Denham by Eye St John the Baptist

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Denham by Eye St John the Baptist

The Parish

Suffolk is the possessor of two parishes called Denham hence the suffix for Denham St John, this parish lies in northern Suffolk quite close to its border with neighbouring Norfolk and about 2 miles east of the large village of Eye from which it gains that suffix. Denham sits in lanes about 1 mile north of the B1117 road which connects Eye with nearby Stadbroke. Denham principally consists of a string of cottages and farms along a north/south running lane with no real village to speak of. This is prime arable agricultural land, a broad plateau showing few contours and almost totally devoted to growing of cereals, beet and oil seed. What little surface drainage there is is headed northwards to join the Waveney and thence the North Sea through Great Yarmouth. Denham is sited at around 50 metres above sea level and there are few contours around the parish at all. Parishes in this part of Suffolk are rather small in extent and denham is no exception being around 1,000 acres, it would have supported just under 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Denham was shared between 4 landholders including a portion held directly by the King himself. The parish could boast 8 ploughs as well as small meadows and woodlands but was not a large place having a mere 33 households.

The Church

St John the Baptist's church sits, appropriately enough, on the southern side of Church Road a few hundred yards west of Denham's main road and surrounded by large open fields. There is not much remaining of the church, just a small nave and chancel as over the centuries the western tower fell and the north chapel was demolished. What remains is a chancel in the Decorated style and nave in the Perpendicular and they represent a period of build from 14th and 15th centuries. There is clearly little of architectural interest in St John as Pevsner dismisses the building in a handful of lines. The church is screened from its lane by a hedge topped with trees, a pair of metal gates grant access to the churchyard. There is little left to merit many photographs as the building lacks the focal point of tower or bell-turret.

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The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	26th November 1754 - 28th May 1812	Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC87/D/1/3	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
2	13th October 1813 - 14th June 1837	Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC87/D/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	Fading of this register may result in one or two misreads

Hoxne St Peter & St Paul	Hoxne St Peter & St Paul	Hoxne St Peter & St Paul
Eye St Peter & St Paul		Hoxne St Peter & St Paul
Redlingfield St Andrew	Redlingfield St Andrew	Redlingfield St Andrew Horham St Mary

