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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Patshull St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Patshull lies in southwestern Staffordshire, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Shropshire. The parish is very much dominated by the Hall of the same name, a closed parish with land concentrated in one owner's hands who restricted the population accordingly. There is no village as such to Patshull just the Hall and grounds plus a few farms and cottages. Patshull is roughly 6 miles northwest of the city of Wolverhampton, the parish is situated in a network of lanes to the south of the A464 which branches of the busy A41 and heads for Telford. The Hall and grounds are sited at about 75 metres above sea level and sit in extensively landscaped parkland with ornamental lakes and terraces and elevated stair ways lending an aristocratic air. The parish was small, about 1,700 acres, and supported just over 100 parishioners. Patshull, despite its small size, has been around for a long time, the parish gets a mention in Domesday Book where it mentions a mill and 6 ploughs all owned by Robert of Stafford.


The Church

St Mary's church is sited close by the main access drive of the Hall just to its west in extensive parkland surroundings. The church is a relatively modern one being built at the direction of the Astley family as a piece with the Hall in the 1740s. The church is Italianate in style with a Tuscan porch and Venetian east window. It is a pretty place but Pevsner dismisses the architecture in a few lines.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 22nd May 1755 - 28th June 1761 Staffordshire Record Office - Reference - D(W)1739/2
Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd December 1770 - 13th May 1811 Staffordshire Record Office - Reference - D(W)1739/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 25th July 1814 - 29th October 1835 Staffordshire Record Office - Reference - D(W)1739/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Beckbury St Milburgh, Shropshire
Albrighton Near Tong St Mary Magdalene, Shropshire
Tettenhall St Michael
Beckbury St Milburgh, Shropshire
Badger St Giles, Shropshire
Tettenhall St Michael
Pattingham St Chad
Badger St Giles, Shropshire
Worfield St Peter, Shropshire
Pattingham St Chad
Pattingham St Chad

