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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
East Wittering The Assumption

 

The Parish

The parish of East Wittering lies in the extreme southwest of Sussex forming a stretch of the county's English Channel coastline. East Wittering is located roughly 6 miles southwest of the city of Chichester and sits at the end of the B2198 which, together with the A286 links it with the city. East Wittering is a much changed place, expanded significantly following the Victorian enthusiasm for sea-bathing. Old maps reveal a small village clustered around today's Royal Oak Inn which an  extension to the coastline and a further cluster gathered around the village's church a half-mile inland. Today East Wittering is something of a mixture of bungalows, chalets and caravans stretching along the coast for almost 2 miles. At the time of this transcript East Wittering would have been a simple farming community exploiting the grazing marshes for cattle with cereals on drier land. As a coastal community numerous small drains take water to the nearby English Channel. All of the properties in East Wittering sit below 5 metres above the sea and that height is only marginally exceeded for many miles across a flat landscape. Ar just 1,000 acres East Wittering parish was towards the smaller end of the Sussex' scale that acreage supporting a population of around 250 parishioners. In Domesday times East Wittering was a holding of the Bishop of Chichester offering 8 ploughs, pastures and a mill as typical rural settlement assets.


The Church

The Assumption sits a half mile from today's kiss-me-quick sea-front on Church Farm Lane and accompanied by a small cluster of farms and cottages. The church has been closed for worship and is today managed by a conservation charity who are actively repairing the fabric over time. Today's work is not the first time the church has been thoroughly repaired, a restoration of 1875 being a very thorough job too. The restorers were working upon an ancient structure, the walls of the nave and the southern doorway are dated to the 12th century and are Norman Romanesque in style. Slightly later and 13th century is the chancel arch, an Early English Gothic structure which separates nave and chancel. Much else of the fabric and the windows dates from that late-Victorian intervention of 1875. Outside the churchyard the narrow Church Farm Lane is widened to permit a car or two to safely park. The church is hugged by trees from the western end all of the way around the north to the northeastern corner by close set trees but thankfully, for the photographer, the favoured aspects are available albeit the edges of the churchyard sit rather close in a compact setting.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
18th January 1756 - 13th November 1812
West Sussex Record Office - Reference - Par212/1/1/4
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
2 2nd March 1813 - 14th January 1837 West Sussex Record Office - Reference - Par212/1/3/1 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads
None


West Wittering St Peter & St Paul
Birdham St James
Birdham St James
West Wittering St Peter & St Paul
Earnley


Earnley

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 18/01/1756 Thomas FAITH

Mary SHERRINGTON

2 26/04/1756 Henry FRANCIS
Earnley Elizabeth HARDING

3 09/06/1756 Henry GOSELLMOR

Mary WARNER

4 21/11/1756 John FAITH Widower
Lydia PRIOR Single
5 04/12/1757 Richard LILLIOT
North Hayling, Hampshire Elizabeth BRANSBURY

6 03/01/1760 William FRENCH
Earnley Mary MARTIN

7 13/05/1761 John DEWEY Single Bosham Anne LOCKYER

8 12/10/1762 Thomas LATTER
Selsey Mary READ

9 27/01/1763 George DUNHAM

Susanna PRYOR

10 30/06/1763 William COVERLEY
Chichester Elizabeth PRYOR

11 13/05/1764 George FAROW

Susanna MANT

12 10/06/1764 William SHARP

Sarah CROUCHER

13 12/02/1765 William SNOW

Mary GOLD

14 16/04/1765 Thomas BRIDGER
Sidlesham Mary PRIOR

23/06/1768 James GEERE
Henfield Ann HARDING Single
01/11/1768 John WALKER Single
Ann LIGHT

14/08/1769 Thomas SANDERS
Birdham Mary HAMMON

28/06/1770 James RUSSELL

Elizabeth HARRIS

14/10/1770 Robert QUICK

Sara PRIOR

09/06/1771 John CARDY
Chichester Mary CUTEMOOR

03/08/1771 Thomas DUKE Single Selsey Martha MENNER

03/11/1771 George FAROW

Mary TAYLOR

02/12/1771 John EARWICKER
West Wittering Elizabeth LAWRENCE

30/01/1772 Richard HAMMON

Mary WINTCOTT

21/04/1772 Thomas VENGAM

Sarah FINCH

04/02/1773 Joseph BOOKER

Elizabeth PHILIPS

01/12/1775 William DYER Widower
Elizabeth APPS Widow
01/09/1776 Philip REED
Birdham Ann DROVER

11/10/1777 Edward EWEN

Mary PEACHEY

19/04/1778 Richard SHARP
Sidlesham Elizabeth TADD

21/04/1778 Jacob ROBERTS
St Peter The Great, Chichester Susannah PAVETT

09/11/1778 James LAVINGTON

Elizabeth DYER

21/04/1779 Henry CURTIS Single Farlington, Hampshire Lucy WHEELER Single
26/07/1779 John FAITH Single Earnley Elizabeth HAMMOND Single
04/11/1779 Henry TURNER Single
Elizabeth DUMPER Single
15/06/1780 John JENKINS Widower
Sarah BARBER

30/01/1781 William BISHOP

Elizabeth LOCKYEAR
Birdham
15/03/1781 Thomas NORMAN Single Selsey Elizabeth FAITH Single
11/03/1782 Thomas BUSSEY

Elizabeth OUTEN

14/03/1782 John BARNES
Earnley Mary GRANT

27/11/1783 Edward GREEN

Elizabeth BUCK

01/06/1784 Henry HEATH

Anne PEACHEY

15/09/1784 William HORNER

Jane TOBEY

23/01/1785 James LAMBETH

Sarah JAMES

15/04/1785 William GILHAM Single Sidlesham Lydia FAITH Single
17/05/1785 Richard BENNET
Sidlesham Sarah CROUCHER