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	26/11/1754	Benjamin	LANHAM	Single		Ann	KING	Single
2	13/05/1756	Bennet	LENNY	Single	Bedingfield	Sarah	SELF	Single
3	13/05/1756	Daniel	STONE	Single		Martha	HADLOCK	Single
4	12/10/1756	William	MAYSTON	Single	Hoxne	Ann	HARRIS	Single
5	01/12/1757	Matthew	KEMP	Single		Margaret	CROSS	Single
6	23/10/1758	William	WELLS	Single		Mary	BENNET	Single
7	15/10/1759	John	CHANDLER	Single		Bridget	GARDINER	Single
8	27/08/1760	Henry	HARRIS	Single		Anne	HOLLAND	Single	Stradbroke
9	19/01/1761	John	FRIEND	Widower		Mary	MATTHEWS	Single
10	11/05/1761	Samuel	PEAK	Single		Ann	MILLS	Single
11	11/11/1761	Edmund	MILLS	Single		Jane	LOCKARD	Single
12	07/10/1762	Robert	RODWELL	Single		Anne	BARKER		Eye
14	22/08/1763	William	JESSOP	Single		Mary	CROSS	Single
15	08/11/1763	Samuel	FULLER	Single		Elisabeth	FEAVERYER	Single
16	02/05/1765	Leman	TOD	Single	Hoxne	Esther	KING	Single
17	03/05/1765	James	FEAVERYEAR	Single	Horham	Anne	FULLER	Single
18	30/07/1765	Richard	DAINES	Single		Mary	HARRIS	Single
19	07/08/1765	John	GUDGEON	Single	Eye	Elisabeth	MAPLESTON	Single
20	13/10/1766	John	ALDOUS	Single		Hannah	FULLER	Single
21	11/05/1767	John	CRACKNALL	Single	Hoxne	Elisabeth	DRAINE	Single
22	22/06/1767	John	FOSTER	Single		Elisabeth	EDWARDS	Single
23	12/10/1767	Jeffery	MILLS	Single		Sarah	WOODS	Single	Hoxne
24	12/10/1767	James	HAVERS	Single		Mary	CHANDLER	Single
25	14/06/1768	William	BROWNE	Single		Mary	DAINES	Single
26	20/06/1768	William	DENNANT	Single		Sarah	LENNY	Widow
27	07/11/1768	Francis	HAWES	Single		Susanna	WORBY	Single
28	11/10/1769	John	HAWES	Single		Martha	WELLS	Single
29	12/10/1769	William	TWAITS	Single	Rishangles	Elisabeth	WOODS	Single
30	13/11/1769	John	MUTIMER	Single		Sarah	GARRARD	Single
31	28/08/1771	Edmund	ROSE	Single		Elisabeth	MOORE	Single
32	11/02/1772	John	DENNANT	Single		Elisabeth	GIBBORN	Single
33	13/10/1772	Robert	SHEARMAN	Single		Lydia	DENNANT	Single
34	26/01/1773	Henry	READ	Single	Wingfield	Martha	WELTON	Single
35	01/12/1773	John	BALDWIN	Single		Elizabeth	DENNANT	Single
36	23/05/1774	James	HAWS	Single		Mary	HARVEY	Single
37	10/02/1775	William	BERY	Widower		Susan	FARROW	Single
38	10/07/1775	Richard	LEVEL	Single	Gislingham	Protasy	BARRETT	Single
40	07/08/1775	James	HAVERS	Widower		Ann	FEAVERYEAR	Single
41	22/01/1776	Samuel	BERRY	Single		Elizabeth	AIREY	Single	Occold
42	26/02/1776	William	MOULTON	Single		Ann	WATLING	Single
43	20/09/1776	William	MOULTON	Widower		Elizabeth	BUCK	Widow
44	11/10/1776	Samuel	MEEN	Single		Susan	HAWES	Single
45	07/04/1777	Daniel	DRANE	Single		Sarah	BULLIN	Single
46	23/06/1777	John	MUTEMER	Single	Eye	Mary	WATSON	Single
47	16/03/1778	Edward	THORNDICK	Single		Ann	FARROW	Single
48	19/09/1778	Cornelius	GOOCH	Single	Fersfield, Norfolk	Mary	BARBER	Single
49	18/01/1779	Samuel	FULLER	Widower		Mary	PECK	Single
50	29/09/1779	John	HOVELL	Single	Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk	Elizabeth	PAGE	Single
51	09/08/1781	Robert	FELMINGHAM	Single		Elizabeth	ALDOUS	Widow	Stradbroke
52	01/01/1782	William	BOISE	Single		Rachael	COOPER	Single
53	04/05/1782	John	DEBENHAM	Single	Laxfield	Elizabeth	CAYSEY	Single
54	31/10/1782	Samuel	FULLER	Widower		Mary	THORNDICK	Single
55	23/09/1783	William	TARBARD	Single		Sarah	BOAST	Single
56	03/11/1783	William	GOSLING	Single		Lydia	FELMINGHAM	Single
