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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Norton sub Hamdon St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Norton sub Hamdon lies in southern Somerset, not too far from its border with neighbouring Dorset. Norton sub Hamdon lies about 6 miles west of the large market town of Yeovil, it is located just east of the A356 road which Crewkerne with the major trunk road of the A303 (London to Exeter) road. As its name suggests it sits in lanes below the prominent eminence of Hamdon Hill which lies to the northeast of the village. Norton sub Hamdon is a compact village mostly built along the lane that climbs up and over Hamdon Hill on its way from the A356 towards Yeovil. The village sits on a small plain set above the flood level of the nearby River Parrett which flows northwards towards the Somerset Levels and its exit to the sea through Bridgwater. The landscape was at one time dominated by pastoral farming but nowadays there is more of mixture as modern machinery makes the heavy soils more manageable. The parish was rather a small one with less than 650 acres but it still supported over 500 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held by the French Grestain Abbey based in Normandy, the parish supported just 4 ploughs but possessed meadows, woodlands and 2 mills.


The Church

St Mary's church sits just north of the main street up a little side street, appropriately Church Lane. St Mary's clearly impressed Pevsner as he describes it "uncommonly perfect" although to my eyes the tower seems out of proper proportion to the rather smaller nave and chancel. The tower, standing 98 feet tall, is clearly the centrepiece of the building being a landmark for many miles around. The church is built mostly in the Perpendicular styles of the 14th and 15th centuries but was actually built towards the end of that period estimates say around 1500. The church, at the top of its short lane, sits behind wrought iron railings and a similar gate gives access to the graveyard. The site is enclosed by the village buildings making it difficult to get back far enough to adequately appreciate and photograph the tower from within the site.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 19th June 1754 - 28th December 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/nor.h/2/1/3 Plain, ruled & bordered book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 5th August 1813 - 21st June 1837 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/nor.h/2/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Stoke sub Hamdon St Mary
Stoke sub Hamdon St Mary
Montacute St Catherine
South Petherton St Peter & St Paul
Montacute St Catherine
Chiselborough St Peter & St Paul
Chiselborough St Peter & St Paul
Montacute St Catherine

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
24/02/1754 Thomas GOULD   South Petherton Susannah COLES    
1 19/06/1754 Samuel GREENHAM     Susannah SEAGAR    
2 25/12/1754 John CRIBB   Lopen Martha GREENHAM    
3 05/07/1755 Isaac FORD   West Chinnock Martha PATTEN    
4 24/02/1756 Richard GARRETT     Sarah GARDE    
5 05/07/1756 Thomas PITMAN     Diana ROGERS    
6 12/09/1756 John HAMLIN     Mary LANGDON    
