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

 

The Parish

The parish of Clevedon lies on the west coast of northern Somerset roughly 12 miles west of the Gloucestershire city of Bristol. Clevedon sits where the B3124, running from Portishead, and the B3133, northwards from Congresbury, meet at the coast. Clevedon is a place much grown in Victorian times as a coastal resort, prior to that era it was a sleepy port gathered around the headland where the church resides, its population rose from fewer than 500 to well over 1,700 by the middle of the 19th century. At the start of this transcription period Clevedon would have earned its income from a mixture of land & sea, fishing and coastal transport provided a living whilst the marshy land provided rich pastures for dairy cattle. With the coming of the railway, long since dismantled, in 1845 Clevedon assumed a new role as a bathing resort for nearby Bristol, a role it still performs today as well as being a centre for commuting to the nearby metropolis, arole enhanced by the close proximity of the modern M5 motorway. The River Kenn, which forms the southern boundary of Clevedon, drains not only the village but also most of the surrounding largely reclaimed land. Clevedon is sited at between sea level and 25 metres whilst the northern suburbs rise to 90 metres on isolated Dial Hill. Clevedon parish was fairly large in extent for its area, covering almost 3,000 acres it grew, as stated to a population in excess of 1,700 albeit for most of this transcript period its was much lower. In Domesday times Clevedon was a relatively minor place, held by one Matthew de Mortagne it could offer just 6 ploughs together with the usual meadows, pastures & woodland.


The Church

St Andrew's church occupies a delightful position on the headland formed by the twin hills of Wain's & Church Hills with a fine prospect across the Bristol Channel below. The presence of a central crossing tower is indicative of a church with origins in the Norman period and St Andrew doesn't disappoint. Pevsner dates that tower to the late-Norman Romanesque period of the 12th century albeit the top stage is a modern replacement. Norman evidence is also present within the wall of the nave but here the church was remodelled in the 13th century too. The presence of lancet windows gives the hint of the Early English Gothic period which followed in the 13th century. The arcade clearly shows evidence of cutting through the earlier Norman wall. Further changes show the Perpendicular style of the late 14th century and a frequent addition to churches at that time was the creation of a clerestory to improve internal lighting, St Andrew being a beneficiary of such a feature. For once Pevsner does not mention a Victorian restoration so if one occurred it was light and sensitive. The church is accessed by a side branch of Old Church Road which ends in a substantial car park making visiting easy. A rising pathway climbs to the churchyard entering through a stepped lychgate, the churchyard is open, uncluttered and with no obstacles to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 13th December 1754 - 12th January 1757 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/clevd/2/1/1 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 13th April 1757 - 1st October 1812 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/clevd/2/1/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 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
3 13th December 1813 - 3rd November 1836 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/clevd/2/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None



Walton in Gordano St Paul
Weston in Gordano St Peter & St Paul

Tickenham St Quiricus & St Julietta
Nailsea Holy Trinity
Kingston Seymour All Saints
Kenn St John the Evangelist
Yatton St Mary

