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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Farrington Gurney St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Farrington Gurney lies in northeastern Somerset on the northern edges of the Mendip Hills. Farrington Gurney is a large and compact village situated about 8 miles northeast of the city of Wells. Farrington Gurney sits where two major roads briefly join, the A39 heading from Bath to Bridgwater and the A37 from Bristol to Shepton Mallet. Whilst pastoral farming was predominant in landuse the area was underlain by the North Somerset coalfield and many men would have found work in the extraction of the same. Mining activities have now ceased and Farrington Gurney is just a large village sitting amongst good communications and close enough to Bristol & Bath to warrant some commuters. Farrington Gurney is drained eastwards by small tributaries of the Wellow Brook, this joins the Avon to the east of Bath before returning westwards to the Bristol Channel through the Avon Gorge. Farrington Gurney sits on a shelf of land at around 120 metres above the sea, land rises to the south onto the Mendip limestone hills with local heights rising to almost 200 metres. Farrington Gurney parish was small, the area north of the Mendips is characterised by small parishes, it covered almost 1,000 acres and would have supported a population of about 600 parishioners. In Domesday times Farrington Gurney was a rural settlement, held by Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances it could offer just 7 ploughs, a small meadow and sundry domestic animals.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church sits to the north east of the village amongst pastures, Church Lane heading eastwards across unfenced pastures to the church before continuing as a footpath. Sadly the church is not an ancient mediaeval edifice having been replaced in 1843 by the present building. The church follows the neo-Norman style but Pevsner, in typical style, describes it as "dull". The building sits in splendid isolation within an oblong churchyard which has a scatter of mature conifers but which do not interfere unduly with photographic angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 17th February 1755 - 28th December 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D\P\far.g/2/1/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 15th March 1813 - 27th June 1837 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D\P\far.g/2/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Camely e St James
High Littleton Holy Trinity
Paulton Holy Trinity
Hinton Blewett St Margaret
Chewton Mendip St Mary Magdalene
Paulton Holy Trinity
Chewton Mendip St Mary Magdalene
Ston Easton St Mary
Binegar Holy Trinity

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 17/02/1755 James COLLINS     Mary MILLS Single  
2 07/01/1756 John NORRIS     Anne GAGE    
3 15/08/1758 William WALLIS Widower   Mary CURTIS Single  
4 07/12/1758 Edward WYATT Single Marksbury Ann UNDERWOOD Single  
5 26/12/1758 William PALMER Single   Hester ANSY Single  
6 17/04/1759 Joseph SKERNE Single   Hannah SEASON Single  
7 13/04/1760 John WILSON Single   Hannah DOWLING Single  
8 29/04/1760 John WEST Widower   Jane WRENN Single  
9 17/01/1761 William PALMER Single   Ann SYMES Single Paulton
10 02/04/1761 John PAYNE Single   Betty BOURN Single  
11 13/07/1761 Isaac BATH Single   Hannah GREENWAY Single  
12 02/08/1761 George SELWAY Single   Hannah WOOD Single  
13 04/04/1763 Benjamin DANDO Single Paulton Elizabeth UNDERWOOD    
14 09/06/1763 Alexander HILLMAN Single   Elizabeth COLLINS Single  
15 19/06/1763 John DAVIES     Elizabeth COLLINS    
16 12/07/1764 James JONES     Flora BLACKER    
17 26/11/1764 Richard DOWLING   Chew Magna Ann RUDDOCK    
18 06/04/1767 George PEWTON     Martha PALMER    
19 18/05/1767 James COLLYER     Joanna STOKES    