26/10/1786 John BOUND

Anne SMITHER

06/08/1787 William HAINS

Grace MAYE

19/10/1787 Barzillai FORDER Single Earnley Mary FAITH Single
15/03/1790 Thomas BENNETT
Sidlesham Sarah COBBY

12/09/1790 Robert SYMONDS Single West Wittering Bett HELLYER Single
23/12/1791 John STONER

Hannah PARR

27/02/1792 William WATTS

Mary HUGHES

29/01/1793 Thomas SAUNDERS

Ruth DEAR

20/07/1794 William POCOCK

Sarah BRIANT

18/09/1794 Thomas LINNEY Widower West Wittering Grace HAINES Widow
06/10/1794 Richard JAMES

Frances AYLING

09/04/1795 George BARBER Single
Sarah HILLYER Single
12/05/1795 George BRIDGER
Selsey Anne BAIL

11/10/1796 James COUZENS

Kezia MORGAN

27/10/1796 John WELLS

Jane HART

09/10/1797 George KINCH

Grace WILLIS

25/08/1798 James WILLIS

Anne BARNETT

13/05/1802 John BRIDGER Single Pagham Sarah STAKER Single
12/12/1802 Matthew HALL Single
Elizabeth WILLIS Single
15/09/1803 Robert WOODMAN Single West Wittering Ann HELLYER Single
13/04/1804 Arthur STRUDWICK Single
Julia WOODS Widow
25/05/1804 Henry FARINDEN Single
Julia WEST Single
14/05/1805 Henery HAMMOND Single
Sarah BARNES Single
11/08/1805 James MOOREY
West Wittering Mary KINGSBERRY

19/12/1805 Charles HARRIS
Donnington Amy HELLYER

06/04/1806 Thomas IDE
West Wittering Mary HOPKINS

22/07/1806 Joseph JUPP
West Wittering Frances HELLYER

07/10/1806 Thomas COMBES Widower Bosham Ann FRENCH Widow
24/12/1806 James SPARKS

Sarah HAMMOND

15/08/1807 Charles MINNEO

Grace KENCH

20/10/1807 George COLLINS

Elizabeth SPARKS

27/07/1808 George LOVELAND

Kitty HAMMOND

11/10/1809 James REDMAN Widower
Jane HORNER Widow
15/10/1809 William BRIDGER Single
Ann FLORANCE Single
25/11/1809 George IDE Single West Wittering Charlotte HOPKINS Single
29/01/1810 John CREES Single
Mary Ann HALSEY Single
11/07/1810 John ASHWORTH
St Marylebone, Middlesex Mary STAKER Single
25/02/1811 William CLEAR
Sidlesham Anne HAINES

21/10/1811 William BARTLETT
Sidlesham Mary WILLIS

26/01/1812 Charles COMER Single Gosport, Hampshire Mary CLAYTON Single
28/03/1812 Henry HERMAN

Rebecca GRAY

26/07/1812 William TILLY
West Itchenor Frances JAMES Single
15/10/1812 George BIGNALL Single Westbourne Sarah COMBES Single
13/11/1812 James SMITH

Jane SCOT

1 02/03/1813 John HOMER
Sidlesham Charlotte PHAROAH

2 16/05/1813 William TUPPER
Birdham Ann CHASE

3 26/09/1813 Henry SMITH Single
Amelia COMBES Single
4 20/10/1814 James TURNER Single
Mary Ann KNAPP Single
5 26/07/1815 William GRANT Widower
Hannah OSMOND Widow Donnington
6 09/09/1815 James BAIL
Sidlesham Ruth SAUNDERS

7 11/09/1815 Richard BARBER Single
Martha VENUS Single Sidlesham
8 07/03/1816 Charles OSMOND Single
Hannah BECKETT Single
9 10/11/1817 John AYLING Single
Varstey HILL Single
10 29/12/1817 George COLEBROOK Single North Hayling, Hampshire Charlotte BACON Single
11 15/02/1820 Edmund WOODLAND Single Sidlesham Mary Ann FRANCIS Single
12 15/04/1820 Robert COBBY Single Birdham Harriet DEAR Single
13 31/07/1820 Charles CHALLEN Single
Sarah FLUDDER Single
14 24/02/1821 Henry SAPP Single
Letsy MILLS Single Earnley
15 12/12/1824 William HARRIES Single West Wittering Harriet REDMAN Single
16 25/12/1825 James POAT Single
Sarah SAUNDERS Single
17 15/06/1826 William Mountifield GRAY Single
Louisa TURNER Single
18 17/05/1827 James CREES Single
Harriet HAINES Single
19 20/10/1827 George TURNER Single
Sarah FAROW Single
20 26/05/1829 Charles FAROW Single
Harriet VENUS Single
21 23/02/1830 William HAINES Widower West Wittering Elizabeth BARNES Single
22 01/11/1831 Henry HOPKINS Widower
Sarah SIVYER Widow
23 16/04/1833 James SEXTON Single
Sarah IDE Single
24 12/09/1833 Stephen HARDING Single
Mary ELLIOTT Single
25 21/10/1833 James FRENCH Single
Anna WELLS Single
26 24/10/1833 George IDE Single
Jane COBBY Single
27 07/11/1835 John ARNOLD Single
Elizabeth QUELL Single
28 14/08/1836 Thomas KNAPP Single
Lucy ZUEL Single
29 08/10/1836 John FRANCIS Single Sidlesham Ann SOPP Single
30 07/11/1836 Henry PALMER Single
Abigail JOHNSTON Single
31 14/01/1837 William CARTER Single Pagham Sarah TUESLEY Single

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