinnock is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Margaret's church sits on the western side of the main north to south lane which holds most of the parish's properties, the unfortunately named Poop Hill. The church has details from three distinct ages, the earliest portion is the southern doorway, a 12th century Norman Romanesque relic from the early church. The church was clearly rebuilt in that great church-building era of the Perpendicular. This style held sway from the mid 14th to mid16th centuries and St Margaret carries the southern porch and western tower from that era. Pevsner is shy of precisely dating the building which appears to be late 14th century. However, the Victorians also made extensive changes and the main body of St Margaret post dates this transcript and would have been a very different church to that of today. The nave, was rebuilt in 1837, the chancel followed in 1874 and the transepts in 1887 to reach today's church. Poop Hill is fairly narrow but has an adequate verge opposite the church for a single car to park, the churchyard, raised on a hill above the road is surrounded by a low local stone wall with a path rising to the church from the northern entrance. The churchyard is open, uncluttered and with no obstructions to the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 31st August 1755 - 31st May 1812 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/chin.m/2/1/2 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 18th April 1816 - 1st May 1837 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/chin.m/2/1/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register 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


Chiselborough St Peter & St Paul
Chiselborough St Peter & St Paul
Chiselborough St Peter & St Paul
West Chinnock St Mary
East Chiinock St Mary
Haselbury Plucknett St Michael
Haselbury Plucknett St Michael
Haselbury Plucknett St Michael

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
2 31/08/1755 John MEACHAM Single
Sarah HOLLAND Single
3 30/06/1756 Isaac BUCKRELL Single
Sarah ARDING Single Norton Sub Hamdon
4 01/11/1756 Charles HOLLAND Single
Mary TEMPLEMAN Single
5 16/10/1758 George BUCKRELL

Mary GREENHAM
Norton Sub Hamdon
6 06/05/1759 Bernard MUDFORD
West Chinnock Elizabeth PARKER

7 29/04/1760 Joseph HOLLAND

Elizabeth DONN
Chiselborough
8 06/08/1761 George TEMPLEMAN

Diana WILLS Single
9 06/09/1762 Thomas CHANT
Merriott Mary HULLET

10 23/11/1762 Francis PERRY
Haselbury Plucknett Elizabeth ADDAMS

11 23/03/1765 Joseph HAWKWELL
Haselbury Plucknett Elizabeth WILLS

12 28/11/1769 Thomas WILLS

Ann CURTIS

13 25/02/1770 Anthony BROWN

Joan FORD

15 30/05/1773 William CLOTHIER
Sherborne, Dorset Mary VILE

10/03/1777 Samuel HOLLAND
West Chinnock Mary MARSH

19/07/1778 Hugh HARVEY

Ann BRAGG

01/04/1782 William LAWRENCE
Merriott Diana HALLETT

01/06/1782 Robert BISHOPP

Mary HOLLAND

29/10/1782 Joseph MEACHAM

Mary MUDFORD

22/12/1784 Robert BISHOP

Sarah MEACHAM

05/06/1786 George OSBORNE

Joan RUGG

13/04/1789 Edmund HOCKEY
Chiselborough Mary RUGG

19/07/1790 Joseph MEACHAM

Mary SUTTON
West Chinnock
27/10/1791 Robert LAWRENCE

Dianah HOLLAND

20/02/1792 William PATTEN

Susanna MUDFORD

09/04/1792 Barnard MUDFORD

Mary BUFF

20/08/1792 Thomas GUPPY

Elizabeth SALWAY

21/08/1794 John TEMPLEMAN

Martha MURLEY
West Chinnock
24/08/1794 John FURZER

Mary GREENHAM

27/12/1795 Samuel BANFIELD
Martock Mary NAPPER

01/04/1796 William GREENHAM
Norton Sub Hamdon Mary BUCKRELL Single
27/11/1796 John PAUL Widower West Chinnock Ann BUCKRELL Single
25/06/1797 Thomas BISHOP Widower
Sarah PALMER Single
29/03/1798 Henry CLEALL
South Perrott, Dorset Sarah BUCKRELL

13/02/1799 Isaac HAYWARD Widower Merriott Hannah BUCKRELL Single
04/05/1799 William BUCKRELL
East Chinnock Hannah SOLWAY