7 04/10/1756 Edmund HOCKING     Betty GOULD   Chiselborough
8 10/04/1757 John HOYTE     Mary ROGERS    
9 10/05/1758 Jeremiah SALISBURY     Margaret ISAAX    
10 04/09/1758 Nicholas LANGDON   Chiselborough Joan HAMBLING    
11 01/12/1758 Robert BUCKLAND     Elizabeth PATTEN    
12 10/01/1759 John BRIANT   Haselbury Plucknett Philippa SOMERTON    
13 19/04/1759 Charles SALISBURY     Mary HOCKEY    
14 13/05/1759 Samuel SMITH     Betty TANNER    
15 11/08/1759 Nicholas PODGER     Mary COX    
16 04/12/1759 George SALISBURY     Elizabeth SEWARD   Chiselborough
17 30/01/1760 Robert COX     Susannah COX    
18 06/05/1760 Charles GREENHAM     Betty SALISBURY    
19 24/06/1760 Edward PATCH   South Petherton Martha BARNTON    
20 12/04/1761 Henry BRAKE     Theodosia HALLETT    
21 02/11/1761 Robert DANIEL     Elizabeth TERRELL   Stoke Sub Hamdon
22 22/11/1761 Thomas IRONSIDE     Hannah GREENHAM    
23 09/12/1761 Samuel SALISBURY     Elizabeth CHURCHILL    
24 23/02/1762 John BAMBURY   South Petherton Ann BRAKE    
25 28/10/1762 George PALMER   Montacute Sarah BAGG    
26 24/01/1763 Thomas BARTLETT   East Chinnock Betty COX    
27 22/04/1764 Matthew OSBORNE     Sarah ROGERS    
28 19/05/1765 William SALISBURY     Hannah COX    
29 25/12/1765 Daniel ROGERS     Mary STAGG   Montacute
30 08/04/1766 William BRAKE     Mary DIMOCK    
31 20/04/1766 John BRAKE   Odcombe Euridice HALLETT    
32 24/05/1766 Edward LYE   Martock Philliss VILE    
33 26/12/1766 Samuel TANNER     Mary ROWFELL    
34 02/05/1767 William PATTEN     Betty WORLEN    
35 04/07/1769 William WHITE   Stoke Sub Hamdon Mary BUCKLAND    
36 02/08/1769 Robert CLOTHIER Widower Stoke Sub Hamdon Sarah MITCHEL Widow  
37 04/12/1769 William EDGAR     Mary GENTEL    
38 19/03/1770 Thomas ROWFELL     Sarah SALISBURY    
39 24/12/1770 James SHORNE   Stoke Sub Hamdon Bettey BUCKLAND    
31/12/1770 George DONISTHORPE   Dorset Mary QUANTOCK    
40 17/04/1771 John VILE     Betty COX    
41 30/07/1771 Samuel OSBORNE     Philippa COX    
42 24/12/1771 Matthew GARRET     Love HAMBLIN    
43 05/07/1774 Joseph MONTACUTE     Jane ROGERS    
44 14/09/1774 John EDGAR     Sarah SALISBURY    
45 21/01/1775 George EDGAR     Pheby CARTER    
46 17/02/1775 Thomas BEST     Sarah GREENHAM    
47 23/02/1775 Aaron FORD   Chiselborough Margaret VILE    
17/04/1775 George GUARD     Ruth GREENHAM    
06/12/1776 William GEORGE     Margaret DAVEY   Chiselborough
21/07/1777 Daniel BURGES   Chiselborough Elizabeth OSBORN    
03/08/1778 Thomas SALISBURY     Elizabeth HUNT    
06/12/1778 William HOCKEY     Sarah HALLET    
04/01/1779 Jeremiah OSBORNE     Priscilla COX    
25/10/1779 John MURLEY   Montacute Elizabeth HOYTE    
13/05/1780 Richard GREENHAM   Crewkerne Ann GREENHAM    
13/12/1780 Roger PARKER   Merriott Mary BRAKE    
20/09/1781 Thomas WATTERS   Stoke Sub Hamdon Joan COX    
28/10/1782 Samuel GREENHAM     Mary PERREN    
31/10/1782 George BULFORD   Chiselborough Betty MINCHINGTON    
14/12/1782 Roger LANGDON     Elizabeth SCORSE    
29/05/1783 William BEST     Betty HART    
05/06/1783 Matthew OSBORN     Christian BECK    
03/09/1783 John PARKER     Sarah BROWNE    
1 11/04/1784 Hugh HOLLAND Single   Ann HOW Single  
2 26/04/1785 Thomas HOCKEY     Elizabeth EARL    
3 24/09/1785 John TANNER     Martha PITMAN    