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
13/12/1754 Thomas ARNY Christian JONES
13/04/1755 Thomas TOVEY Mary DURBROW Weare
5 06/10/1756 James BAMFIELD Single Hannah WALLIS Single
12/01/1757 Christopher PHILLIPS Tickenham Anne NEATHWAY
1 13/04/1757 Samuel SMITH Single Sarah JONES Single
2 24/05/1758 Daniel HAYMAN Widower Anne SPRUD Single
3 06/11/1759 John WILLIAMS Widower Sarah BUCK Single
4 22/06/1760 John BROCK Single Martha NEATHWAY Single
6 28/12/1760 Daniel HAYMAN Widower Dinah HERNIMAN Single
7 10/06/1761 Edward SPERRING Single Kenn Anne TUTTEN Single
8 01/10/1761 Jacob BUTTEN Single Nancy CANE Single
9 24/10/1761 John PALFRY Single Elizabeth ALVIS Single
10 02/02/1762 George SMITH Widower Portishead Ann SUMNER Single
20 15/03/1762 Thomas BEVAN Sarah WILLIAMS Widow
11 19/10/1762 Thomas BARTLET Widower Joanna COLE Widow
13 12/04/1763 George VOWLES Single Wraxall Mary GRIFFIN Single
14 01/03/1764 John COOK Single Banwell Hannah HEALES Widow
15 08/05/1764 Samuel NEADS Single Kenn Mary HAMMET Single
16 09/05/1765 Thomas JAMES Single Yatton Ann RAINES Single
17 10/12/1765 James WILSON Wraxall Mary BEVEN
18 11/05/1766 Charles HEDGES Walton In Gordano Mary COX
19 24/12/1767 Samuel WENDON Mary WATTS
12 13/03/1768 John NORRIS Donyatt Mary BROOK
20 07/10/1768 William HAMLIN St George, Bristol, Gloucestershire Jane POMEROY
21 11/09/1769 David BEAVIN Martha WILLIAMS
22 08/03/1770 George POMEROY Single Sarah HAMMETT
23 29/10/1770 Oldfield BOWLES North Aston, Oxfordshire Mary ELTON
24 10/04/1771 James DOGGET Mary Mariam DEAN
25 01/10/1771 John TINKLIN Elizabeth LOCKE
26 28/10/1771 John HANCKHORN Dinah POPE Single
27 31/03/1772 John DURBAN Sarah CHILD Single
28 29/03/1773 George ALVIS Anna YESCOMBE Single
29 31/05/1773 Emmanuel DAY Betty HAMLIN
30 07/09/1773 John HOLLYMAN Hannah CHURCHUS Single Walton In Gordano
31 07/09/1773 Thomas JONES Hannah TOVEY Single
32 09/04/1774 John NEADS Rebeckah RATTLE Single
33 29/06/1775 Thomas WALKER Kenn Ann WHITE Widow
34 26/02/1776 William GRIFFIN Mary LIMBORROW Single
35 07/11/1776 Abraham ELTON Elizabeth DURBIN Walton In Gordano
36 01/04/1777 William CALE Long Ashton Mary ASKER Single
37 06/04/1777 William THORNE Sarah HAYMAN Single
38 09/09/1777 George COLES Mary SIMMONS Single
39 20/04/1778 Richard HAMMETT Flower TUCKEY Single
40 26/04/1779 James CLEAGE Sarah HEARTH Single
41 27/09/1779 Thomas YOUNG Joan SUMNER Single
42 27/09/1779 Robert ALLEN Elizabeth ALLEN Single
43 10/04/1780 William NEADES Phoebe STALLARD
44 24/07/1780 George GOULD Elizabeth HAINES
45 08/10/1780 Jacob JONES Martha ANDREWS
46 23/10/1780 William THOMAS Martha BEAVER
47 30/03/1783 John NEADS Betty GULLY Kenn
48 17/04/1783 George WITHRALL Single Sarah YOUNG Single
19/05/1783 James CAVILL Hester ALDERIDGE Single
12/06/1783 Edward COOK Single Betty WITHERALL Single
12/04/1784 John CAREY Backwell Betty THORN Single
52 29/05/1784 Joseph SUMNER Single Susanna ROE Single
53 28/03/1785 William KITCHEN Weston In Gordano Hannah SUMMERS Single
54 30/06/1785 John GOSLEN Kenn Eve HEMLEN
55 02/10/1785 James HUNT Hannah BANFIELD Kingston Seymour
56 13/03/1786 John JAMES Jane WYLLS Single
