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

 

The Parish

The parish of Titsey lies in the extreme east of Surrey and forms a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Kent. Titsey is located about 8 miles west of the Kent market town of Sevenoaks and sits on the B269 road which links Croydon with Limpsfield at the foot of the steep escarpment of the North Downs. Titsey is an estate village dominated by the grounds and land of Titsey Place with its 18th century brick mansion, as a closed parish with most land in the hands of a single landholder inbound migration was discouraged and no formal village was formed. A small group of properties at and east of the church is all that could be constituted as a "village". Titsey's economy would have been intimately tied to the affairs of the estate, roughly 50% of the parish acreage set to arable with a sizable portion in woodland management and a small example of that Kent speciality hop growing, in addition the chalk of the North Downs was exploited to produce high quality lime from the quarries embedded into Botley Hill. Modern developments have intruded on this rural enclave as the modern M25 motorway carves its way through the southern portion of Titsey parish. Titsey is drained southwards by small headwaters of the infant River Eden which eventually turns eastwards to meet the Medway at Penshurst, here matters turn back north and the Medway meets the outer Thames estuary and eventually the North Sea. Titsey church is sited at around 140 metres with the escarpment looming high above rising to a local spot height of 267 metres in a dramatic skyline. Titsey parish was fairly typically sized for this area, covering just over 1,900 acres it would have supported a population of around 200 parishioners. Unusually Titsey in Domesday times had a substantial population sufficient to register as one of the largest 20% of settlements recorded in the book, the manor's assets, held by Haimo the sheriff, were, however, relatively meagre at just 9 ploughs and a meadow.


The Church

St James' church sits on the eastern side of the B369, here named Titsey Hill, at its junction with Pilgrim's Lane, a name reflecting the pilgrims who used this route as part of their pilgrimage to Canterbury. The present church is the third such edifice to sit upon this site, the medieval version was, sadly, demolished during the period of this transcript, in 1776 and its replacement, in turn, also removed to make way for today's church. This version post-dates the transcription period so would not be recognised by these participants. This church was erected almost as a chapel-cum-mausoleum for the late Granville Leveson-Gower in 1861 and is a rather aggressive example of late-Victorian church building. The main entrance is on the B369 but it is strongly recommended that parking should be sought in Pilgrim's Lane as the road is fast and busy. The churchyard is set well above road height with a hand-rail guided double-flight of steps rising to a lychgate for entry. The churchyard is very compact with little space to exploit the southeastern aspect making for a challengingly small set of angles available to the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 3rd November 1754 - 5th August 1811 Surrey History Centre - Reference - P12/1/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads The latter stages of this register has very challenging handwriting which could result in some misreads
2 24th April 1815 - 28th November 1836 Surrey History Centre - Reference - P12/1/4 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 Whilst there is some improvement in the handwriting it is still sufficiently challenging to warrant a caveat as to the possibility of one or two misreads


Chelsham St Leonard
Cudham St Peter & St Paul, Kent
Tatsfield St Mary
Oxted St Mary
Limpsfield St Peter
Tatsfield St Mary
Limpsfield St Peter
Limpsfield St Peter
Tatsfield 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 03/11/1754 John DAVIS

Mabell POCOCK Single
2 12/10/1755 Edward TICKENER

Sarah TRUMMEL

3 07/11/1756 William WELLER
Oxted Elizabeth HADSELL Single
4 30/12/1756 Thomas STILES Single
Mary WAKELIN Single
5 23/10/1757 John POWELL Single Chelsham Mary DOROSE Single
6 06/02/1758 William DOD Single
Margaret CUCKSEY Widow
7 01/05/1758 Thomas GREEN Single
Sarah STRATTON Single
8 16/01/1759 William ORANE Single
Thomasine COVELL Single
9 19/04/1762 William STEAR Single
Mary LAURENCE Single
10 04/12/1763 Robert CORNISH Single Addington Mary SIMMONDS Single
11 24/04/1764 William DOD Widower
Mabell DAVIS Widow
12 16/07/1764 William WITHERS Single
Anne LEVET Single
13 14/02/1765 William DEAN

Elizabeth HASWELL

14 13/05/1765 John QUITTENTON Single
Mary DOD Single
15 14/10/1765 John WICKHAM Single
Esther SIMMONDS

16 15/12/1767 William BAKER Single
Mary REYNOLDS Single
17 16/10/1768 Edward BUTCHER Single
Elizabeth LISNEY Single
18 01/04/1769 Thomas PEAK Single
Elizabeth REEVES Single
19 15/06/1769 Arnold BRASIER Widower Cowden, Kent Anne CHITTY Widow
20 19/03/1770 William LANSLER Single Westerham, Kent Frances LISNEY Single
21 03/11/1774 William DEAN Widower
Mary JACKSON Single Cudham, Kent
23 23/10/1776 Robert FREMAN
Limpsfield Elizabeth STEER