20 16/12/1767 James COXE   Timsbury Betty HOLE    
21 16/04/1768 William GOOLD Single   Sarah BLACKER Single  
22 10/04/1769 George COMER     Sarah DANDO    
23 08/05/1769 Isaac GOOLD     Mary BLACKER    
24 30/01/1770 Thomas SPARKS     Alse BROOKE    
25 22/04/1770 James PAYN Single   Silvester SNELLING   Paulton
26 18/08/1770 Joseph WESTON   Batheaston Sarah COLLIER    
27 30/04/1772 Stephen JORDAN   High Littleton Martha COLLINS    
28 18/05/1772 John TILEY     Artulis HAND    
29 26/12/1772 Decimus DURNELL     Mary PAYN    
30 15/04/1773 Jacob COMER   Camerton Sarah ASHMAN    
31 00/05/1773 William KINGMAN     Hannah BUSH    
32 03/06/1773 George JAMES     Mary BODMAN    
33 23/08/1773 James BLACKER     Hesther GOULD    
34 01/12/1773 John SAVAGE   Paulton Ann ELFORD    
35 18/04/1774 William BARNS   Evercreech Anne COLLINGS    
36 01/05/1774 Samuel STOKES     Betty COLES    
37 01/05/1774 John COMER     Betty HILLMAN    
38 25/03/1775 Benjamin HILL     Elizabeth COTTLE    
39 08/04/1775 John ADAMS     Elizabeth KINGMAN    
40 26/07/1775 George KINGMAN     Eleanor RUSS   Castle Cary
41 27/07/1775 James SMITH   Midsomer Norton Mary COLLINGS    
42 06/04/1776 James RUDDOCK     Sarah LUCAS    
43 07/04/1776 Decimus PAYN   Ston Easton Allice KINGMAN    
44 22/04/1776 James STOKES   Chewton Mendip Anne RUDDOCK    
45 06/05/1776 George MATTHEWS   St John, Glastonbury Susannah BROOKS    
46 26/05/1776 Uriah BLACKER     Charity RUDDOCK    
47 14/04/1777 John PRIDDUM     Hester CABBOT    
48 17/04/1777 George HERMON   High Littleton Grace POLLET    
49 07/06/1778 Isaac PAYN     Amy BIGGS    
50 17/12/1778 Thomas LACY     Sarah HAMBLETON    
51 11/04/1779 Thomas SPARKS     Anne DOWLING    
52 10/06/1781 Israel DOWLING Single Midsomer Norton Mary COMER Single  
53 09/04/1782 Richard FRANCIS Single   Mary SILCOCK Single  
54 10/04/1782 Joseph LUKINS Single Westbury Mary JAMES Single  
55 25/04/1782 Charles HOUSE Single   Martha PAYN Single  
56 13/05/1782 Stephen KINGMAN Single   Martha POLLET Single  
57 30/06/1782 William SHERNE Single   Mary KINGMAN Single  
58 05/12/1782 Aaron ROLLIDGE Single Midsomer Norton Elizabeth BELLIS Single  
59 22/05/1783 Josiah NORMAN Single Midsomer Norton Sarah LACY Single  
60 30/09/1783 George TYTE Single   Sarah YOUNG Single  
61 27/10/1783 Joseph NORRIS Single   Leah LACY Single  
62 04/10/1784 George COLLINGS Single   Sarah BENNETT Single  
63 11/11/1784 Samuel MAUNDER Single   Betty CARTER Single  
64 27/01/1785 Richard STOKES Single Chewton Mendip Mary HILMAN Single  
65 07/02/1785 William UPCOTT Single   Grace NAISH Single  
66 10/10/1786 John BARBER Single   Deborah CREESE Single  
67 11/04/1787 Thomas OSMAN Single Paulton Phoebe YOUNG Single  
68 30/04/1787 Robert SPEED Single   Mary JORDAN Single  
69 11/06/1787 Caleb PARSONS Single Timsbury Mary ABRAM Single  
70 03/10/1787 William COLLINGS Widower   Mary BARKER Single  
71 21/04/1788 David WILCOX Single   Mary WILCOX Single  
72 24/08/1789 John MAISHELL   Axbridge Sarah BROOKS    
73 08/09/1790 George ASHMAN     Anne DURNELL    
74 16/10/1790 Joseph STONE     Anne WEST    
75 07/03/1791 Samuel STOKES     Allice CATCUTT    
76 19/03/1791 Thomas FLOWER   Shepton Mallet Hesther THORN    
77 01/05/1791 John BAMFIELD     Susannah NORMAN    
78 15/08/1791 William HIBERD     Susannah SHERN    
79 30/08/1791 Thomas FLOWER Widower High Littleton Mary HOLLOWAY Single  
80 01/09/1791 William BUTCHER   East Harptree Charity DANDO    
81 10/10/1791 Edward TABOTT     Mary COLLIER    
82 28/11/1791 Robert PAYN Single   Mary DOWLING Single  
83 29/11/1792 Samuel COXE Single   Mary BLINMAN Single  
84 30/12/1793 William GOULD   Radstock Sarah BATH Single  
85 29/01/1794 Jonathan BARBER     Selener SPARKS Widow  
86 26/06/1794 James PEARCE Single   Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
87 07/04/1795 Edward WAKERS   Midsomer Norton Abigal CHURCHILL Single  
