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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Moreton Morrell Holy Cross

 

The Parish

The parish of Moreton Morrell lies in southern Warwickshire about 8 miles east of the historic town of Stratford upon Avon. Moreton Morrell sits about a half mile west of the B4455 road, which follows the ancient Roman Road of Fosse Way, a road which carves its way between the environs of Shipston on Stour through to near Coventry, all the while avoiding major centres of population. Moreton Morrell is a crossroads settlement largely built along the three lanes that form its centre, a "T" junction fronting the grounds of its eponymous hall. turned in more recent times to an educational facility. Like most rural parishes Moreton Morrell was essentially a farming community, here a mixed regime would have been in place, that farming income being supplemented by small-scale limestone quarrying for building & road-stone. Moreton Morrell is drained westwards the short distance to join the nearby Avon, that river runs through Stratford upon Avon to meet the Severn and thence to the sea through the Bristol Channel. Moreton Morrell is sited at around 70 metres above the ground and sits on the spring-line below a knoll of limestone which rises to local heights of almost 120 metres. Moreton Morrell was fairly typically sized for this area, covering close to 1,600 acres it would have supported a population of close to 250 parishioners. In Domesday times Moreton Morrell was a modest holding of the Count of Meulan offering 11 ploughs and a small meadow.


The Church

Holy Cross church sits a few hundred yards south of the main part of the village on the western side of Duffus Hill. Whilst Holy Cross is undoubtedly medieval in origin there is very little of that era remaining after a thorough series of restorations and rebuilding. Pevsner identifies the basal portion of the western tower along with the northern doorway as Perpendicular remnants whilst he reserves judgement on the medieval walls of the nave. Interestingly a Norman lintel and part of a tympanum were found in the grounds indicative of perhaps much earlier origins. A series of restorations and rebuilds began as early as 1810 when most windows of the nave were remodelled, this was followed by further work in 1886 & 1896 saw re-seating of the nave and addition of a northern porch. The upper portion of that western tower was rebuilt in brick during the Georgian restoration and was finally replaced as recently as 1967 by today's stone topping. Duffus Hill is sufficiently broad to allow parking outside the gates, the churchyard is behind a low local stone wall with metal gates at the northern end allowing entry. Whilst there are reasonable views of the church there is insufficient depth to the churchyard for a full landscape view from the favoured southeastern aspect.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
1754 - 1772



It would appear that the register for this period is missing and there are no extant BTs so all marriages which occurred have been lost to history
2 30th August 1773 - 23rd December 1812 Warwickshire County Record Office - Reference - DR0186/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page 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
3 13th October 1813 - 9th June 1836 Warwickshire County Record Office - Reference - DR0186/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Newbold Pacey St George
Newbold Pacey St George
Newbold Pacey St George
Newbold Pacey St George
Wellesbourne St Peter
Lighthorne St Lawrence
Wellesbourne St Peter
Wellesbourne St Peter
Lighthorne St Lawrence

