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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Bobbington Holy Cross

 

The Parish

The parish of Bobbington lies in the extreme southwest of Staffordshire forming an extensive stretch of the border with neighbouring Shropshire. The parish is unusual in that it has land within both counties but the larger portion is of Staffordshire. Bobbington is located about 6 miles east of the Shropshire market town of Bridgnorth and sits a little over 2 miles north of the A458 road which connects Bridgnorth with Stourbridge and Dudley. Bobbington is a small and compact village with most properties lining a "U" shaped stretch of narrow lane. Like many parishes in this area it would have been an agricultural parish with a mixed farming regime dominated by pastoral farming of mainly cattle. Bobbington is drained northwestwards by a small tributary of the River Worfe which is shortly joined, the latter meets the Severn to the north of Bridgnorth and turns south reaching the sea through the Bristol Channel. Bobbington is sited at around 80 metres above the sea in fairly gentle terrain, land rises steadily to the southwest reaching just over 150 metres at the A458. Bobbington parish was slightly small in extent for a Staffordshire parish, covering just under 2,700 acres it would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Bobbington was a tiny place, held by one Robert of Stafford, it could muster just 3 ploughs and a small area of woodland. 


The Church

Holy Cross church sits within the "U" shaped curve of lanes with properties curling around the churchyard. The church is certainly an ancient one albeit much modified over the centuries. Pevsner identifies the northern arcade amongst the earliest pieces and dates it to the mid-Norman period of the late 11th or early 12th century. Further early work can be found in the aisle which retains a lancet window of the Early English Gothic period e.g. 13th century. The church was much modified during its Victorian restoration, in this case from the 1870s. Most of the fenestration was replaced at that time but the major change was the addition of the southern tower, a curious placement as most churches have the tower at the western end. Whilst the tower gives the church character Pevsner is churlish in describing it as "uninspired". The church is approached by Six Ashes Road where metal gates give way to a long, thin car park and a diagonal tarred pathway leading to the church. The churchyard is rather open but there are many trees clustered tightly around the western end limiting those angles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
3rd June 1754 - 7th January 1812
Staffordshire History Centre - Reference - D3373/3
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None
2 1st June 1813 - 23rd January 1837 Staffordshire History Centre - Reference - D3373/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Claverley All Saints, Shropshire
Claverley All Saints, Shropshire
Trysull All Saints
Claverley All Saints, Shropshire
Wombourne St Benedict Biscop
Enville St Mary
Alveley St Mary. Shropshire
Alveley St Mary. Shropshire
Enville St Mary

