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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Middleton Holy Ghost

 

The Parish

The parish of Middleton lies in southern Westmorland, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Yorkshire. Middleton was created as a chapelry from the greater parish of Kirkby Lonsdale but has been licensed for marriages throughout the period of this transcript. Middleton is located about 4 miles north of its greater neighbour, Kirkby Lonsdale, and is sited on the on the A683 road which links Kirkby Lonsdale with the Yorkshire market town of Sedbergh. Middleton has no real centre to it and is something of a dispersed parish, a few properties line the A683 and the rest are dispersed around the parish as farmsteads and cottages. Middleton sits in the valley bottom of the River Lune and this provides a varied pastoral landscape, cattle in the softer pastures of the floodplain and sheep on the high fells which surround. The Lune is heading southwards to meet the Irish Sea through Morecambe Bay. Middleton is sited at just 70 metres above the sea but hills rise to east and west and local heights top-out at over 600 metres on Calf Top. Middleton parish was extensive, as befits a northern upland parish, it would have covered just over 7,500 acres albeit most were "waste" and supported a population of around 270 parishioners. In Domesday times Middleton was held directly by the King himself but the book does not detail the assets of the parish.


The Church

Holy Ghost church sits on the western side of the A683 marking the notional centre of Middleton parish. The church is not an ancient edifice being built in the 1870s to replace a 17th century predecessor. The church clearly has little of architectural merit as Pevsner dismisses the building in a single line mentioning the nave, chancel and bellcote - the building is built to the Perpendicular style to the design of local architect C. J. Ferguson. The church sits behind a low, local, stone wall and is tight to the roadside in a very open site. There are few obstacles to photography as a result.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 1st June 1754 - 30th November 1812 Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 40/1/2/1
Plain, ruled & margined book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd November 1814 - 2nd May 1837 Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 40/1/2/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads All entries are readable with care despite damage to the spine of the register leading to ragged edges of the pages