22 23/04/1777 George HARDING Single Limpsfield Hannah LOCK Single
24 29/10/1778 William HALE Widower Limpsfield Sarah YOUNG Single
25 29/03/1779 John DEVINE Single Chelsham Martha STRATTON Single
26 06/04/1779 Thomas CLEMENTS Single Warlingham Sarah STEER Single
27 16/11/1779 William LISNEY Single
Sarah QUITTENTON Single
28 02/10/1781 John STRATTON Single
Sarah TICKENER Widow Limpsfield
29 21/04/1783 Richard QUITTENTON Single
Susannah LISNEY Single
30 13/02/1787 James STONE Widower Westerham, Kent Esther WICKHAM Widow
31 28/05/1787 George PESCUD Single
Mary QUITTENTON Single
32 31/05/1788 Thomas PESCUD Single
Elizabeth KING Single
33 23/11/1788 John OUTTRIM Single Limpsfield Hannah QUITTENTON Single
34 21/02/1789 William BASSET Single Chelsham Susannah QUITTENTON Single
35 21/06/1790 James CHIPPIN Single
Hannah COMFORT Single
36 06/04/1792 Henry LOVELAND Single
Hannah SKELTON Single
37 19/11/1792 John BALDWIN Single
Philadelphia HATTON Widow
38 01/12/1792 Thomas TREE Single Limpsfield Susannah BAKER Single
39 10/04/1795 Charles QUITTENTON Single
Mary PALMER Single
40 05/01/1796 William SPATCHET Single
Lucy BAKER Widow
41 23/12/1796 John WINTER Single
Elizabeth HAYLER Single
42 21/02/1797 Thomas WOOD Widower Tatsfield Jane RUSSELL Single
43 10/06/1797 James PEARCE Single
Sarah LANSLET Single
44 04/02/1799 John RAY Single
Mary KING Single
45 15/06/1801 George BOOKHAM Single
Mary SEAL Single
46 12/10/1802 John HARLAND Single
Harriet JENNER Single
47 02/11/1802 John BURLEY Single
Elizabeth LEDGER Single
48 07/11/1802 Charles SMITH Single
Amey BEVIN Widow
49 01/05/1803 Richard WINTER Single
Sarah SMITH Single
50 02/05/1803 Richard BURLEY Single
Jane SALES Single
51 05/06/1803 Thomas GOODWIN Single
Dinah KETTLE Single
52 06/05/1805 John DALES Single
Rebecca MITCHNELL Single
53 09/01/1806 John BEAUMONT Widower
Catharine SNEAD Widow
54 04/10/1806 John GILBERT Single
Elizabeth BORER Single
55 04/05/1807 Isaac PECKHAM Single
Sarah TILMAN Single
56 06/05/1807 George WOOD Single
Fanny YOUNG Single
57 29/06/1807 George SMITH Single
Elizabeth WOOD Single
58 30/08/1807 Samuel WOOD Widower
Mary GATHER Single
59 05/10/1807 William SMITH Single
Lydia PALMER Single
60 05/10/1807 William WINN Single
Mary FULLER Single
61 07/05/1808 Thomas REEVES

Elizabeth SAKER

62 09/01/1809 Thomas PALMER Single
Mary WOOD Single
63 14/01/1809 Charles SIDNEY Single
Lucy POPE Single
64 23/12/1809 William WELLS Single Faringdon, Berkshire Mary Ann TOMBS Single
65 08/05/1810 Richard DEVINE Single Woldingham Sarah LISNEL Single
66 05/08/1811 James VENEL Single
Susanna MILES Single
7 24/04/1815 Thomas HUMPHREY
Tandridge Jane SMITH

8 22/05/1815 William MEADHURST
Limpsfield Elizabeth PESCUD

9 22/06/1815 Richard SALES
Limpsfield Fanny BAKER

10 02/11/1818 Benjamin HOOK Single
Jane DREW Single Westerham, Kent
11 12/10/1819 George POPLETT Single
Jane WARTON Single
12 03/07/1823 Edmond SUTTON Single Westerham, Kent Elizabeth WINTER Single
13 06/04/1824 John GOARD Single
Sarah HOLMDEN Single
14 06/04/1826 Stephen BEAGLEY Single Tatsfield Mary PESCUD Single
15 16/07/1827 Richard SHEARMAN Single
Ann BASSETT Widow Limpsfield
16 05/03/1829 Robert ANDERSON Widower Broadwater, Sussex Frances HEATHER Single
17 06/07/1829 James SUTTON Single
Harriet EVANS Single
18 03/10/1829 James JOHNSON Single Bermondsey Mary ANDREW Single
19 17/10/1829 George LISNEY Single
Sarah LOVELAND Single
20 17/10/1829 Edward BASSETT Single
Emma JUPP Single
21 12/10/1830 Richard WINTER

Sarah LOVELAND

22 03/09/1831 Thomas ARGHENT Single
Jane POPLETT Widow
23 12/10/1831 William PATTENDEN Single
Lucy WINTER

24 21/10/1832 Thomas LISNEY Single
Sophia BURKIN Widow
25 06/09/1834 Edward LOVELAND Single
Elizabeth RICHARDS Single
26 08/03/1835 Elias Chalton JONSON Single
Sarah LISNEY Single
27 17/10/1835 Thomas Spenser INGRAM Single
Lucy FENNELL Single
28 05/03/1836 James GALLOWAY Single
Louisa FIRMAGER Single
29 05/03/1836 John FIRMAGER Single
Louisa KING Single
30 28/11/1836 James WATSON

Harriet HATFIELD

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