57 24/04/1786 William HAYMAN Flower HILLMAN Single
58 03/04/1787 Thomas BROWNE Single Hester BEVIN Widow St James, Bristol, Gloucestershire
59 10/04/1788 George SUMMERS Single Ruth SPEAR Single
60 22/09/1788 William SUMNER Single Mary HEDGE Single
61 10/10/1789 Samuel HEAL Widower Spraxey DAY Single
62 07/12/1789 Abraham PRITCHARD Single Walton In Gordano Nancy GRIFFIN Single
63 08/03/1790 Francis WILES Single Ann HAYMAN Single
64 05/04/1790 Joseph HARRIS Kenn Mary DAVIES
65 12/08/1790 Thomas HOLLYMAN Hannah WALL Puxton
66 01/12/1790 Samuel HOLLYMAN Ann WALL Puxton
67 07/02/1791 Joseph GRIFFIN Hannah WALL
68 21/10/1792 Daniel HAYMAN Jane TOVEY Walton In Gordano
69 11/04/1793 Robert MASTERS Sarah THORN
70 29/09/1793 James KNIGHT Mary NEADES
71 18/11/1793 John GRIFFIN Martha HOLLYMAN
72 31/03/1794 Robert JAKEWAYS Nailsea Susannah JAMES
73 21/04/1794 Thomas ROWLEY Kingston Seymour Martha KENCOTT
74 20/07/1794 Charles ONION Single Walton In Gordano Jane SCRIFFING
75 05/10/1794 Thomas CULLIFER Sarah SUMMERS
76 20/07/1796 John HEDGES Sarah GRIFFIN
77 12/11/1797 William TURNER Mary RODFORD
78 09/04/1798 John WARN Kenn Sarah JAMES
79 09/04/1798 Richard HAYMAN Elizabeth DOGGETT
80 06/09/1798 William MILLARD Susannah NOBLE
81 31/12/1798 James WILES Hannah HAIN
82 26/03/1799 William GRIFFIN Mary YOUNG
83 14/09/1799 Joseph MACEY Congresbury Mary WALL
84 05/06/1800 Isaac JONES Betty COLLINS
85 06/04/1801 Robert DENMADE Sarah CALE
86 15/10/1801 William BROWN Yatton Betty WATTS
87 31/01/1802 Richard BROACKES Kingston Seymour Hannah HOLLYMAN
88 11/04/1802 Edward FELTHAM Ann DURBAN
89 27/05/1802 William MILLARD Lovy PHILLIPS Walton In Gordano
90 27/06/1803 William JENNINGS Kingston Seymour Mary WILDS
91 15/07/1803 William PICK Betty HAMMETT
92 06/10/1803 William CATE Betty HEWLETT
93 01/04/1804 Henry DURBAN Elizabeth NICHOLAS
94 03/06/1805 James HAMLIN Martha POOL Kenn
95 29/07/1805 John PARSLEY Portishead Sarah HOLLUMAN
96 21/01/1807 Henry HALLAM Middlesex Julia Maria ELTON
97 28/03/1808 William DURBIN Nailsea Elizabeth JAMES
98 03/04/1808 Samuel ALVIS Elizabeth BUSTER
99 03/04/1809 Samuel HARVY Sarah BEECHUM
100 11/05/1809 John BUDDING Margaret BEAUMONT
101 02/07/1810 William COLES Hester CATE
102 19/11/1810 John MANNING Barrington Sarah DOGGETT
103 17/06/1811 William KIDDELL Tickenham Mary GRIFFIN
104 18/04/1812 Samuel ALVIS Wraxall Hester DOGGETT
105 01/10/1812 William HAVARD Phebe HOLE
1 13/12/1813 Thomas GRIFFITHS St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire Mary CAREY
2 17/04/1814 Howard PYM Yatton Perina CULLIFORD
3 02/05/1815 Moses TEAGUE Single Newland, Gloucestershire Ann COOK
4 18/10/1815 John ROGERS Weston In Gordano Mary LOSCOMBE
5 02/01/1816 John PRITCHARD Single Portishead Harriet GRIFFIN
6 19/02/1816 Robert HAYES Hanah WALKER
7 04/03/1816 James FRY Congresbury Elizabeth KATE
8 03/04/1816 Michael WAITE Tickenham Sarah WINSOR
9 03/04/1816 Samuel NEADS Elizabeth STUBBINS
10 03/06/1816 William LEE Nailsea Fanny WHITE
11 29/07/1816 John WILLIAMS Yatton Ann MASTERS
12 23/09/1816 George JOLLIFF Ann YOUNG
13 08/03/1817 William YOUNG Single Nailsea Hannah GRIFFIN Single
14 08/03/1817 Thomas WILLIAMS Elizabeth ORNEY