4 30/11/1785 William OSBORN     Sarah GOULD    
5 28/05/1786 William BEST   Ilminster Ann PITTMAN    
6 19/02/1787 John BUCKRELL     Susanna GREENHAM    
7 20/03/1788 Edward FORD Single   Dorothy COTTLE Widow  
8 05/04/1788 John BUCKER Widower Chiselborough Elizabeth SALISBURY    
9 18/08/1788 Henry SALISBURY Single   Honour TANNER    
10 09/11/1788 William LANGDON     Ann BRAKE    
11 23/11/1788 James SALISBURY     Mary CHANT   West Chinnock
12 09/02/1789 Thomas RICHARDS     Mary OSBORN    
13 19/02/1789 William PEREN Single   Mary BURCHALL Single  
14 02/08/1789 Henry BRAKE     Margaret SALISBURY    
15 13/09/1789 Thomas PITMAN     Joan LANGDON    
16 06/10/1789 Charles GREENHAM     Charity SALISBURY    
15/03/1790 John BURT   Montacute Elizabeth BARTLETT    
13/07/1790 Charles MINCHINGTON     Margaret SEAGER    
12/08/1790 Robert HAMLIN     Betty BURBIGE    
20/11/1791 William SALISBURY     Margaret LANG    
21/02/1792 Edward MINCHINGTON     Mary LANG    
28/03/1792 John DIMOCK     Sarah HOW    
23/05/1793 Samuel TANNER     Susannah RICHARDS    
29/07/1793 Samuel ROGERS     Priscilla DIMOCK    
29/07/1793 George CHANT   West Chinnock Abigail MINCHINTON    
31/03/1794 Charles PATCH     Joan STRODE    
14/10/1794 Henry BRAKE     Ann SHOWER   Shepton Beauchamp
27/10/1794 Jeremiah OSBORN     Ann BEST    
11/04/1795 John WATERS   Stoke Sub Hamdon Mary ROGERS    
28/06/1795 Thomas OSBORNE     Phebe BOOL   Montacute
25/04/1796 Charles WALLBRIDGE   Stoke Sub Hamdon Sarah PATCH    
13/06/1796 John BAMBURY     Ruth STAGG   Montacute
17/07/1796 Samuel STRODE     Lucy MINCHINTON    
03/08/1796 James HOCKEY   Middle Chinnock Mary BAGG    
24/10/1796 Richard GARRET     Jemima HAMLIN    
17/12/1796 Bernard LAURENCE     Elizabeth ROGGERS    
25/03/1797 James GAYLARD     Mary PARSONS    
13/10/1798 Thomas TRASK   Montacute Ann OSBORNE    
29/11/1798 Isaac FORD   Chiselborough Joan FORD    
24/03/1799 Moses SALISBURY     Susannah HAMLIN    
04/04/1799 James FOWLER   Thorncombe, Dorset Anne CHAFFEY    
01/08/1799 Edward PATCH     Martha BOND    
29/04/1800 John FILDAY   South Petherton Elizabeth BAKER    
31/08/1801 Joseph SALISBURY     Sarah TANNER    
08/05/1802 John HAINS     Martha GREENHAM    
22/02/1803 John DENMAN     Mary MINCHINGTON    
15/10/1803 Joseph PATCH     Mary FORD    
03/10/1805 William SCADDING     Prudence BAMBURY    
30/03/1806 John HAMLYN     Mary OSBORNE    
28/05/1807 Joseph PITT   Chiselborough Mary HOLLAND    
25/10/1807 John PITMAN     Jane BEST    
02/01/1808 William GREENHAM     Priscilla SALISBURY    
28/03/1808 Thomas GAYLORD Single Stoke Sub Hamdon Hannah BUCKRELL Single  
26/04/1808 John GREENHAM Single   Christian TANNER    
19/12/1808 Samuel OSBORNE Single Chiselborough Hester GENGE Single  
19/12/1808 Richard COX Widower Hardington Mandeville Elizabeth COX Widow  
95 12/01/1809 Aaron FORD Single Chiselborough Diana PITMAN Single  
96 16/01/1809 Thomas GARD Single Montacute Elizabeth EVERETT Single  
97 03/03/1809 William RICHARDS Single   Edith JESTY Single Crewkerne
98 29/05/1809 John DAVEY Widower Chiselborough Anne PULLIN Single  
100 25/09/1809 William BRAKE Single   Elizabeth EDGAR Single  
99 25/09/1809 Thomas GARD Single Chiselborough Judith OSBORNE Single  