57	24/02/1784	Robert	SCASE	Single		Elizabeth	GARRARD	Single
58	30/05/1785	John	GEORGE	Widower		Ann	FEVEARYEARE	Single
59	30/05/1786	John	COATES	Widower		Elizabeth	HOLMES	Single
60	00/07/1786	Henry	CATLING	Single		Ann	RICHES	Single
61	03/10/1786	William	ELVIN	Single	Framlingham	Mary	WATLING	Single
62	06/10/1788	Edward	PLATFOOT	Single		Ann	RODWELL	Single
63	29/12/1788	Daniel	BUTTON	Single	Winston	Elizabeth	WITTON	Single
64	28/09/1789	John	MUTIMER	Widower		Frances	FULLER	Single
65	04/05/1790	Nathaniel Lawrence	SCOTT	Single	Stowmarket	Anne	PRESS	Single
66	22/12/1791	James	LINCOLN	Single		Martha	PAGE	Single
67	10/04/1792	John	WARNER	Single		Sarah	PAGE	Single
68	06/01/1794	William	WITTON	Single		Sarah	BOYCE	Single
69	24/11/1794	William	MILLS	Single		Elisabeth	CALVER	Single
70	29/09/1795	John	MOORE	Widower	Horham	Mary	FORSTER	Widow
71	18/04/1797	Jacob	PRETTY	Single		Elisabeth	AYTON	Single
72	18/04/1797	Robert	WITTON	Single		Hannah	AYTON	Single
73	30/12/1797	James	HAWES	Single		Frances	BORRETT	Single
74	04/10/1798	John	HUNT	Single	Yaxley	Mary	RODWELL	Single
75	11/02/1799	Robert	HOWE	Single	Thorndon	Susan	ROPER	Single
76	11/02/1799	Thomas	CREASY	Single		Ann	MASON	Single	Worlingham
77	13/05/1799	Francis	HAWES	Single		Lucy	CALLVER	Single
78	28/05/1799	Robert	SHIP	Single	Hoxne	Lucy	WITTON	Single
79	11/11/1799	Samuel	PECK	Single	Winston	Elisabeth	KEMP	Single
80	14/11/1799	James	KERRY	Single	Hoxne	Harriet	RODWELL	Single
81	20/02/1800	Stephen	WILSON	Single		Margaret	LONG	Single
82	11/11/1800	Lionel	HAYWARD	Widower	Stoke Ash	Mary	FULCHER	Widow
83	23/12/1800	William	THORNDIKE	Single		Sarah	GARNHAM	Single
84	02/11/1801	Jacob	WHITE	Single		Lydia	BERRY	Single
85	27/04/1802	James	HALL	Single		Mary	MILLS	Single
86	04/10/1802	William	BRUNDISH	Single		Mary	MUTTOCK	Single
87	04/10/1802	Richard	HAWS	Single	Horham	Sophia	PAXMAN	Single
88	19/10/1802	William	ASHBY	Single		Harriet	MILLS	Single
89	21/02/1803	John	BUCKINGHAM	Single	Southolt	Mary	HAWES	Single
90	01/08/1803	James	HAWES	Single		Lucy	FRISTON	Single
91	10/02/1804	Charles	MILLS	Single		Honor	MEEK	Single
92	28/11/1804	John	THORNDIKE	Single		Alice	CALVER	Single
93	28/11/1804	James	BRUNDISH	Widower		Ann	THORNDICKE	Single
94	28/11/1804	John	WHITE	Single		Jemima	MILLS	Single
95	07/01/1807	William	BRUNDISH	Widower		Jemima	WHITE	Widow
96	24/05/1808	John	WILSON	Single	Hoxne	Amy	BAYLES	Single
97	12/10/1808	John	HAWES	Single		Rebecca	WARD	Single
98	24/07/1810	William	ALDOUS	Single		Elizabeth	ABLET	Single
99	22/10/1810	John	CALVER	Single		Milleson	DEATH	Widow
100	06/11/1810	John	MOORE	Single		Rachel	FOSTER	Single
101	27/08/1811	Charles	CATLING	Single		Mary	STRUT	Single
102	12/09/1811	Thomas	TYE	Widower		Mary	BORRIT	Single
103	12/09/1811	Thomas	BAYLES	Single	Hoxne	Rebecca	MOORE	Single
104	15/10/1811	William	ROBERTS	Single	Hoxne	Lidia	ALDOUS	Single
105	29/10/1811	Robert	STEGGALL			Lucy	JEFFERYS
106	24/02/1812	James	BROWN		Bungay	Sarah	BUCKINGHAM
107	28/05/1812	John	MUTEMOOR	Single		Mary	TURNER	Single
1	13/10/1813	Phillip	SILLETT	Single		Susan	WHITTON	Single
2	02/11/1813	John	NEWSON	Single		Maria	HAWES	Single
3	11/08/1814	Daniel	BORRETT	Single	Laxfield	Lettice	BAYLES	Single
4	01/12/1814	Thomas	WATLING	Single	Hoxne	Maria	BUCKMAN	Single
5	02/08/1816	William Minter	LING	Single	Eye	Maria	MAYHEW	Single
6	17/10/1816	Samuel	BOLTON	Widower		Mary	BARRETT	Single
