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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Upton St James

 

The Parish

The parish of Upton is located in western Somerset indeed it forms a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Devon. Upton is located around 10 miles north of the Devon market town of Tiverton on the southern edge of Exmoor. Upton sits adjacent to the B3190 road which runs from Watchet on the Somerset coast to the large village of Bampton in Devon. There is not much to Upton and judging by the volume of records in this transcript then that seems to have always applied. The area is dominated by pastoral farming, the land is rolling hills with small hedged fields, cattle being the principal stock. Upton is built in a valley where the B3190 crosses a small stream, to the west of the village the valley has been dammed to create Wimbleball Lake, Upton is sited at around 140 metres above sea level and land rises to the west steeply to top out at almost 360 metres on Haddon Hill 2 miles west of Upton. The parish has a fairly typical acreage for an upland parish, some 3,800 acres and supported just over 350 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Upton in Domesday Book.


The Church

The former church of St James is located around a mile northwest of the present village centre along an extremely narrow lane which becomes little wider than the car. The church ruin sits alongside Upton Farm. Only the former western tower and a few feet of wall remain. From the remaining detail Pevsner places the church to the first half of the 14th century. Despite its remote location the ruin can be visited by public rights of way and given the width of the lane it is best to do so on foot anyway.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 16th February 1756 - 11th April 1782 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/upt/2/1/2 Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Water damage and fading may result in one or two misreads
2 4th December 1783 - 11th February 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/upt/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
3 24th March 1813 - 25th June 1837 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/upt/2/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Brompton Regis St Mary
Brompton Regis St Mary
Leighland St Giles
Brompton Regis St Mary
Huish Champflower St Peter
Skilgate St John
Skilgate St John
Bampton St Michael, Devon
Raddington St Michael

