England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Elworthy lies in western Somerset about 5 miles north of the substantial village of Wiveliscombe. Elworthy is located astride the B3188 road which links Wiveliscombe with the coastal settlement of Watchet. Elworthy is a relatively small community, hardly a village at all, there is a grouping of properties on a sharp bend of the B road just north of its junction with the B3224 (Bishops Lydeard to Exmoor road) but that is almost the sum of the settlement other than scattered farms and cottages. Elworthy sits on the eastern slopes of Exmoor, land rising sharply to its west onto the moor. The area is largely pastoral, cattle and sheep predominating in small enclosed fields. Elworthy is sited at around 190 metres above sea level, the land rises westwards to almost 400 metres above the sea in contrast to the east land falls away into the valley which lies between Exmoor and the Quantock Hills. Here lies the main drainage for the parish which heads northwards to meet the Bristol Channel just east of Watchet. Elworthy parish was a relatively small one at only 1,600 acres and it supported around 210 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held directly by the King it boasted 5 ploughs as well as pastures, woodland and a mill. |
|
|
|
|
Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 24th June 1755 - 22nd December 1812 | Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/elw/2/1/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 19th September 1814 - 11th August 1836 | Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/elw/2/1/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Stogumber
St Mary
|
Stogumber
St Mary
|
Stogumber
St Mary
|
Clatworthy
St Mary
|
||
Brompton
Ralph St Mary
|
Brompton Ralph
St Mary
Tolland St John the Baptist |
1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830
Corrections to Tinstaafl Transcripts