7	28/10/1816	John	BUCKINGHAM	Widower		Mary	MOULTON	Single
8	03/12/1816	Jeffery	MILLS	Single		Tamar	NEWMAN	Single
9	30/12/1816	Henry	WHITTON	Single		Maria	BRIDGES	Single
10	16/09/1818	Robert	PRIME	Single		Gemima	GOWING	Single
11	31/05/1819	Robert	WITTON	Single		Mary	CHURCHYARD	Single
12	16/12/1819	David	ROBERTSON	Single		Harriet	BAYLES	Single
13	02/03/1820	John	STOCKS	Single		Lettice	FORSTER	Single
14	28/04/1820	Thomas	BENNET	Single	Wingfield	Martha	MOULTON	Single
15	24/07/1820	Edward	HAWES	Single		Lucy	FILER	Single
16	09/11/1820	John	STEBBENS	Single		Mary	WITTON	Single
17	08/05/1821	William	ROW	Single		Anne	MEENE	Single
18	15/05/1821	John	LAST	Single		Mary Anne	DUNNET	Single
19	22/05/1821	Charles	KERRY	Widower		Anne	ATKINS	Single
20	24/09/1821	John	BARNES	Single		Martha	BOICE		Hoxne
21	09/10/1821	Isaac	DRANE	Single		Elizabeth	THORNDIKE	Single
22	11/06/1822	Elijah	BRIDGE	Single		Lucy	BAYLES	Single
23	16/06/1823	Thomas	HOLMES	Widower		Sarah	ABBOTT	Single
25	05/10/1823	James	STOCKS	Single		Mary	KEMP	Single
24	13/10/1823	James	WATLING	Single		Sarah	MARKWELL	Single
26	21/06/1825	Benjamin	RICHES	Single		Elizabeth	WHITTON
27	12/10/1825	Henry	WITTON	Single		Rebecca	LICENCE	Single	Hoxne
28	12/10/1825	Stephen	WITTON	Single		Lucy	DRANE	Single	Hoxne
29	17/10/1825	William	WITTON	Single		Sarah	MUSK	Single
30	15/11/1825	Charles	COOK	Single	Horham	Rachel	FREESTONE	Single
31	17/12/1825	David	ABBOTT	Widower	Horham	Hannah	SAUNDERS	Single
32	26/12/1825	William	WITTON	Single		Susan	LAST	Single
33	30/05/1826	Robert	BOLTON	Single	Horham	Elizabeth	BAYLES	Single
34	20/07/1826	Edward	WHITE	Single		Mary	BOLDEN	Single
35	20/10/1826	George	PRETTY	Single		Mary	ATKINS	Single
36	02/11/1826	Benjamin	BUCK	Single		Sarah	WHITE	Single
37	30/11/1826	William	BOLTON	Single		Harriet	VINCENT	Single
38	24/09/1827	John	HAWES	Widower		Hannah	BURRY	Single
39	11/03/1828	Robert	ABBOT	Single		Maria	SHIP	Single
40	21/03/1828	James	HAWES	Single		Jane	ALDIS	Single
41	10/04/1829	James	HARVEY	Single	Horham	Rhoda	ELLWOOD	Single
42	12/10/1829	James	HAWES	Single		Ellen	ALDOUS	Single
43	18/11/1829	George	WITHAM	Single	Weybread	Martha	ALDOUS	Single
44	24/11/1829	John	ABBOT	Single		Mary	MUSK	Single	Stradbroke
45	01/12/1829	James	THOMSON	Single		Anne	HAWES	Single
46	19/05/1830	Robert	STANNARD	Single		Harriet	BOLTON	Single
47	04/06/1830	William	ABBOTT	Widower	Southwold	Mary	PASHLEY	Single
48	03/01/1831	John	BARNES	Widower		Hannah	REEVE	Single
49	13/12/1831	James	SOCKS	Widower		Charlotte	HAMMOND	Widow
50	24/01/1832	Charles	WITTON	Single		Mary Anne	FRENCH	Single	Horham
51	27/09/1832	John	WHATLING	Widower		Sarah	MILLS	Single
52	25/12/1832	George	WITTON	Single		Elizabeth	BAILEY	Single
53	23/08/1833	David	WHITE	Single		Mary	FELLINGHAM	Single	Eye
54	02/12/1833	James	ABBOT	Single		Charity	HAWES	Single
55	26/12/1833	John	ALDIS	Single		Elizabeth	RICHES	Single	Hoxne
56	06/01/1834	William	KNIGHTS	Single		Elizabeth	BARRIOT	Single
57	19/03/1834	James	RUMSEY	Widower	Stradbroke	Anne	WARREN	Widow
58	31/03/1834	William	ABBOT	Single		Mary	WITTON		Stradbroke
59	01/12/1834	Edward	ALDUS	Single		Mary	WHATLING	Single
60	02/03/1835	John	MARTIN	Widower	Charsfield	Sophia	CANDLER	Single
61	21/03/1836	Geoffrey	ALDIS	Single		Sarah	BOORE	Single
62	14/06/1837	George	WOODS	Widower	Eye	Mary Ann	THORNDIKE

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