Killington All Saints
Sedbergh St Andrew, Yorkshire
Dent St Andrew, Yorkshire
Dent St Andrew, Yorkshire
Killington All Saints
Mansergh St Peter
Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary
Dent St Andrew, Yorkshire
Mansergh St Peter
Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary
Barbon St Bartholomew
Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary
Barbon St Bartholomew
Kirkby Lonsdale 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
01/06/1754 Edward WALMERSLEY   Kirkby Lonsdale Isabel ARMER    
02/06/1754 Thomas GARNETT   Kirkby Lonsdale Mabel RICHARDSON    
10/02/1755 William CULLAN     Agnes CRAGGE    
13/09/1755 Christopher GUY     Millison MASON    
03/05/1757 William YAIRE   Kendal Agnes BAYLIE    
29/05/1757 James SHEPHARD     Jane BAYLIE    
22/04/1758 William WADESON   Barbon Mary WITTON    
26/06/1758 Thomas MEDCALF   Aysgarth, Yorkshire Agnes KNIPE    
31/10/1758 William BAINES     Elizabeth DAWSON    
06/11/1758 Robert FAWCET     Elizabeth RICHARDSON    
20/12/1758 William KNIPE     Margaret GARNETT    
10/02/1760 Robert WHITTINGTON     Mary GREENALL    
11/05/1761 John WILSON     Elizabeth GOSLING    
12/09/1761 John BAYLIS     Anne BARNES    
15/05/1762 Henry ROLTON     Agnes BOWNAS    
19/12/1763 Christopher GUY   Bentham, Yorkshire Agnes BRAITHWAITE    
25/05/1765 Thomas RIGG     Jane WITTON    
22/11/1767 Miles FAWCET   Dent, Yorkshire Jane MASON    
01/10/1768 Thomas BOWNAS     Jane LEIGHTON    
08/05/1770 John WILSON     Elizabeth THIRNBECK    
31/03/1771 John KNIPE     Anne BOWNAS    
01/04/1771 Henry ROBINSON     Dorothy CARTER    
27/07/1771 William MOORE     Agnes THIRNBECK    
11/06/1772 Thomas KENDALL     Catharine BARROW    
05/05/1773 Robert FAWCET   Garsdale, Yorkshire Anne NEWTON    
03/10/1773 Edward GARNETT     Ruth BAYLIE    
29/11/1773 Edward CAPSTICK     Rebecca MOOR    
23/05/1774 Miles BROCKBANK     Margaret THIRNBECK    
18/06/1774 John DAWSON     Agnes WILSON    
03/08/1774 David CARROWDICE     Jane DOWNS    
27/07/1775 George DAVIS     Jane GREY    
20/12/1776 William ALLEN     Elleanor LAETHAM    
07/01/1777 Thomas FARRAH   Hugill Mary ROBINSON    
27/04/1777 Richard LEIGHTON     Mary HANSON    
13/09/1777 Jonathan BECK     Jane DAVIS    
29/09/1778 Thomas ASHBURNER Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire Sarah LOFTHOUSE Single  
04/10/1778 John RUTLEDGE   Barbon Anne LONDON    
02/12/1778 Thomas COULTHART   Brough Elizabeth CARRAWDICE Single  
20/05/1782 James BURTON     Margaret KIRK    
16/03/1783 John MORPHET Single   Jane WINTER Single  
28/04/1783 Robert GARNETT Single Killington Eleanor LOFTHOUSE Single  
03/12/1783 James BAYLIFF     Margaret LOFTHOUSE    
03/12/1783 Thomas LEATHAM     Allice CARRADICE    
07/02/1784 John CARTER Single   Eleanor WILSON Single  
18/04/1784 Richard AIREY     Sarah WILSON    
17/11/1784 Richard METCALF     Ann BAINES Widow  
26/11/1784 John KERSHAW     Isabel CUMIN    
11/12/1784 John BOWMAN     Dorothy BENSON    
21/02/1785 John GELDERD     Anne HUTCHINGSON    
09/05/1785 Robert BOWNAS Single Mansergh Elizabeth GARNETT Single  
27/07/1785 George WILSON     Eleonor LECK Single  
14/11/1785 Roger MOORE     Mary AIREY    
21/08/1786 John CARADICE Widower   Mary SWAIL Widow  
11/09/1787 Robert BAYLIFF   Barbon Ann BATTERSBY Single  
14/10/1788 Richard BOWNAS     Elizabeth FAWCETT    
07/07/1789 William HARRISON   Sedbergh, Yorkshire Sarah SPEDDING    
03/12/1789 Thomas HAYGARTH Single   Dorothy ROBINSON Widow  
25/01/1790 George FAWCETT   Barbon Mary WINSTER Single  
06/09/1790 William ATKINSON Widower   Ann CHIPPINDALE Single  
09/12/1790 George GIBSON   Whitehaven, Cumberland Eleanor KNIPE    
06/03/1791 George KIRK     Jennet RIGG Single  
20/05/1792 John AIREY     Agnes PARK Single Hutton Roof
02/06/1792 Septimus HUCK Widower Barbon Elizabeth HOWSON Single  
03/11/1793 Thomas AIREY   Preston Patrick Ellen BAYLIFF Single  
30/03/1794 William WINSTER     Dorothy BOWNAS Single  
30/04/1794 Thomas SILL     Ann BOWNAS    
15/11/1794 Alan KIRK     Mary KNIPE Single  
23/11/1794 Isaac DAVIS     Elizabeth SIMPKIN Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire
01/06/1797 John FAWCETT     Deborah COULTHWAITE Single  
22/01/1798 Stephen MORPHET     Mary HUTCHINSON Single  
05/02/1798 Thomas WILSON     Ann TAYLOR Single  
20/05/1799 Thomas SHARPE     Jane FLEMING Single  
08/07/1799 John SLEE   Sedbergh, Yorkshire Hannah ATKINSON Single  
11/08/1800 James GARNETT     Ann MASON Single  
25/05/1801 William BOOTHE     Ann SEDDON Single  
