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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Weston under Lizard St Andrew

 

The Parish

The parish of Weston under Lizard lies in the extreme west of Staffordshire forming an extensive stretch of the border with neighbouring Shropshire. Weston under Lizard is located roughly 7 miles east of the new town of Telford and sits on the A5 (the Roman's Watling Street) which connects Telford with Cannock. Weston under Lizard is very much an estate village, the Earls of Bradford owned almost all land within the parish, with most properties lying either on the busy A5 or within the grounds of Weston Park. The stately home of Weston Park, nowadays a popular visitor attraction, dominates life and land within the parish, its grounds landscaped by, amongst others, Capability Brown surround the elegant mansion of the late 17th century, reputedly designed by Lady Wilbraham. The economy of the parish was also dominated by the needs of the estate, farming was mixed in nature but pastoral in the main. Modern developments have come to the parish, the modern M54 skirts the south of the parish and relieves much of the heavy traffic that once thundered through the village on the A5. Weston under Lizard is drained eastwards by a network of small streams, interrupted by Belvide Reservoir, eventually merging to become the River Penk, the latter merges with the Sow and shortly after with the Trent to begin a long journey to the North Sea arriving through the Humber Estuary. Weston under Lizard is sited at around 110 metres above the sea in gentle terrain that rises to 156 metres at nearby Bishop's Wood. Weston under Lizard parish was fairly typically sized for its area, covering just under 2,400 acres it would have supported a population of close to 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Weston under Lizard was a tiny place, held by the local sheriff one Reginald it could muster just 5 ploughs and a small wood.


The Church

St Andrew's church sits within the grounds of Weston Park, indeed it is physically attached to that 17th century manor house. Lady Wilbraham, as mentioned above, was also allegedly the designer or at least the inspiration for today's St Andrew. Built in 1701 it is a rare example of church-building from that era, it did, however, replace a Norman Romanesque-styled predecessor so a mixed blessing. Whilst most of the fabric is of the early 18th century a fragment of the earlier church was retained in the western tower, a 3-light 14th century window remains on the eastern face of that tower. Despite the late date for the church there has been change, in the 1870s a family chapel and vestry were added in a faux-Norman style. Visiting the church is possible, a blue sign at the A5 junction points in to the estate and a large car park facilitates visiting the grounds. The church sits to the west of the house and is attached at its southeastern corner, removing that favoured aspect from the photographer's choice of angles. Views from the north, across the Town Pool are particularly appealing if difficult on a sunny day.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 2nd May 1754 - 28th May 1812 Staffordshire Record Office - Reference DE1060/1/2 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
2 19th May 1814 - 29th May 1837 Staffordshire Record Office - Reference DE1060/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Poor handwriting at the latter end of the register raises the possibility of a few misreads


Sheriffhales St Mary, Shropshire
Blymhill St Mary
Blymhill St Mary
Sheriffhales St Mary, Shropshire
Blymhill St Mary
Tong St Bartholomew, Shropshire
Tong St Bartholomew, Shropshire
Tong St Bartholomew, Shropshire