12/05/1799 Samuel HOCKEY

Elizabeth CHICK

05/08/1800 William PATTEN

Ann COLLIER

17/01/1802 Thomas COLLARD

Elizabeth ROWSELL

24/10/1802 William BICKNEL

Susannah SALWAY

23/11/1802 William SWAFFIELD Single Haselbury Plucknett Joan BUCKRELL Single
02/10/1803 Edmund HOCKEY Single
Sarah MASSEY Single West Chinnock
09/10/1803 John NAPPER Single
Mary WARE Single
02/07/1805 Joseph GREENHAM
Chiselborough Lydia BUCKRELL

31/12/1806 John SALWAY

Joanna HOCKEY

17/01/1810 Charles STRONG
West Chinnock Margaret HOLLAND

13/01/1811 Isaac BUCKRELL

Elizabeth PRYOR
Stoke Sub Hamdon
03/12/1811 Bernard MUDFORD

Mary SEAGAR

23/04/1812 Joseph FORD
West Chinnock Sarah BISHOP

31/05/1812 Thomas HILL

Hannah FURZE

1 18/04/1816 John BRAGGE

Elizabeth NEWMAN
East Chinnock
2 19/05/1816 George NEWMAN

Ann MEECHAM

3 04/11/1816 William MILLS

Mary GOULD

4 04/02/1817 James SALISBURY
West Chinnock Jane HOCKEY

5 11/06/1817 William GILLETT

Jane GILLARD

6 30/06/1817 Charles PATTEN
West Chinnock Mary MUDFORD

7 15/12/1817 Thomas RANDALL
Hardington Mandeville Mary SALISBURY

8 12/02/1818 Robert PARKER

Sarah MEACHAM

9 22/07/1819 William PATTEN

Sarah HARVEY

10 16/08/1819 Edward PATTEN
West Chinnock Patience GRAY

11 21/10/1819 John PATTEN
West Chinnock Elizabeth DIBBLE

12 25/11/1819 John CHANT
West Chinnock Elizabeth MUDFORD

13 10/04/1820 Joseph MICHEM

Ann SALISBURY

14 03/01/1821 William PATTEN

Anne TEMPLEMAN

15 13/05/1821 George PEACH

Sarah STRONG
West Chinnock
16 29/10/1821 James CHICK

Mary WHEBBY
East Chinnock
17 10/12/1821 Robert SOLWAY

Mary MEECHEM

18 27/10/1825 John SALSBURY Single
Charlotte STRONG Single
19 30/04/1826 Eli CLEAL
West Chinnock Hannah BUSSELL
West Chinnock
20 24/07/1826 James CHICK Widower West Chinnock Ann HARVEY

21 17/10/1826 William PEARCE

Elizabeth FORD

22 31/03/1827 John CHANT
Stoke Sub Hamdon Ann STOWER

23 13/08/1827 Thomas FOWLES

Joanna SALWAY Widow
24 04/09/1827 Edmund HOCKEY

Martha HOCKEY

25 30/10/1827 Charles STONEBRIDGE
Norton Sub Hamdon Jane MASTERS
West Chinnock
26 20/11/1827 Isaac SALSBURY

Charlotte NEWMAN

27 02/09/1828 Charles ANSTICE Single Winterborne Stickland, Dorset Mary White HAYWARD Single
28 04/09/1828 Thomas WITHYMAN
West Chinnock Catharine OSBORN
West Chinnock
29 30/12/1828 Henry FOWLER

Sarah CLEAL

30 03/03/1829 John ANSTICE Single Winterborne Stickland, Dorset Hannah HAYWARD Single
31 15/08/1830 Joel LONG Single West Chinnock Martha MUDFORD Single
32 13/11/1830 William HAYWARD Widower
Ann MEECHAM Widow
33 17/11/1830 Giles JAMES
East Coker Maria SANDFORD

34 12/05/1832 James HOCKEY Single
Hannah PATTEN Single
35 19/06/1832 William SANDFORD

Elizabeth CRIDGE
Merriott
36 13/02/1833 John LONG
West Chinnock Jane CLEAL

37 07/10/1833 John SOLWAY

Martha WATTS
West Chinnock
38 18/11/1833 Stephen PIKE

Elizabeth STRONG

39 19/06/1834 Charles GIFFORD
Chiselborough Celia CHICK
West Chinnock
40 31/12/1834 William STRONG

Ann MUDFORD

41 20/05/1835 Thomas CHAFFEY Widower East Chinnock Catharine WAKELEY
Beaminster, Dorset
42 14/11/1835 George Dibble TEMPLEMAN Single
Mary BUCKRELL Single
43 01/05/1837 Thomas NAPPER Single
Ann TRASK Widow

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