101 30/10/1809 Thomas PATTEN Single   Mary HAMLIN Single  
102 25/12/1809 William HAMLIN Single   Lydia BRAKE Single  
103 11/06/1810 James TANNER Single   Honour ILFORD Single  
104 03/09/1810 William BEST Single   Mary SEAGER Single  
105 12/11/1810 Samuel LANGDON Single   Martha MORRIS Single  
106 26/11/1810 Joseph PITMAN Single   Elizabeth DIMMOCK Single  
107 25/12/1810 James OSBORNE Single   Mary HANN Single  
108 24/06/1811 Samuel HOLLAND Single   Susannah GREENHAM Single  
109 05/08/1811 Thomas OSBORNE Single   Penina HAMLIN Single  
110 11/11/1811 Richard HOLT Single   Celiah HAMBLIN Single  
111 13/01/1812 John CRAGO Single Montacute Anne TANNER Single  
112 03/02/1812 John SEYMORE Widower Croscombe Sophia BUCKRELL Single  
113 05/03/1812 William NEWTON Single   Sarah BUCKRELL Single  
114 17/11/1812 Stephen HAMLIN Single   Ruth TATCHEL Single  
115 28/12/1812 James PIPPARD Single Montacute Priscilla GREENHAM Widow  
1 05/08/1813 John TRASK Single Montacute Margaret HOLLAND    
2 28/09/1813 Josiah LANG     Ann HAMLIN    
3 21/02/1814 Isaac EAFE Widower Stoke Sub Hamdon Sarah PITMAN Single  
4 16/05/1814 Daniel DREWER Widower South Petherton Ann PAUL Widow  
5 09/06/1814 Edward HOLLAND Single   Jemima SALISBURY Single  
6 14/06/1814 James LANGDON Single   Ruth SALISBURY Single  
7 15/04/1815 John CORNISH Single   Ann APSEY Single  
8 15/08/1815 William EDMONDS Single South Petherton Hannah HAMLIN Single  
9 20/11/1815 William TATCHEL Single Montacute Harriot TANNER Single  
10 27/02/1816 Matthias BEST Single   Elizabeth FORD Single  
11 07/05/1816 Edward SHERRING   Martock Elizabeth TAYLOR    
12 25/05/1816 William OSBORNE Single   Louisa TARR Single  
13 21/07/1816 William LANG Single   Martha HOLLAND Single  
14 25/07/1816 William LANGDON Single Chiselborough Elizabeth HOLLAND    
15 17/10/1816 David FORD Single   Ann HOLLAND Single  
16 25/12/1816 James BAGG Single   Ruth FLEMAN    
17 20/11/1817 Stephen HAMLIN Single   Harriet SEAGAR Single  
18 14/12/1817 Samuel HAMLIN Single   Ruth BAMBURY Single  
19 25/12/1817 Thomas RAISIN Single   Priscilla TANNER Single  
20 23/04/1818 John CLARKE Single   Priscilla HOLLAND Single  
21 16/08/1818 James BRAKE Single   Tamar HANN Single  
22 10/09/1818 Jacob LANG Single   Mary BRAKE Single  
23 21/09/1818 Charles TANNER Single   Anna PATCH Single  
24 08/03/1819 William BAGG Single   Sarah HARRIS Single  
25 27/01/1820 Thomas LEE Single Martock Elizabeth GREENHAM Single  
26 06/07/1820 William BRAKE Widower   Joan FORD Widow  
27 25/09/1820 James PITMAN Single   Elizabeth MINCHINGTON Single  
28 05/03/1821 Isaac HODGES Single   Elizabeth STRODE Single  
29 26/04/1821 Robert HANSFORD Single Montacute Jane TAYLOR Single  
30 01/07/1821 Robert SALISBURY Single   Ann BROOK Single  
31 20/09/1821 John FANE Single Stoke Sub Hamdon Ann CHANT Single  
32 08/01/1822 Robert GREENHAM Single   Elizabeth MURLEY Single  
33 25/02/1822 John GARD Widower Chiselborough Sarah SALISBURY Widow  
34 13/03/1822 Joseph TUCKER Single   Anna TAYLOR Single  
35 30/03/1822 George OSBORNE Single   Margaret SALISBURY Single  
36 08/04/1822 William BRAKE Single   Susannah SALISBURY Single  
37 31/08/1822 Edgar COOPER Single Kingsbury Episcopi Christiana Bean HOPKINS    
38 01/01/1823 William GREENHAM Widower   Sarah SALISBURY Widow  