88 28/03/1796 Robert RADFORD Single West Harptree Mary GALLOP Single  
89 19/01/1797 George JAMES   Binegar Amy COLLINS    
90 17/04/1797 John DANDO Single   Ann SMART Single  
91 01/05/1797 Samuel SPEED Single   Ann PAYNE Single  
92 22/06/1797 George ATKINS     Ann HILLMAN    
93 21/08/1797 William PAYN Single   Keziah GOULD Single  
94 25/09/1797 Elisha MIDDLE   Chewton Mendip Mary DANDO    
95 07/10/1797 Thomas PORTCH Single   Mary RUDDICK Single  
96 09/10/1797 Richard SHEPPARD     Rosannah BATH    
97 17/04/1798 John DAY   Ston Easton Martha COOMER    
98 04/06/1798 John SPARKS Single   Sarah FIELD Single Emborough
99 05/07/1798 William COX Single East Harptree Ann SPARKES Single  
100 09/06/1799 William TABERT     Sarah COLLIER    
101 17/07/1800 John RADFORD   West Harptree Phebe CLARKE    
102 20/10/1800 Thomas KENDALL Single   Phoebe ASHMAN Single  
103 15/06/1802 John ASHMAN     Mary DURNELL    
104 13/07/1802 James DENSLEY Single Great Elm Priscilla BATH Single  
105 15/08/1802 Benjamin FORT   High Littleton Hannah RUDDICK    
106 10/01/1803 Isaac BATH     Sarah STONE   High Littleton
107 28/02/1803 Joseph BROOKES   Wookey Sarah JAMES    
108 13/03/1803 John BRIMBLE   High Littleton Rebecca RUDDICK    
109 20/06/1803 William CHAPMAN   Paulton Ann STOKES    
110 17/05/1804 William KINGSTON   Camely Hephzibah ADAMS    
111 25/02/1805 Henry KELLEN Single   Hannah STOKES Single  
112 07/02/1806 Thomas HURN Single   Ann GANE Single  
113 23/11/1806 William GAIT Single   Hannah KINGMAN Single  
114 30/03/1807 William SPARKS Single   Hephzibah SHEARN Single  
115 23/08/1807 Robert HODGES Single Stanton Drew Ann SMITH Single  
116 09/02/1809 John WILLCOX Single Camerton Elizabeth KINGMAN Single  
117 02/05/1809 Robert COLLINS Single   Hannah PAGE Widow  
118 12/06/1809 William SHEPPARD Single   Mary OSMAN Single  
119 24/12/1809 William SPEED Single   Alice KINGMAN Single  
120 12/02/1810 Jacob NORRIS Single   Ann SILVESTER Single  
121 28/06/1810 Job COMER Single   Rachael COOK Single  
122 13/08/1810 Isaac PAIN Single   Ann WILKINS Single  
123 13/08/1810 John STOKES Single   Grace FLOWER Single  
124 24/09/1810 William WALLIS Single Clutton Keziah SHEARN Single  
125 09/04/1812 John VENTING Single   Jane STOKES Single  
126 28/12/1812 William CLARE Widower   Mary NEWBURY Single  
1 15/03/1813 William NOBLE Single Doulting Delia STOKES Single  
2 15/06/1813 George SHEARN Single   Sophia EMERY Single  
3 08/08/1813 William DANDO Single   Maria SHEARN Single  
4 04/04/1814 William ASHMAN Single Midsomer Norton Susanna PAIN Single  
5 27/06/1814 William CHANCELLOR Widower Paulton Sarah GOULD Widow  
6 29/10/1815 Thomas STOKES Single   Ann KEVILL Single  
7 12/02/1816 James COMER Single   Susanna STOKES   High Littleton
8 02/04/1816 Obadiah NORRIS Single   Agrissina COLLIER Single  
9 09/05/1816 Owen ADAMS Single   Terrah TAPP Single Mells
10 30/12/1816 George SELLWAY Single   Martha BATH Single  
11 20/01/1817 George TRAVERS Single   Maria JAMES Single  
12 06/04/1817 George JAMES Single   Ann PAIN Widow  
13 24/04/1817 John FRANCES Single   Mary ABRAM Single  
14 21/07/1817 William COLLIER Widower   Leah NORRIS Widow  
15 28/12/1817 James NORTON Single   Mary SHEARN Single  
16 06/04/1818 John COX Single   Lydia SPEED Single  
17 09/04/1818 John SPEED Single   Mary HAM Single  
18 04/10/1818 George KINGMAN     Dinah ASHMAN    
19 09/02/1819 Henry PITCHER Single   Isabella SHEARN Single  
20 12/04/1819 George DAGGER Single   Phoebe STOKES Single  
21 06/05/1819 Alexander DOWLING Single   Betty DIX Single  
22 07/06/1819 John BASSETT   St John, Glastonbury Elizabeth HUCKER Single  
23 14/08/1820 James MAGGS Single Midsomer Norton Mary PAIN Single  
24 14/02/1821 Joseph Taylor RICHARDSON Single   Mary STOKES Single  
25 23/07/1821 Richard FRAPPELL Single Hinton Blewett Sarah FRY Single  
26 25/12/1821 Isaac SPARKS Single   Betty SPARKS Single  