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 16/02/1756 John GREENSLADE     Frances MARSH    
2 12/03/1756 John TREMLET     Mary HARDMAN Single  
3 07/08/1756 Robert WEBBER     Mary GREENSLADE    
6 20/10/1757 James CURDLE     Ann LANGDON Single  
23/12/1759 William TREMLET     Mary BURNET Single  
02/02/1760 Thomas JONES     Betty HILL Single  
03/03/1761 James BUSSEL     Sarah HALLISH Single  
04/12/1761 Richard MARSH     Mary LONGDON Single  
10/05/1762 William TREMLET     Jane LONGDON Single  
25/10/1762 George BURTON   Huish Champflower Mary HAYWARD Single  
25/10/1762 Robert BUSSEL     Joan JANES Single  
02/08/1764 John KINGMAN   Sidmouth, Devon Joan HOLWORTHY Single  
23/06/1765 Thomas APLIN     Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
20/03/1767 John WHITE     Mary SAYER Single  
7 01/03/1770 William WOOD     Elizabeth GRAVES Single  
14/03/1770 William BOWDEN     Martha LONGDON Single  
01/08/1770 James GREENSLADE     Betty BALE Single  
19/12/1770 Charles GREENWAY     Sarah GARDNER Single  
27/04/1771 Jedediah DEEBEL     Jane SIMS Single  
08/04/1773 Thomas WELCH     Martha PHILIPS Single  
09/07/1773 John POMEROY   East Anstey, Devon Mary LANGDON Single  
18/10/1773 John JAMES     Joan BAKER Single  
12/11/1773 James BURNET   Wiveliscombe Joan ALLEN Single  
12/12/1774 George PERKINS     Betty BUCKNEL Single  
16/02/1775 William COOKESLEY     Mary WEBBER Single  
17/03/1775 John HOLE     Grace ALLEN Single  
26/03/1777 Henry WEBBER     Jane GRAVES Single  
03/11/1779 Thomas TUDBALL   Skilgate Mary TUDBALL Single  
16/12/1780 Thomas WITHERS   Stogumber Grace MEER Widow  
24/09/1781 James BURGE     Mary DREW    
05/10/1781 Thomas PHILPS   Treborough Joan BURTON    
08/10/1781 Samuel GRANT   Bridgwater Ann LANGDON    
19/11/1781 Benjamin GREENSLADE   Bampton, Devon Mary GREENSLADE    
22/02/1782 George SHOPLAND     Hannah LANGDON    
11/04/1782 William COOKSLEY     Betty PAYNE    
1 04/12/1783 William BUTSON Single   Mary VENN    
2 07/06/1784 Simon GRAVES Single   Mary LYDDON Single  
8 23/07/1784 John WHITE Single   Elizabeth ALLEN Single  
9 19/01/1785 Richard BEEVEN Single   Elizabeth BULFORD Single Clayhanger, Devon
3 01/04/1785 William APPLIN Single Huish Champflower Elizabeth SHOPLAND Single  
4 12/12/1785 Thomas GREEDY Single Wiveliscombe Mary SYMES Single  
5 24/01/1786 John TARR Widower   Elizabeth KINGSLAND Single  
6 25/03/1786 Dennis BAKER Single Brompton Regis Mary HOW Single  
7 03/04/1786 John JANES Single   Mary JONES Single  
10 30/10/1786 John JAMES Widower   Elizabeth DAVIS Single  
11 17/04/1789 James WEBBER Single   Joan SURRAGE Single  
14 08/06/1789 Richard TUDBALL Single   Elizabeth GALE Single  
12 09/07/1790 Benjamin BLACKMORE Widower   Mary JANES Widow  
15 27/12/1790 Thomas HURFORD Single   Mary SADLEY Single  
13 21/06/1791 William VENN Single   Elizabeth BLACKMORE Single  
16 16/03/1792 John HOOLE Single   Elizabeth ATKINS Single  
17 10/04/1792 William COPP Single   Joan DARCH Single Old Cleeve
18 30/04/1792 James HAYES Single   Jane SHOPLAND Single  
19 23/08/1792 Richard DENSHAM Widower   Mary STONE   Cutcombe
20 29/04/1793 John MASON Single   Ann WESTCOT Single  
21 29/04/1793 James WEBBER Single   Mary HOBBES Single  
22 25/03/1794 John SHOPLAND Single   Sarah FARMER Single  
23 15/08/1794 John ATKINS Single   Patience SURRIDGE Single Staplegrove
24 22/04/1795 Thomas COOKSLEY Single   Mary CURDEL Single  
25 31/03/1796 James CURDEL Single   Ann HOW Single  
26 01/05/1797 John LOADSMORE Single   Joanna DAVIS Single  
27 27/08/1798 James COOKSLEY Single   Elizabeth WOOD Widow Exton
28 05/10/1798 Joseph SOUTHERNWOOD Single   Ann PHILLIPS Single  
29 02/11/1798 William STONE Single   Ann JONES Single  
30 12/03/1800 Solomon COOKSLEY Single   Isil DAVIS Single  