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
03/01/1754 George BADDELY Mary WEBSTER Newport, Shropshire
24/03/1754 John HOOSE Mary HARRIS Tong, Shropshire
1 02/05/1754 Thomas BIRD Brewood Ann FOSTER
2 01/07/1754 Thomas PEAK Tong, Shropshire Ann OSBORNE
3 26/10/1754 Richard WALKER Single Ann SMITH Single
4 01/01/1756 John KNIGHT Ann BLAKEMORE Widow
5 08/02/1756 George GARNER Sara HAND Single
6 29/04/1756 Joseph UPPADINE Lapley Ann FORSTER Single
7 10/10/1756 James ONIONS Ann POOLE
8 31/01/1757 Thomas FORSTER Sarah BIRD
9 09/01/1759 Edward BLAKEMORE Magdalen FELTON
10 30/01/1759 William BLAKEMORE Mary MASEFIELD
11 25/02/1759 Thomas ALTREE Shifnal, Shropshire Mary HARDEN
12 24/09/1759 William STRINGER Elizabeth BARKER Tong, Shropshire
13 27/12/1762 John HANSHAW Elizabeth ONIONS Single
14 08/08/1763 John ROBERTS Mary ONIONS Widow
15 21/01/1765 William LECK Sarah FARMER
16 28/12/1765 Elias ROBSON Jane PAYNE
17 17/07/1766 William BRAY Mary SHIMELL Sheriffhales, Shropshire
18 12/01/1767 Andrew EDGE Shifnal, Shropshire Elizabeth DAVIES
19 29/04/1767 Rice WILLIAMS Single Elizabeth BATES Single
20 11/08/1768 William CLAY High Ercall, Shropshire Mary FLETCHER Single
21 29/12/1768 William BYRD Shifnal, Shropshire Mary WOOD
22 29/12/1768 Richard DAVIES Rebecca COTTON Edgmond, Shropshire
23 29/12/1768 John KEELING Shifnal, Shropshire Sarah WRIGHT
24 05/07/1769 Richard JONES Mary SAULTER
25 01/10/1770 Edward CORBET Forton Ann DAVIS Single
26 11/02/1771 Richard TAYLOR Sarah WILLIAMS Tong, Shropshire
27 21/04/1772 John HOLLINGWORTH Jane FLETCHER
28 11/05/1774 Joseph LOVEKIN Jane TOMLINSON
29 29/12/1774 Richard SALT Sarah BUTLER
30 07/08/1775 Turner WENLOCK Sheriffhales, Shropshire Mary WALKER
31 09/04/1776 Walter TURNER Blymhill Ann FLETCHER
32 26/12/1776 William JONES Dawley Magna, Shropshire Ann PRICE
33 09/03/1778 Thomas WESTON Blymhill Ann ROWE
34 02/12/1779 Benjamin GODWIN Burslem Prudence COTTON
35 13/05/1781 James STEDMAN Elizabeth JOHNSON
36 17/03/1783 Thomas HOWEL Eleanor MALKIN
37 07/09/1783 William MEREDITH Sheriffhales, Shropshire Sarah FOSTER
38 22/07/1784 William BULLOCK Elizabeth BROWN
39 16/01/1786 Samuel WALKER Sarah BENNET
40 24/04/1786 William HAND Sarah WALKER
41 19/04/1787 Richard BROOKE Shifnal, Shropshire Sarah BLAKEMORE
42 22/10/1787 William ALCOCK Mary MANSEL
43 24/12/1787 Thomas WILLET Mary PARKER
44 23/03/1788 William ALTREE Mary BROWN Cannock
45 03/11/1788 John BUCKNELL Ann SKITTEREDGE
46 30/12/1788 Thomas LAURENCE West Bromwich Ann AXTON
47 01/01/1789 Thomas ASHFORD Birmingham, Warwickshire Mary FORSTER
48 04/05/1789 John MORTIBOYS Jane NORTHWOOD
49 21/03/1790 George SLIN Margaret BOWDLER
50 13/01/1791 William BRAY Elizabeth WARD
51 29/05/1791 William WALKER Single Sarah DYASS Single
52 28/01/1794 Evans JONES Elizabeth ADAMS
53 10/02/1794 George William GUNNING Single Horton, Northamptonshire Elizabeth Diana BRIDGEMAN
54 30/11/1795 William WRIGHT Elizabeth LANDER
55 16/11/1796 George SLINN Jane MASON
56 25/11/1797 John HAYMAN Single Wrexham, Denbighshire Frances BOYCOTT
57 28/04/1802 William MASON Jane SALT
58 30/08/1802 Ezekiel PERSHOUSE Single Tettenhall Charlotte ALTREE Single
59 05/09/1802 Andrew DAVIES Single Sheriffhales, Shropshire Mary FARMER Single
60 31/12/1802 Benjamin LOW Sarah SMITH Single
61 23/01/1803 Samuel BAGNELL Mary WALKER Single
62 28/02/1803 Francis JONES Anne MEDDINGS Single Blymhill
63 02/05/1803 Thomas BRYAN Blymhill Anne WALKER Single
64 02/09/1803 John HARRIS Church Eaton Jane HOLLINGSWORTH Widow