15 14/04/1817 Joseph MITCHELL Kenn Mary NEADES
16 14/05/1817 Edward POMROY Ann SCORSE
17 07/04/1818 Charles HOLLYMAN Single Eliza GRIFFIN Single
18 07/05/1818 Edward COOK Diana VOWLES
19 19/05/1819 George COOK Single Margaret HAVARD Single
20 15/09/1819 Richard COTTLE Chedzoy Sarah GRIFFIN
21 24/10/1819 William HOUSE Mary WISP
22 02/07/1820 Richard HAZELL Yatton Sarah GRIFFIN
23 20/08/1822 William BEVAN Elizabeth HOWE
24 14/09/1822 Arthur Sealey LAWRENCE Single St Mary, Brecon, Breconshire Jane MALBON Widow
25 31/10/1822 William DACKFIELD Clapton In Gordano Hester SUMNER
26 03/02/1823 John POPE Hannah SUMMERS
27 06/10/1823 Edmund ALVIS Mary WILLIAMS Widow
28 11/10/1823 William COX Susanna WAIT
29 29/03/1824 John SHERRICK Mary Ann DAY
30 02/05/1824 John KNIGHT Eunice BUDD
31 18/01/1825 John Day COLSTON Single Whitchurch Mary GREVILE Single
32 17/03/1825 Richard REEDE Single Elizabeth HAMBLIN Widow
33 24/08/1825 John HICKS Sarah FELTHAM
34 29/03/1826 William WALL Elizabeth DEAN
35 11/04/1826 William FRY Kewstoke Emma HAVARD
36 17/04/1826 Richard ANDREWS Hester DURBIN
37 07/03/1827 John STAR Sarah COOMBS
38 02/04/1827 Samuel BROWN Clapton In Gordano Sarah ROE
39 02/04/1827 George HORSEY Scena FRY Kenn
40 05/05/1828 Matthew HANCOCK Mary MASTERS
41 23/03/1829 John ANDREWS Sarah PANES
42 10/06/1829 William KIDDELL Walton In Gordano Mary Ann GRIFFIN
43 31/12/1829 William VICKERADGE Sarah KNOWLES
44 27/03/1830 Isaac KNIGHT Hester HYATT
45 31/12/1830 Thomas STONE St Stephen, Bristol, Gloucestershre Louisa GRIFFIN
46 31/05/1831 William Edward DAVIS Single St Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire Harriet Metford WRIGHT
47 25/07/1831 William WALL Widower Frances WOOKEY Single
48 19/12/1831 William ALVIS Single Mary LUTHERN Single
49 03/03/1832 John BARTLETT Single St Mary, Taunton Charlotte Coleman HUCKLEBRIDGE Single
50 19/03/1832 Samuel ANDREWS Single East Harptree Sophia DOGGETT Single
51 27/09/1832 John BOARD Single St James, Bristol, Gloucestershire Emma LONG Single
52 20/06/1833 James KIDDELL Single Mary KIDDELL Single
53 30/06/1833 Simon HARE Widower Juda GULLICK Single
54 02/09/1833 Charles HAMLIN Single Sarah SCOTT Single
55 25/12/1833 George Wilde SILLY Single Ann LONG Single
56 03/04/1834 Thomas ANDREWS Single Elizabeth GIBBS Single
57 01/05/1834 James GARRAWAY Single Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire Jane ROBINSON Single
58 17/07/1834 Richard BURLTON Single Margaret LEGALLAIS Single Barnstaple, Devon
59 14/04/1835 John Colston ROSE Single St James, Bristol, Gloucestershire Emma Frances BUDDEN Single
60 08/05/1835 James BEACHAM Single Hesther HUNT Single
61 02/06/1835 Trevor MORRIS Widower Chepstow, Monmouthshire Ellen LEATHART Single
62 09/06/1835 William CLAXTON Single Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire Helen Maria BISHOP Single
63 02/11/1835 James COLE Widower Bedminster Ann MORGAN Widow
64 07/04/1836 William PARSLEY Single Sarah GIBBS Single
65 13/04/1836 William NICHOLS Single Mary ANDREWS Single
66 03/11/1836 Benjamin MOODY Widower Heytesbury, Wiltshire Ann GARRETT Single

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