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
21/02/1754 Joseph COX Elizabeth BRASIER
24/03/1754 William SUKER Frances PRATT
1 03/06/1754 George TROW St Leonard, Bridgnorth, Shropshire Elizabeth PERRY Single
2 25/06/1754 Joseph PLIMLEY Elizabeth KEY Single
3 05/07/1754 Humfry BAYLIS Trysull Jane NOCK Single
5 17/03/1755 Joseph MEREDITH Mary BARNSLEY Single
4 03/04/1755 Thomas HATTON Enville Joan TONNINGTON Single
9 01/10/1755 Thomas BARNSLEY Elizabeth MARSH Single Wolverley, Worcestershire
8 07/10/1755 Thomas EDWARDS Ann BARNSLEY Single
11 12/02/1756 George THOMPSON Mary BRAZIER Single
12 22/02/1756 Joseph DEVY Widower Enville Elizabeth PERRY Single
13 10/05/1756 James PERRY Alice POWELL Single
14 21/11/1756 John JONES Widower Mary FELLOWS Widow
15 14/11/1757 Thomas MORRIS Ann CHILD Single
16 04/01/1758 John BIRD Bitterley, Shropshire Elizabeth MILWARD Single
17 29/01/1758 Edward SOUTHERN Mary CHAPMAN Single Enville
18 13/01/1759 William BROUGHTON Single St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire Mary PRATT Single
19 27/04/1760 William WANORTON Mary LINE Single
20 07/05/1760 John EVANS Mary CHILDS Single
21 21/09/1761 Edward RUSSELL Enville Mary WILLIAMS Single
22 09/11/1761 Edward PERRY Mary COWPER Single
23 22/04/1762 John GLAZE Martha HAZLEHURST Single
24 02/05/1762 William MARRIAN Mary ROWLEY
27 13/12/1762 John EVANS Jane GILL Widow
28 21/05/1763 William PODMORE Wolverhampton Sarah ROWLEY Single
29 11/07/1763 John DODWELL Sarah BELLASON
30 05/03/1764 Richard TURNER Claverley, Shropshire Mary HATTON Single
31 10/08/1764 Henry YATES St Mary, Bridgnorth, Shropshire Mary MANSELL Widow
33 09/04/1765 William DAVIES Trevethin, Monmouthshire Elizabeth MOSELEY
34 04/05/1765 Joseph PESPER Enville Mary BOOTH Single
35 19/05/1765 Edward MEREDITH Mary JONES Single
36 25/12/1765 Joseph BROADMEADOW Susanna PORNEY Single
37 15/05/1766 James SHARROTT Claverley, Shropshire Elizabeth GROSVENOR Single
38 03/04/1768 William COOPER Elizabeth SPARRY Single
39 05/05/1768 Richard JONES Sarah LAWLEY Single
40 04/06/1768 John EVANS Ann FOLEY Widow
41 25/07/1768 John EVANS Elizabeth TURNER Single
42 25/11/1768 Thomas HINTON Widower Anne BOOTH Single
43 08/07/1770 William PERRY Claverley, Shropshire Mary THOMAS Single
44 30/04/1772 William JORDAN Oldswinford, Worcestershire Ann MOSELEY Single
45 12/10/1772 Christopher WOODELL Anne CLARK
46 01/11/1773 William BAKER Penn Sarah TROW Single
47 30/12/1773 Clement SCARR Susannah SANKEY Single
48 02/05/1774 Joseph BOOTH Single Alice WYER Single
49 03/01/1775 Draper LOVATT Single Mary MARRIAN Single
50 16/04/1775 Joseph GUEST Single Mary BEETLESTONE Widow
51 03/05/1775 John ROWLEY Chetton, Shropshire Jane BOOTH Single
52 27/07/1775 Thomas GIBBONS Wolverhampton Mary MOSELEY Single
53 02/10/1775 Thomas HILL Kingswinford Rebecca BENNETT Widow
54 06/05/1776 Edward BROADMEADOW Elizabeth JOHNS Single
54 07/05/1776 William PARKES Kinver Sarah BENNETT Single
55 12/11/1776 Richard PAGE Enville Mary NOKE Single
56 17/03/1777 William THOMAS Single Sarah YATE Single Claverley, Shropshire
57 25/03/1777 Richard FOX Single Elizabeth MANSELL Single
58 21/05/1777 Thomas CALE Pattingham Ann WAKELAM Single
59 03/07/1777 William SWENE Penn Sarah ROWLEY Single
60 30/09/1777 Michael NOKE Enville Jane BARRETT Single
61 18/11/1777 Edward BISHOP Catherine WALL Single
63 28/04/1778 John HILL St Leonard, Bridgnorth, Shropshire Anne MORGAN
62 02/05/1778 Charles CLAYBROOK Elizabeth BOOTH
64 24/03/1779 Francis BUTCHER Single Anne DARBY Widow
65 03/05/1779 William LINE Enville Esther NOKE
66 17/06/1779 Edward BULL Much Wenlock, Shropshire Elizabeth THOMAS
67 27/06/1779 William HARES Sarah JONES
68 29/09/1779 William LINE Elisabeth EVANS
69 25/01/1780 William BRADLEY Widower Ann EDWARDS Widow
70 16/04/1781 John BUTCHER Anne MILLARD Single
71 28/04/1781 Samuel SMITH Single Enville Mary MORRIS Single
72 20/10/1781 John HARPER Elizabeth THOMASON
73 04/04/1782 Aaron THOMAS Mary PARKES
74 18/07/1782 John FOX Mary TOMASON
75 21/07/1782 John BENNET Sarah WOOD
76 25/08/1782 Samuel HEATH Susannah PERRY
77 05/11/1782 Samuel DALLOWAY Eleanor JAMES
78 29/12/1782 Francis TOY Ann BENNETT
79 14/06/1784 John RICHARDS Sarah WANNERTON
80 05/03/1785 John PERRY Claverley, Shropshire Nancy COX
81 07/03/1785 Joseph WILLIAMS Mary BRADELEY
82 27/02/1786 Thomas WATTS Elizabeth COOKSEY
30/05/1786 Joseph ELCOCK Elizabeth STEWART
30/10/1786 Benjamin HAYWARD Martha ADAMS
09/04/1787 John MARRIAN Frances STOKES Claverley, Shropshire
20/04/1787 John DARBY Sarah BRADLEY
06/05/1787 George LANDER St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire Sarah MOSELEY
21/05/1787 Joseph POOLTON Sarah BOOTH