31 05/10/1800 Benjamin JEFFERY Single Brompton Regis Mary LANGDON Single  
32 08/12/1800 James MARSH Single   Sarah WOODLAND Single  
33 23/08/1801 Henry POOK Single   Elizabeth HARTE Single  
34 12/10/1801 Robert JENNINGS   Hillfarrance Hannah SHOPLAND    
35 30/11/1801 William BROOKS Single   Charlotte NATION Single  
36 26/03/1802 William HILL Single Bampton, Devon Matilda MARSH Single  
37 31/10/1802 James SHOPLAND Single   Mary MARSH Single  
38 17/10/1803 Robert CHUBB Single   Mary SADLEY Single  
39 28/03/1804 John PASSMORE     Mary COLE    
40 01/06/1806 John BURNELL Single   Mary LANGDON Single  
41 01/06/1806 David RIDLER Single   Ann HART Single  
42 15/07/1807 John BROOKS Widower   Ann COLLARD Single  
43 06/04/1808 Richard TUDBALL Widower   Elizabeth SELLICK Single  
44 24/11/1808 Thomas COPP Single   Mary NORMAN Single  
45 13/12/1808 John SNOW Single Dulverton Mary CHIDGEY Single  
46 06/07/1809 Thomas Young WILLIAMS Single St Decumans Elizabeth LANGDON Single  
47 11/02/1812 John BOYLES Single Cutcombe Mary COURT Single  
1 24/03/1813 Henry BALL Widower   Elizabeth TUCKER Widow  
2 10/05/1813 John VENN Single   Anne ANSTEY Single  
3 07/04/1814 Thomas LANGDON Single   Elizabeth GIBBS Single  
4 11/05/1814 George BRYANT Single Treborough Sarah WEBBER Single  
5 27/05/1814 George PALMER Single   Elizabeth OXENHAM Single  
6 25/07/1814 John TOOWEY Single Bampton, Devon Elizabeth POMERY Single  
7 18/04/1815 Robert NORMAN Single Wiveliscombe Mary WEBBER Single  
8 10/03/1816 Abraham FROST     Alice FROST    
9 24/03/1816 John ESCOTT Single   Mary SURRAGE    
10 09/08/1817 George TAR Single   Elizabeth BURGE Single  
11 24/09/1817 Richard GALE Single   Patience CLARK Single  
12 05/10/1817 Martin LONGDON Single   Sarah CRUDD Single Wiveliscombe
13 16/02/1818 William BURGE     Sarah SHORT    
14 28/12/1818 John BREWER     Mary WOOD    
15 28/04/1819 James LANGDON Single   Charlotte ANSTEY Single  
16 31/07/1819 James NATION Single   Mary GOODING Single Morebath, Devon
17 13/03/1820 William PARROTT   Clatworthy Marianne WILKINS    
18 13/04/1820 William RIDLER Single   Ann LANGDON Single  
19 12/12/1820 William WILKINS Widower   Ann HOW Widow  
20 12/12/1820 John LOOSEMORE Widower   Sarah HEARD Widow  
21 30/03/1821 Thomas GREENSLADE Single Bampton, Devon Ann ADAMS Single  
22 08/10/1821 Joseph COLES Single   Elizabeth WILKINS Single  
23 29/03/1822 Richard BABBAGE Single   Sarah JAMES Single Monksilver
24 29/03/1822 Matthew MELHUISH Single   Mary CORDING Single  
25 14/04/1823 John MASON Single   Mary PAUL Single  
26 09/10/1825 John HOSEGOOD Single   Mary HILL Single  
27 21/06/1827 John MARSH     Ann SURRIDGE    
28 26/07/1827 George HART Single   Christian BURMAN    
29 27/03/1828 Benjamin DAVIES   Uplowman, Devon Elizabeth KEMP    
30 07/04/1828 William WHITE     Mary GOULD    
31 29/04/1828 James NATION Widower   Mary SHOPLAND Single  
32 15/04/1831 Thomas LUXTON     Ann COOKSLEY    
33 24/11/1831 William WONSON   Tiverton, Devon Elizabeth DAVIS    
34 15/12/1831 William HARDING Single   Sarah BOWERMAN Single  
35 29/03/1832 Thomas NORMAN     Mary DAVIES    
36 20/04/1832 Thomas WINTER     Mary Ann NORMAN    
37 26/02/1834 Thomas HILL     Sarah BURNEL    
38 02/05/1834 William DOWN Single   Mary SURRIDGE Single  
39 28/08/1834 Robert GALLARD Single   Jane HOWMAN Single  
40 06/09/1834 William HILL Single   Hannah PONSFORD    
41 24/03/1835 William PURDY Single   Anne MARSH Single  
42 07/09/1835 Thomas CHICK Single   Sarah HAWKINS Single  
43 24/11/1835 Henry BAKER     Eliza DEEBLE    
44 18/10/1836 Benjamin COLLARD   Skilgate Christiana HILL    
45 01/02/1837 Hugh HILL     Elizabeth COOKSLEY    
46 17/05/1837 John TYFE Single   Elizabeth TURNER Single  
47 25/06/1837 Thomas WOODBERRY     Elizabeth BUTSON    

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