27 11/04/1822 Stephen FRY Single St Cuthbert, Wells Hester HILL Single  
28 22/07/1822 Richard GREGORY Widower Paulton Elizabeth SHELDON Single  
29 18/09/1822 John EVERY Single Otterford Sarah LANE Single  
30 25/12/1822 William SHERRIN Widower   Ann SHORT Single  
31 15/04/1823 Thomas JAMES Widower Paulton Sarah TYLEE Widow  
32 28/05/1823 Peter DANDO Single   Mercy FORT Single  
33 09/12/1823 John BLANING Single   Ann SHILDREN Single  
34 21/09/1824 Isaac NORRIS Single   Mercy BATH Single  
35 06/01/1825 Gracious JEFFERIES Single   Martha KNIGHT Widow  
36 21/03/1825 Edward TALBOT Single   Ann GREGORY Single  
37 28/03/1825 Thomas HILLSOM Single   Jemima HORLER Single  
38 11/04/1825 Benjamin NORRIS Single   Mary FOREHEAD Single  
39 26/07/1825 George ATKINS Widower   Mary KILLEN Single  
40 31/12/1825 Robert LYE   Timsbury Sarah GREGORY Single  
41 08/01/1826 James Leonard COZENS Single   Cecilia ORAM Widow  
42 17/04/1826 William WILSHIRE Single   Harriet HORSEY Single  
43 23/05/1826 James WEBB Single   Frances CHURCHILL Single  
44 12/06/1826 William TALBOT Single   Keziah WALLIS Widow  
45 23/09/1826 Thomas TETHERLY Single   Phoebe DAGGER Widow  
46 05/11/1826 George WHITE     Anna STICKLER    
47 13/11/1826 John OSMAN     Ann ASHMAN    
48 14/01/1827 James HAM     Matilda LING    
49 03/03/1827 Charles DANDO Single   Ann PAIN Single  
50 07/10/1827 John YEATMAN Single Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset Harriett RIDOUT Single  
51 03/08/1828 Charles PRICE Single   Elizabeth RANDALL Single  
52 04/10/1828 John KINGSTON Single   Sarah Ann BLINMAN Single  
53 19/10/1828 Isaac BATH Single   Mary TALBOT Single  
54 19/10/1828 George RANDALL Single   Sarah NORRIS Single  
55 14/12/1828 William DURNELL Single   Patience BATH Single  
56 25/12/1828 George BOWDITCH Single   Ann MAGGS Single  
58 14/02/1829 Isaac BATH Single   Ann COLLIER Single  
59 26/02/1829 John YOUNG Single   Sarah GREGORY Single  
57 09/06/1829 William ASHMAN Single   Mary MAGGS Single  
60 16/06/1829 John BLACKER Single   Anne RANDALL Single  
61 07/09/1829 George HUNT Single Bathwick Susanna BATT Single  
62 21/09/1829 James CARTER Single Paulton Ann TURNER Single  
63 24/10/1829 John TALBOT Single   Betsy ENGLAND Single  
64 08/04/1830 William CHIVERS Single   Hester BOWDITCH Single  
65 13/04/1830 John ENGLAND Single   Elizabeth SHILDERN Single  
66 13/04/1830 James TALBOT Single   Ann BARTLETT Single  
67 22/04/1830 James VOWLES Single   Patience ASHMAN Single  
68 22/04/1832 Charles GAIT Single   Sarah KILLING Single  
69 19/06/1832 John COLLIER Single   Martha SHEARN Single  
70 25/12/1832 John NORRIS Single   Ann SPARKS Single  
71 30/12/1832 John COLLINS Single   Maria HINGE Single  
72 26/01/1833 William COLLIER Single   Mary Ann STOKES Single  
73 03/03/1833 William HURN Single   Harriet DURNELL Single  
74 22/04/1833 Edward EDWARDS Single   Ellen KNEE Widow  
75 24/04/1833 John LIPPIATT Single Dunkerton Jane LOVELL Single  
76 14/07/1833 James HILL Widower   Maria WATTS Widow  
77 24/12/1833 William NORRIS Single   Louisa DURBIN Single  
78 20/05/1834 William Dudden LOVELL Single   Elizabeth COMER Single  
79 27/05/1834 Job SHEARN Single   Eliza NORRIS Single  
80 25/12/1834 John TAYLOR Single   Ann VENTON Single  
81 19/04/1835 Job COOK Widower   Catherine Henrietta WATTS   Paulton
82 26/07/1835 Thomas STOKES Single   Ruth BARBER Single  
83 24/11/1835 Thomas CHIVERS     Mary SHEPPARD    
84 25/12/1835 Charles BUDGETT Single   Charlotte ASHMAN Single  
85 14/03/1836 William THORN   Somerton Jane Ann PIKE    
86 22/09/1836 John GARDNER     Ann NORRIS    
87 12/11/1836 William YOUNG     Charlotte HARDIN    
88 01/12/1836 Seth SHEARN     Mary VENTON    
89 29/12/1836 John DANDO Single   Elizabeth GAIT Single  
90 27/06/1837 John MONDAY   Tiverton, Devon Ann BLINMAN    

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