09/07/1787 James LITTLEWOOD Mary CARTWRIGHT
04/03/1788 Edward SEAGEAR Mary PARGETER
03/11/1788 John ROGERS Phoebe TURNER
09/03/1790 John PERRY Elizabeth JONES
26/09/1790 John FARMER Sarah WESTWOOD
16/05/1791 William LEA Claverley, Shropshire Margaret STOKES
30/05/1791 James WITTON Eleanor TAYLOR
22/07/1792 Thomas PAINTER Elizabeth BARRET
22/11/1792 John PERRY Claverley, Shropshire Elizabeth Sarah PODMORE
27/11/1792 John BRINSFORD Hannah LOWBRIDGE
15/11/1793 William SKETT Claverley, Shropshire Ann THOMAS
08/09/1794 John PLATT Single Saddleworth, Yorkshire Anne BRADLEY Single
16/10/1796 James GREGORY Frances DODWELL
12/04/1798 William MARRIAN Frances STOKES
29/10/1798 Edward PYATT Dinah CORNES
24/02/1800 William STOKES Single Anne BAKER Single
05/02/1801 Edward BAKER Mary STOKES Single
20/07/1802 John EVANS Sarah PHILIPS
09/09/1802 William NEWTON Ann BROADMEADOW
25/09/1803 Thomas DRAPER Nancy LYE
07/11/1803 William HADLEY Mary DEVEY
18/12/1803 John CORFIELD Quatt, Shropshire Mary JONES
12/02/1804 Joseph STOKES Mary BAKER
09/07/1804 James COOPER Mary BROADMEADOW
15/01/1807 James MARSH Wolverhampton Mary PERRY
29/11/1807 William PIPER Jane MEREDITH
29/02/1808 James BRADLEY Margaret ROBINSON
07/06/1808 Samuel Bester MOLE Single Birmingham, Warwickshire Mary MARRIAN Single
26/10/1808 James PERRY Single Frances MARRIAN Single
06/11/1808 Thomas BODENAM Elizabeth PERRY
06/11/1808 Edward PIPER Susannah GOULD
27/04/1809 Joseph PERRY Single Margaret STOKES Single
04/06/1809 Robert SPICER Sarah ELCOCK
17/07/1809 John MANTLE Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire Hannah CHANDLER
23/04/1810 Thomas BAKER Single Hannah BOWEN Widow
10/05/1810 John SOUTHALL Single Claverley, Shropshire Sarah BROADMEADOW Single
10/05/1810 James RICHARDS Worfield, Shropshire Elizabeth BROADMEADOW Single
01/06/1810 John KENT Single Claverley, Shropshire Elizabeth PERRY Single
20/05/1811 John TAYLOR Single Sarah DODWELL Single
07/01/1812 John ROGERS Single Ann KNOWLES Single
1 01/06/1813 George BORASTON Single Kidderminster, Worcestershire Frances STOKES Single
2 12/08/1813 John NEWTON Single Sarah EDMONDS Single Enville
3 01/05/1817 John PERRY Single Sarah JESPER Single
4 06/01/1818 Thomas FELLOWS Single Claverley, Shropshire Mary BROWN Single
5 04/05/1818 William GUEST Single Elizabeth DAVIES Single
6 14/06/1818 John GOOLD Single Claverley, Shropshire Mary PRICE Single
7 02/05/1821 Daniel RICHARDS Enville Mary ALCOCK Enville
8 02/05/1822 James HINTON Single Alveley, Shropshire Sarah BACHE Single
9 27/07/1823 John NICKOLLS Single Ann BROOKES Single
10 01/03/1824 John MARRIAN Single Birmingham, Warwickshire Frances MARRIAN Single
11 06/06/1824 George WHITEHOUSE Single Wombourne Elizabeth WEDGE Single Wombourne
12 07/02/1825 Thomas LEDDINGTON Single Mary PERRY Single
13 16/05/1825 William JONES Single Martha SKIN Single
14 18/07/1825 Edward INSTAN Single Wolverhampton Elizabeth GREGORY Single
15 31/10/1825 John WALL Single Kingswinford Sarah PRICE Single
16 31/10/1825 John PRICE Single Jane NICHOLS Single
17 04/02/1826 George COOK Widower Kingswinford Sarah PEARMAN Single
18 30/04/1826 Samuel HARLEY Single Frances SOUTHALL Single
19 14/05/1827 Thomas THOMAS Single Rebecca BRINSFORD Single
20 28/06/1827 Samuel SMITH Single Walsall Ann PEARMAN Single
21 27/12/1827 Joseph STOKES Widower Elizabeth HOLBECHE Widow
22 08/05/1828 William STOKES Single Ann PERRY Single
23 27/05/1828 William DODWELL Single Ann WALL Single
24 31/12/1829 William WILDEY Single Cannock Mary HAYES Single
25 05/05/1831 John BREWER Single Mary PRICE Single
26 07/10/1831 John HARNS Single Kinver Sarah HEAS Single
27 01/03/1832 John NICKOLLS Single Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire Mary LEA Single
28 10/06/1832 William SMITH Single Himley Phebe FERRY Single
29 05/05/1834 Thomas NICKOLLS Single Ann CLAYBROOK Single
30 12/05/1834 William PHEASY Single Mercy CLARK Single
31 24/08/1834 Richard EVANS Single Jane LIDDEY Single
32 01/01/1835 Benjamin SOUTHALL Single Mary KNOWLES Single
33 17/02/1835 Benjamin YORK Single Mary MARRIAN Single
34 30/04/1835 Luke NICKOLLS Single Jemima MUNDAY Single
35 28/09/1835 Thomas BYTHEWAY Single Sarah GORTON Single
36 28/09/1835 James MEANLEY Single Dudley, Worcestershire Mary Ann MEREDITH Single Broughton, Shropshire
37 26/12/1835 Michael WOOD Single Hannah DOWTY Single
38 23/02/1836 Joseph Francis PERRY Single Maria KETLEY Single
39 08/03/1836 Joseph STAFFORD Single Dudley, Worcestershire Hannah MALPAS Single
40 26/12/1836 James GREGORY Single Ann TAYLOR Single
41 23/01/1837 John TURNER Single Sarah TAYLOR Single

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