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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Closworth All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of Closworth lies in the extreme southeast of Somerset forming a stretch of the border with neighbouring Dorset. Closworth is located roughly 4 miles south of the large market town of Yeovil and sits about a half mile west of the A37 road which connects Yeovil with Dorchester. Closworth is a tiny place, little more than a hamlet with no village facilities as such. The main area of settlement can be found around church and Manor Farm on a ridge of land and accessed by a narrow lane from the A37. Like most parishes in this area a mixed farming regime would have been in place dominated by dairy farming, some small scale extraction of the local stone for building took place too. Closworth is drained northwards by the infant River Yeo, close by it is dammed to create Sutton Bingham Reservoir, the Yeo heads northwards, meeting the Parrett at Langport and the outer Bristol Channel through the port of Bridgwater. Closworth is sited at around 90 metres above the sea with land dropping away on all sides except to the southwest where the ridge steadily to 136 metres at nearby Clarkham Cross. Somerset parishes are often small and Closworth was no exception, covering just under 1,100 acres it would have supported a population of about 150 parishioners. In Domesday times Closworth was an equally modest place, a holding of the ubiquitous Count Robert of Mortain it offered 6 ploughs, the usual meadows & woodland but did possess a mill.


The Church

All Saints' church sits just south of the main lane through Closworth accompanied by the large farm of Manor Farm and accessed by a narrow tarmac lane. The earliest part of the church is evidenced by a single lancet window on the northern face of the chancel, this Early English Gothic style places that portion into the 13th century, albeit much modified since. The western tower, the centrepiece of the church really, is a handsome 14th century Perpendicular styled example, an impressive feature for such a small parish. Also of the 14th century is the northern porch. Whilst everything else appears adequately medieval it is all the product of the Victorian restoration of 1875 when all else was rebuilt in the Perpendicular fashion to match. The lanes are rather narrow through the village and there is no parking obvious at the church, care should be taken to find a place and walk there. The churchyard is surrounded by a chest-height local stone wall with a stone flagged pathway leading to the church. Sadly the main desirable aspects from southern angles are blocked by the church being placed with enclosing trees which severely restrict the angles available for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
25th July 1758 - 13th October 1808
Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/clos/2/1/2
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page, the register continues as an unruled book after the first few pages.
Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number
The early part of this register suffers badly from bleed-through of backing entries making for a challenging read and the possibility of a few misreads
2 20th May 1813 - 11th February 1836 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/clos/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


East Coker St Michael
East Coker St Michael
Barwick St Mary Magdalene
Ryme Intrinseca St Hippolyte, Dorset
Sutton Bingham All Saints
Ryme Intrinseca St Hippolyte, Dorset
Halstock St Mary, Dorset
Halstock St Mary, Dorset
Melbury Osmond St Osmond, Dorset