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 30/08/1773 Thomas ALLBERRY Barbara FRANKTON
2 01/11/1774 William BLACKWELL Single Lighthorne Alice TIME
3 01/11/1774 William DICKINS Elizabeth MEACOCK
4 23/01/1776 Job WINCOT Widower Pillerton Priors Elizabeth MALINS Widow
5 15/07/1776 Thomas PHILLIPS Mary KEMP
6 20/01/1777 Thomas HARDIMAN Ettington Elizabeth STANFORD
7 03/06/1777 John WILLOUGHBY Wellesbourne Hannah HORTON
8 01/10/1777 Thomas ROSE Single Newbold Pacey Hannah WIMBUSH Single
9 12/10/1778 Francis WELLS Mary MEACOCK Single
10 03/12/1778 John GILLET Ufton Lucy SLADE Single
11 15/02/1779 James DUNKLEY Sarah MUCKLEY Widow
12 07/04/1779 William WORRAL Lighthorne Hannah EDWARDS Single
13 15/05/1780 Daniel BLAKEMAN Whitnash Mary RANDAL Single
14 26/12/1782 William IVINS Single Mary EALES Single
15 02/10/1783 Benjamin POWEL Single Rachel GRIMMIT Single
16 19/04/1784 Daniel PRICE Sarah TUCKEY Single
17 11/10/1784 David LANSTONE Easter OWEN Single
18 17/10/1784 Thomas GREEN Ann REEVE Single
19 22/12/1784 Joseph SPIRES Exhall By Coventry Elizabeth WILKINS Single
20 11/10/1785 Thomas HUGHES Martha TIPLAR Single
21 12/10/1785 Daniel HAZLEWOOD Wellesbourne Bridget EALS Single
22 30/10/1785 Richard JAMES Ann POWELL
24 30/08/1786 John ROSE Ilmington Ann SMITH
23 13/11/1786 Thomas WEST Sarah SUTTON
25 12/12/1787 Henry GOLDBY Elizabeth LOCK
26 01/03/1788 Christopher ROSE Ilmington Elizabeth SPARKES
27 22/06/1789 William EDWARDS Gaydon Sarah BARRITT Single
28 29/06/1789 Joseph RAWBONE Priscilla ARKELL Widow
29 12/10/1789 John WHITE Sarah DUNKLEY Widow
30 23/10/1790 John LOCK Mary TIMS
31 02/04/1793 Thomas IVINS Widower Lighthorne Mary OLORENSHAW
32 18/04/1793 Charles WEBB Sarah HARPER
33 19/11/1793 William CAPPER Ann SPRAGGET Single
34 23/04/1794 John SPRAGGET Elizabeth LAWRENCE Newbold Pacey
35 22/05/1794 Charles MANN Lighthorne Nancy WHITE
36 21/10/1794 James COX Elisabeth RAINBOW Single
37 11/01/1796 Samuel PRATT Single Rhoda JENNINGS Single
38 25/04/1796 Thomas GREENWAY Single Sarah HIRONS Single
39 08/03/1797 Richard HAYNES Handsworth, Staffordshire Elizabeth HERBERT Single
40 16/09/1797 Thomas WARD Abby SOUTHAM Single
41 12/02/1798 Job WINCOTE Single Mary TASKER Single
41 20/06/1798 John BEASLEY Single Long Itchington Elizabeth WIGHT Single
42 06/08/1798 Job WINCOTE Single Sarah HUMPHRIES Single
43 22/08/1798 William TOMPKIN Kineton Catherine HERBERT
44 03/09/1798 Thomas ROSE Cubbington Elizabeth HOLBERRY Single
45 11/10/1798 David ROUS Anne HARDWAY Single
46 13/10/1798 Samuel BRIDGES Anne STEPHENS Single
47 06/05/1799 Thomas CURTIS Barford Ann PHILLIPS Single
48 28/01/1800 James OLDHAM Single Southam Elizabeth OLORENSHAW Single
49 26/05/1800 Richard PLESTER Single Mary HARPER Single
50 09/09/1800 Thomas ABBOTTS Kineton Elizabeth AVERN
51 15/02/1801 Thomas LAPWORTH Mary WHITE Bishops Tachbrook
52 20/05/1801 William HURLESTON Ufton Ann WIGHT
53 13/10/1801 George FRANKLIN Whitnash Ann KNIGHT
54 10/08/1802 William OLORENSHAW Birmingham Elizabeth IVINS
55 23/06/1804 George EVANS Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire Sarah WIGHT
56 19/05/1807 George BAKER Wellesbourne Sarah POWEL
57 14/11/1808 Richard PADBERRY Maria KINGS
58 13/12/1808 William GEAIL Martha SMITH
59 20/04/1809 Richard HAWKES Widower Ann WILLIAMS Single
60 22/08/1809 James FIELD Single Avon Dassett Phoebe ROSE
61 18/09/1809 William VERNEY Sarah HART Lighthorne
62 23/10/1809 William DODD Mary MALIN
63 22/11/1809 George EYRE Newbold Pacey Ann IVINS
64 26/03/1810 Thomas HOLYOAKE Tardebigge, Worcestershire Eleanor WIGHT Single
65 19/11/1810 Moses POWEL Widower Sarah GREENWAY Widow
66 04/11/1811 Thomas BLACKWELL Hannah POWELL
67 29/11/1811 William DOVE Sarah RUSSEL
68 10/08/1812 William MANN Mary BALDWIN Ettington
69 23/08/1812 Joseph PREN Widower Wellesbourne Elizabeth ROBBINS Single
70 17/10/1812 James REZIN Single Ettington Ann WORNER
71 23/11/1812 William GRANT Single Mary WHITE Single
72 23/12/1812 Joseph WOOD Single Mary HOPPER Single
1 13/10/1813 William ARNOLD Butlers Marston Elizabeth SPRAGGETT Single
2 02/11/1813 William BERRY Charlotte ROSE Single
3 31/01/1815 William HEMS Ann CUPPER Single
4 15/11/1815 William HALL Single Butlers Marston Kezia IVINS Single
5 29/09/1817 Richard HORTON Single Sophia FRANKTON Single
7 14/10/1817 John COOK Hannah BEERE Newbold Pacey
8 28/10/1817 Thomas WARD Single Anne HOBBINS St Nicholas, Warwick
6 05/10/1818 William WINCOAT Single Mary HOLTOM
9 24/11/1818 Samuel BINNS Single St Philip, Birmingham Anne SPRAGGETT Single
10 03/02/1819 John WEBB Single Mary RUSSELL Single Hornton, Oxfordshire
11 16/03/1819 Thomas KIBLER Single Ann ADAMS Single
12 12/10/1819 John AREISS Single Elizabeth LEDBROKE Single
13 08/11/1819 James SMITH Single Mary POWELL Single
14 27/12/1820 Isaac DODD Single Charlotte KINGS Single
15 19/08/1823 William CONSTABLE Butlers Marston Hannah ROBINS
16 27/04/1824 Joseph HOLTOM Single Ann ROBINS Single
17 05/04/1825 William CAPPER Single Sarah LAMB Single
18 07/11/1825 Benjamin COOK Single Hannah LAPWORTH Single
19 19/11/1827 John TYSOE Single Mary ROSE Single
20 13/01/1829 Edward GREENWAY Single Charlotte HAMMOND Widow
21 10/07/1830 George JOHNSON Single Abigail HANDY Single
22 12/02/1833 Joseph WINCOT Emily Anne WILLIAMS
23 12/12/1833 Thomas MANN Single Chesterton Sarah Ann IVENS Single
24 29/01/1834 William PHILPOTT Single Rachel BLACKWELL Single
25 03/03/1835 John RICHARDSON Hannah ALLIBAND
26 07/07/1835 John PAGE Widower Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire Elizabeth HUTCHINS Single
27 21/09/1835 George CLARK Lyddia BUTCHER
28 12/11/1835 Henry HOPKINS Single Rinah IRONS Single
29 21/01/1836 Richard CAPPER Single Hannah WINCOTT Single
30 09/06/1836 George HIRONS Single Wellesbourne Sarah Ann MANN Single

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