65 23/11/1803 Hugh HICKOX Hannah BENNET
24/12/1803 John BILLINGSLEY Mary EDWARDS
66 11/01/1804 George BRAY Ann SHOTTON
67 31/12/1804 James HODSON Longford, Shropshire Ann WALKER Single
68 07/01/1805 George JACKSON Single Mary BAKER Single
69 07/02/1805 John JONES Brewood Lucy WALKER
70 26/04/1805 George BODEN Madeley Ann BILLINGSLEY Single
71 12/03/1806 John ALTREE Single Mary MORRIS Single
72 22/01/1807 Joseph NEWMAN Brewood Frances WALKER
73 25/03/1807 John BYTHEL Charlotte CLARK Single Gnosall
74 28/12/1807 Thomas TALBOTT Elizabeth WALKER
75 26/01/1808 Thomas FORSTER Ann PAULTON Brewood
76 27/09/1808 John SMITH Ann BRAY Widow
77 14/11/1808 William FEARNEY Margaret SHEPHERD Single
78 28/12/1809 William ICKE Single Mary WOOTTON
79 22/01/1810 William Wolrych WHITMORE Greete, Shropshire Lucy Ealy BRIDGEMAN
80 08/02/1810 James BERESFORD Ann KENT Single
81 15/10/1810 Heber PERRY Sarah EDNEY Single
82 18/05/1812 Thomas TITCOME Single Eleanor KENT Single
83 24/05/1812 William ECCLESHALL Single Lucy BILLINGSLEY Single
84 28/05/1812 Richard BROOKS Single Sarah HALL Single
1 19/05/1814 David BENNETT Jane GRIFFITHS
2 25/07/1814 George EVANS Martha GROOM
3 22/04/1815 Thomas HUGHES Charlotte JACKSON
4 16/11/1815 Thomas FARMER Ann BRAY
5 29/07/1816 Thomas CLEWES Harriet RICHARDS
6 03/11/1817 John BROOM Hannah BISHTON
7 21/03/1818 Thomas GILBERT St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire Sophia RICHARDS
8 21/09/1818 John WARRANDER Elizabeth HEMINGSLEY
9 23/02/1819 Thomas BETHELL Mary Ann BROWN
10 17/04/1819 John BRAY Rebecca ALFORD
11 15/06/1819 John PAULTON Sophia POOLE
12 16/07/1819 Joseph ECCLES Mary SMITH
13 21/10/1819 John TYLER Sarah KENT
14 05/11/1819 Edward BETHELL Jane WITHERS
15 07/12/1819 Charles SHIRLEY Anne BRIDGEMAN
16 13/04/1820 Thomas MACHIN Mary BETHELL
17 01/03/1821 John Horatio DICKINSON Single Blymhill Susanna BROWN Widow
18 22/10/1822 Egerton Arden BAGOT Aston, Warwickshire Elizabeth Isabella BRIDGEMAN
19 27/11/1822 James SMITH Widower St Marylebone, Middlesex Ann YORK Single
20 05/02/1823 Thomas BROOM Jane WORRINDER Sheriffhales, Shropshire
21 03/12/1823 John SHENSTONE Wombourne Elizabeth RICHARDS Single
22 17/05/1824 George HUTCHINSON Wem, Shropshire Charlotte KNIGHT
23 18/05/1824 George LEE Single Ann ALCOCK Single
24 03/09/1825 Robert RUSHTON Single Shifnal, Shropshire Mary Ann BRAY Single
25 28/12/1825 John SALTER Single Tong, Shropshire Elizabeth FIELDHOUSE Single
26 29/12/1825 John WITHERS Widower Amey WARD Widow Blymhill
27 19/06/1826 William WEDGE Single Longford, Shropshire Mary BRAGG Single
28 30/11/1826 Edward WELLINGS Single Mary JIMMINGS Single
29 07/12/1826 Thomas GREGORY Single Ann HOMES Single
30 31/12/1827 Joseph JAMES Single Sarah BACKHOUSE Single
31 01/12/1828 James BRERETON Sheriffhales, Shropshire Mary NEVILLE Sheriffhales, Shropshire
32 02/02/1829 Michael SHALLCROSS Single St Mary, Stafford Sarah FORSTER Single
33 03/08/1829 William STEVENSON Elizabeth BROTHERTON Single
34 13/08/1829 Joseph DUFFIELD Trevethin, Monmouthshire Mary Ann RICHARDS
35 15/08/1829 William BRAY Sarah PIGGOT
36 26/12/1829 Thomas FORSTER Widower Harriot BRAY Widow
37 21/10/1830 Richard HADEN Blymhill Mary HULME
38 24/02/1831 Richard JEKE Sarah WALKER
39 03/03/1833 Abraham SHEPHERD Madeley, Shropshire Catharine BRIERHOOD Madeley, Shropshire
40 16/09/1833 William POTTS Longford, Shropshire Martha ROBERTS
41 27/06/1836 William BICKIE Lilleshall, Shropshire Catherine MITCHELL
42 29/05/1837 Henry CHATTEN Ann GRIPTON

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