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
22/05/1755 John GILLINGS     Mary TAYLOR    
07/12/1755 Timothy NORGRAVE     Elizabeth GILES    
18/10/1756 William COLE     Elizabeth GIBBONS    
26/12/1757 Thomas MADLEY     Carolina HILLDISH    
30/03/1758 Thomas RIGHT     Elizabeth STOKES    
27/04/1758 Thomas BOOTH     Mary HARPER    
09/06/1758 John HODGETT     Elizabeth FOLEY    
19/08/1759 Richard MURRAY     Margaret JONES    
24/06/1760 Thomas GRAUNT     Anne GILES    
28/06/1761 Jonathan PARKER     Margaret ADAMS    
1 03/12/1770 Matthew TALBOT     Anne BRADBAND    
2 02/11/1772 Thomas OUSMAN     Elizabeth MALLOW    
3 31/12/1772 John EVANS     Penelope BEDHOUSE    
4 02/01/1773 James CLARK     Prudence MATTHEWS    
5 14/01/1773 John WARD     Anne BALL    
6 23/03/1773 Thomas PAGE     Sarah BUCKNALL    
7 16/11/1773 Joseph HARLEY     Esther GARDENER Single  
8 17/01/1774 Edward RANSFORD     Anne BEDHOUSE    
9 20/01/1774 Joseph TAYLOR     Susanna STEVENS    
10 13/10/1774 George SALTER   Albrighton Near Tong, Shropshire Mary STEVENS    
11 04/11/1774 Henry RANSFORD     Priscilla Richard GREEN    
12 23/06/1775 William BUXTON   Birmingham, Warwickshire Mary WARD    
13 06/11/1775 Hugh HOLDING     Elizabeth SNAPE    
14 01/04/1777 Thomas BILLINGSLEY   Worfield, Shropshire Anne WARD    
15 05/05/1777 Richard HORTON     Sarah SMITH    
16 26/02/1778 William HOLMES     Rebecca EDWARDS    
17 09/03/1780 William KIRKHAM     Rachel EVANS    
18 26/06/1780 Thomas WHISTON     Mary BUXTON    
19 26/06/1780 Daniel FULWARD     Mary TIMMINS    
20 09/03/1781 Walter ALLOT     Sarah RUSSEL    
21 18/08/1781 Zacheriah SLANEY     Mary FLEMING    
22 27/12/1781 Thomas HARPER     Mary HOLDIN    
23 05/12/1782 William STOKES     Sarah PERRY   Claverley, Shropshire
24 07/12/1784 Joseph WHISTONS     Elizabeth WARD    
25 22/08/1785 Joseph WOOD     Sarah TAYLOR    
26 17/10/1787 John ROBINSON     Phoebe LEAKE    
27 11/02/1788 Richard SMITH   Worfield, Shropshire Sarah BOUCHER    
28 24/03/1788 James HODGKIN     Mary GRANT    
29 31/03/1788 John BOTT   Quatt, Shropshire Ann COOK    
30 20/11/1788 John SWANWICK     Mary WHISTON    
31 20/12/1789 William GRIFFITHS     Hannah YATES    
32 31/12/1789 Henry Thomas CULLWICK     Sarah SMITH    
33 03/05/1790 Thomas DULSTON     Hannah AUSTWICK   Tettenhall
34 11/06/1791 John WANNORTON     Anne MORRIS    
35 19/04/1792 John BOTT     Elizabeth BARKER   Pattingham
36 05/05/1792 John PARKER     Petronella BOTTELEY    
37 25/08/1792 James GREEN     Frances WILLSBY    
38 23/10/1792 Thomas Astley HEANS     Elizabeth BARKER    
39 23/05/1794 John BOOTH     Anne GRANT    
40 18/07/1796 George PIGOT     Mary Anne MONCKTON   Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire
41 23/01/1797 William BAKEHOUSE     Sarah TAYLOR    
42 05/06/1797 William DULSTON     Anne WILLOCK    
43 28/05/1798 Charles SHELLY     Elizabeth LEE    
44 01/07/1798 Daniel EVANS     Sarah HOLDEN    
45 22/08/1803 John GAWDEY Single   Mary CUMMINGTON Single  
46 12/04/1804 John BOULTON   Donington, Shropshire Ann SUTTON    
47 17/10/1804 Thomas DEVEY   Albrighton Near Tong, Shropshire Mary MAYBURY    
48 18/10/1804 Edward GREEN Single   Catharine WATKINS Single  
49 22/04/1805 John MOORE     Jane ROBINSON   Worfield, Shropshire
50 08/12/1806 John RAINSFORD Single Tettenhall Elizabeth MATTHEWS Single  
51 23/05/1808 William ASTON Widower   Sarah DODD Single  
52 06/04/1809 William CARTWRIGHT   Beckbury, Shropshire Mary PERRY    
53 30/08/1810 James THOMAS Single   Elizabeth RAINSFORD    
54 02/01/1811 William WESSON Single Tettenhall Mary PERRY Single  
55 06/05/1811 John BLANTON Single Pattingham Elizabeth SMALL Single  
56 13/05/1811 Henry SNEAD Single Pattingham Elizabeth SMITH Single  
1 25/07/1814 Samuel CADWALLATER Widower Wistanstow, Shropshire Ann DAVIES Widow  
2 02/03/1818 Joseph BRITON Single Codsall Mary BACHE Single  
3 19/02/1824 Thomas DYKE Single Albrighton Near Tong, Shropshire Joanna WHISTON Single  
4 05/07/1824 John PARKS Single St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
5 13/06/1826 John DAVIES Single Shifnal, Shropshire Sophia THOMAS Single  
6 22/05/1828 Thomas SKETT Single Kinver Martha WHISTON Single  
7 19/08/1828 Robert WROTTESLEY Single Tettenhall Georgiana PIGOT Single  
8 22/06/1830 Samuel SALT Widower Albrighton Near Tong, Shropshire Mary Anne PURSLOW Single  
9 02/12/1830 William KNAPP     Maria FRY   Stanton, Wiltshire
10 17/01/1831 Joseph COOKSEY Single   Harriet SMALLMAN Single  
11 14/04/1831 Thomas EDWARDS   Codsall Mary BROWN    
12 07/05/1832 John BAKER   St Chad, Lichfield Ann BENTLEY    
13 16/07/1835 Francis Charles FITZROY Single Pakenham, Suffolk Caroline Octavia PIGOT Single  
14 29/10/1835 George HOLYOAKE Single Tong, Shropshire Laura Millicent PIGOT Single  

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