39 01/01/1823 John BRAKE Single   Susan BAGG Single  
40 15/03/1823 John HOPKINS Single Sydling, Dorset Elizabeth Bean HOPKINS Single  
41 21/05/1823 Robert BEST Single   Jane PITMAN Single  
42 22/05/1823 Joseph JAMES Widower Temple, Bristol, Gloucester Sarah APSEY Single  
43 18/08/1823 Robert RANDLE Single   Harriet STEMBRIDGE Single  
44 04/10/1823 John PATCH Single   Mary BUCKRELL Single  
45 06/03/1824 John OSBORNE Single   Priscilla HAWKINS Single  
46 01/06/1824 William LAWRENCE Single   Mary PITMAN Single  
47 13/09/1824 George GREENHAM Single Yeovil Harriet TRASK Single  
48 15/11/1824 Charles GREENHAM Single   Mary HALLET Single  
49 17/01/1825 Charles SALISBURY Single   Rachel HAMLIN Single  
50 20/08/1825 Isaac BUCKRELL Single   Ann TAYLOR Single  
51 13/12/1825 George WAY Single Martock Asenath HOLLAND Single  
52 17/01/1826 Joseph SALISBURY Single   Elizabeth HAMLIN Single  
53 26/04/1826 Charles TRASK Single   Mary Flower MASTERS Single Stoke Sub Hamdon
54 04/05/1826 George BRAKE Single   Mary HAMBLIN Single  
55 15/05/1826 Edward LANG Single   Martha PITMAN Single  
56 25/12/1826 Joseph SEGEAR Single   Priscilla GENGE Single  
57 16/04/1827 James HAINE Single   Mary PATCH Single  
58 14/07/1827 Charles PATCH Single   Mary DIMMOCK Single  
59 15/11/1827 Charles DIMMOCK Single   Susan HOLLAND Single  
60 18/01/1828 Henry BRAKE Widower   Sarah GARD Widow  
61 18/05/1828 William BEST Widower   Jane BULL Widow  
62 30/06/1828 John OSBOURNE Single   Elizabeth HAMLIN Single  
63 20/07/1828 Jeremiah OSBOURNE Single   Sarah SEGER Single  
64 27/10/1828 Charles MINCHINTON Single   Mary HAMLIN Single  
65 13/11/1828 Benjamin Crabb GUMMER Widower Barrington Martha MINCHINTON Single  
66 22/02/1829 William GENGE Single   Mary SLADE Single  
67 28/12/1829 Joseph BRAKE Single   Sophia THATCHER Single  
68 11/02/1830 Samuel DIMMOCK Single   Margaret FORD Single  
69 08/08/1830 James SALISBURY Single   Ann DENMAN Single  
70 05/09/1830 Lawrence TAYLOR Single   Elizabeth LAWRENCE Single  
71 25/12/1830 George LANGDON Single   Elizabeth BOOL Single  
72 14/02/1831 William DEAN Widower   Mary BISHOP Single  
73 29/10/1831 Robert BROWN Single   Elizabeth RICHARDS Single  
74 03/04/1832 James BUCKRELL Single   Maria SANDFORD Single  
75 24/09/1832 Charles OSBORNE Single   Sarah JOHNSON Single  
76 27/09/1832 Robert THOMAS Single Sherborne, Dorset Ann BEST Single  
77 25/01/1834 William FORD Single   Charity NICHOL Single  
78 04/02/1834 Samuel TANNER Widower   Jane HAMLIN Single  
79 25/02/1834 William BAMBURY Widower   Joan SALISBURY Single  
80 15/07/1834 Michael PORTER Single   Susannah BUCKRELL Single  
81 06/08/1834 John MURLEY Single   Louisa BAGG Single  
82 25/09/1834 Robert MURCH Single   Ruth TRASK Single  
83 25/11/1834 John GLYNN Single   Mary OSBOURNE Single  
84 17/02/1835 Charles DIMMOCK Widower   Elizabeth CLULY Single  
85 17/05/1835 Thomas Hipls PULMAN Single   Sarah LANGDON Single  
86 11/08/1835 David BRAKE Single   Elizabeth DIMMOCK Single  
87 15/10/1836 Joseph SALISBURY Widower   Elizabeth PITMAN Widow  
88 05/06/1837 John BRAKE Widower   Martha WORNEL Single  
89 21/06/1837 Samuel MURLEY Single   Mary Ann DOUTCH Single  

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