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
25/07/1758 John MEW Melbury Osmond, Dorset Mary SWADRIDGE
16/04/1759 Abel DODGE Sutton Bingham Ann PROLES
18/04/1759 John KNIGHT Sarah HAYNE
13/10/1759 Abraham SANDFORD West Coker Sarah TUSSEL
26/10/1759 John ROCK Joanna PITCHER Yeovil
23/11/1759 William DODGE Sutton Bingham Betty TESSEL
05/12/1759 James HAYWARD Mary ANDREWS
09/07/1760 Aran PARTRIDGE Hardington Mandeville Elizabeth BOARD
09/12/1760 Thomas NEWMAN Yeovil Ave ROSKILLY
09/08/1761 William BODENHAM Mary ELLIS Corscombe, Dorset
19/02/1763 Thomas SWADRIDGE Ann HIBDITCH
30/04/1763 Thomas ROSKILLY Elizabeth SMITH
21/02/1764 Bani John FORBES Yeovil Mary PITCHER Single
06/03/1764 Richard MITCHEL East Coker Isabella KNIGHT
27/01/1766 John NOSSITER Elizabeth SWADRIDGE
14/08/1766 John TIZARD Wyke Regis, Dorset Sarah PITCHER
11/01/1767 Simon ISACK Sutton Bingham Ann STARK
04/08/1767 Thomas HALLET Betty ELERY
15/10/1772 William PROLES Fanny BARTLETT
11/10/1773 Thomas BICKNELL Eleanor PROLES
06/02/1774 Edward BODENHAM Susanna SWADRIDGE
02/07/1774 Robert HAYWARD Mary HAYWARD
26/11/1775 William SWADRIDGE Jane SWADRIDGE
08/02/1776 Edward WHIBBY Widower Cheselbourne, Dorset Betty HAYWARD
08/06/1776 Thomas NOSSATER Mary BODHENHAM
08/07/1776 Charles NOSCITER Elizabeth BARTLETT
06/12/1776 Richard ABBOT Betty HOSKINS
28/07/1777 John WATTS Elizabeth SLADE
06/04/1779 John CREESE East Coker Mary HOSKINS
11/01/1780 William HIGHMORE Sutton Bingham Margaret BEACHAM
22/05/1780 Richard GREEN Susannah BODINGHAM
27/02/1781 Francis ABBOTT Bradford Abbas, Dorset Joan HALLETT
27/02/1781 John HOSKINS Elizabeth ABBOT
01/08/1781 George BAKER Frome St Quinton, Dorset Hannah HAYNE
08/08/1781 William WEARE Evershot, Dorset Elizabeth RAWLINS
00/00/1782 George RYALL Yetminster, Dorset Sarah RUSSEL
19/03/1782 Nathaniel BARTLETT Isabella MITCHELL
09/04/1782 John ABBOTT Ann MILLER
29/04/1782 Joseph BARTLETT Merriam YOUNG
21/05/1782 John TUCKER Thorne Mary SEAMOUR
24/02/1784 William DODGE Mary WHATCOME
02/09/1784 Ephraim BUDGET Barwick Jane BICKNELL
31/01/1785 John HALLETT Ann HAWKER
13/09/1785 John SUGG Hannah ABBOT
17/04/1786 John MILLS Crewkerne Phillis ABBOT
15/08/1786 Joseph ABBOT Betty CURTIS
12/04/1787 Samuel RANDALL Sarah TIZARD
29/10/1787 Peter BEWSEY Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset Elizabeth MANFIELD
27/05/1788 John BURTT Halstock, Dorset Hannah SLADE
27/10/1788 James SNOOKE Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset Ann HOSKINS
00/02/1789 Thomas SHEAN Ann NOSSITER
07/04/1789 Richard DODGE Sarah HAYWARD
12/02/1793 James ROSKILEY Susanna SHEAN
12/02/1793 John SANSOM Eleanor ROSKILLY
06/06/1793 John MANFIELD Jane GUPPY
30/12/1793 James BRAKE Julian GOFF
02/02/1795 Isaac MULLINS Susannah SWATRIDGE
07/07/1795 Bernard STICKLAND Barwick Sarah DODGE
12/01/1796 William ROSKILLY Elizabeth HALLET
06/09/1797 Francis CURTIS Frome St Quinton, Dorset Luce OSMOND
29/05/1798 John Hearn BARRETT Beaminster, Dorset Peggy BODENHAM
13/11/1798 Thomas SWATRIDGE Dorothy JEFFREYS
25/01/1802 Thomas PROLES Jean TUE
25/12/1802 William BUGLAR Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset Mary BICKNEL
08/10/1805 James BARTLETT Ann DOLLIMOUNT
06/01/1806 William BOIS Prudence BOW
15/04/1806 William TREVETT Widower Ashington Mary DODGE
30/06/1806 Louis DALAMOUNT Hardington Mandeville Mary CULVER
26/05/1807 William PROLES Amelia SEYMORE Yetminster, Dorset
02/06/1807 William MINCHINTON Maria CHILDS
09/01/1808 David DALAMOUNT Hardington Mandeville Hannah HOSKINS
18/04/1808 Samuel DODGE Mary HIGHMORE
13/10/1808 Nathaniel BARTLETT Henrietta HARBIN Yeovil
1 20/05/1813 Thomas ABBOT Hester COLMER
2 22/02/1814 Joseph ABBOT Elizabeth HALLET Halstock, Dorset
3 07/06/1814 Robert ABBOT Lydia ABBOT
4 02/08/1814 Thomas Ryall GILL Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset Grace LEGG
5 14/11/1814 David BRAKE Hannah DODGE
6 14/08/1815 John GUPPY Melbury Sampford, Dorset Susanna HIGHMORE
7 01/04/1816 Richard PITCHER Melbury Osmond, Dorset Elizabeth ABBOT
8 26/01/1817 William BRIDEL Halstock, Dorset Elizabeth HILL
9 18/04/1820 Henry ABBOT Ann SWATRIDGE
10 29/04/1820 John SUGG Ann LEGG
11 10/05/1824 William MILVERTON Ruth RYALL Yeovil
12 28/06/1824 William CABELL Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset Hester HILL
13 29/06/1824 Hugh CABELL Bradford Abbas, Dorset Mary ABBOTT
14 09/08/1824 James BARTLETT Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset Elizabeth PROLES
15 18/10/1826 William MILVERTON Louisa HOSKINS
16 07/05/1827 Andrew ABBOTT Meline TITE
17 07/05/1828 George DAY Christiana PATTIMORE
18 13/09/1828 Samuel DODGE Widower Ann Knight HIGHMORE Single
19 08/10/1829 John PAINTER Harriott GILLINGHAM
20 05/04/1832 John SWAFFIELD Single Hardington Mandeville Harriet BRAKE Single
21 24/06/1833 Thomas ROSKILLY Single Martha CLOTHIER Single
22 09/09/1834 Robert BARTLETT Widower East Coker Elizabeth BOARD Widow
23 11/02/1836 Bernard STICKLAND Single Lucy RYALL Widow Stockwood, Dorset

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