27/05/1801 James BAYLIFFE Widower Firbank Agnes SISSON Single  
01/12/1801 David CARADICE     Alice ELWOOD Single Caton, Lancashire
12/12/1801 John CUMMINGS   Mansergh Agnes THIRNBECK Single  
21/03/1802 Thomas BLAND Single Barbon Elizabeth RICHARDSON Single  
28/06/1802 James LEWTHWAITE     Joanna WILSON Single  
07/09/1802 John RAWLINSON Single Kirkby Lonsdale Dorothy KNIPE Single  
11/08/1803 John MASON     Isabella FIRTH Single  
26/11/1803 George BIRKET   Crook Ann THIRNBECK Single  
20/05/1804 John FISHER     Jane BRAITHWAITE Single  
25/06/1804 Luke LECK     Elizabeth WILSON Single  
04/02/1806 Robert WALLER     Margaret BURTON Single  
06/10/1806 William POOLEY   Tunstall, Lancashire Dorothy SAUL Single  
17/11/1806 John MARK Widower Sedbergh, Yorkshire Nancy MOORHOUSE Single  
01/12/1806 Richard BOWNASS Single   Betty MACKWITH Single  
02/12/1806 Thomas SEDDAN Single   Elizabeth THIRNBECK Single  
09/11/1807 John MOORE Single   Elizabeth GATHORNE Single Kirkby Lonsdale
25/04/1808 Thomas KNIPE Single   Sarah KITCHEN Single  
25/08/1808 Thomas BOWNAS Single   Mary THIRNBECK Single  
11/11/1809 John HARRISON Single   Mary HARRISON Single  
23/02/1811 John WALKER Single Hawes, Yorkshire Mary CARADICE Single  
08/08/1811 John WILSON Single   Elizabeth BOWNAS Single  
03/02/1812 George DAVISON Single Burton In Kendal Betty AIREY Single  
30/11/1812 John BRAITHWAITE   Mansergh Jane MOREHOUSE Single  
1 03/11/1814 James ATKINSON Single   Nancy BURTON Single  
2 13/12/1814 Miles MOREHOUSE Widower   Margaret BARNICK Single  
4 18/11/1816 Thomas SEDGWICK Single   Alice BAINE Single  
5 03/12/1816 William SEDGWICK Single   Jane WINSTER Single  
6 24/11/1817 Richard GARTH Single   Mary AIREY Single  
7 24/12/1817 James SIMPSON Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire Jane HAYHURST Single  
8 16/05/1818 Roger BARROW Single Ulverston, Lancashire Mary BOWNAS Single  
9 09/11/1818 George STIRZAKER Single Barbon Mary CARADICE Single  
10 31/05/1819 John ELLISON Single Barbon Ann YOUNG Single  
11 29/12/1819 Thomas CAPSTICK Single   Jane KENDAL Single  
13 23/04/1821 William KNIPE Single   Agnes BOWNAS Single  
14 29/10/1821 John GREENWOOD Single Dent, Yorkshire Ann KIRK Single  
15 12/11/1821 James COWPER Single   Margaret PARKER Single  
16 06/05/1822 John THRILFORTH Single   Ann DAWSON Single  
17 14/10/1822 Jeremiah FOSTER Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire Mary LONG Single  
19 14/06/1823 John KITCHEN Single   Isabella AIREY Single  
20 29/11/1823 Alexander REMMINGTON Widower Ingleton, Yorkshire Agnes SCOTT Single  
21 15/12/1823 John KILVINGTON Single Manchester, Lancashire Margaret THIRNBECK Single  
22 26/01/1824 William THIRNBECK Single   Anne KIRK Single  
23 02/03/1824 Christopher THIRNBECK Single   Elizabeth HAYHURST Single  
24 26/12/1825 Thomas CHAMLEY Single   Mary SHARPE Single  
25 04/02/1826 Mark GABBERT Single Barbon Sarah AIREY Single  
26 20/05/1826 John CRAWFORD Single   Mary BAINE Single  
27 18/11/1826 John MACKERETH Single   Elizabeth WINSTER Single  
28 27/02/1827 William PRESTON Single Kirkby Lonsdale Margaret KNIPE Single  
29 23/06/1828 John Corry NICHOLSON Single Melling By Tunstall, Lancashire Mabel MOORHOUSE Single  
30 30/06/1828 Christopher HODGSON Single Whittington, Lancashire Mary SHEPHERD Single  
31 18/09/1828 Richard BOOKER Single Bolton Margaret KIRK Single  
32 08/04/1829 Christopher GIBSON Single Kendal Margaret KENDAL Single  
33 19/08/1829 Thomas BOWNAS Single   Mabel COULTHWAITE Single  
34 06/05/1830 James HARRISON Single Barbon Eleanor KIRK Single  
35 25/11/1830 Arthur ROBINSON Single Barbon Jane RIGG Single  
36 01/01/1831 William DODD Single   Mary ROBINSON Single  
37 01/02/1831 John CARRADUS Single Kendal Mary SEDDON Single  
38 12/02/1831 John BRIGGS Single Kirkby Lonsdale Jane BOWNAS Single  
39 07/06/1831 Brian FAWCETT Single   Isabella HUNTER Single Tunstall, Lancashire
40 03/12/1831 Roger JACKSON Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire Ann FAWCETT Single  
41 22/12/1832 George DINSDALE Single   Jane WILSON Single  
42 14/08/1833 Robert WARRINER Single   Margaret KIRK Single  
43 05/09/1833 William Lister ISAAC Single Pirton, Worcestershire Mary MOORE Single  
44 11/02/1834 Richard BOWNAS Single   Mary KIRK Single  
45 15/05/1834 John ROBINSON Single Hawes, Yorkshire Alice CARRADIUS Single  
46 15/11/1834 James WINSTER Single   Elizabeth BURTON Single  
47 26/03/1835 James ATKINSON Single   Mary NELSON Single  
48 09/05/1835 John FEARENSIDE Single Burton In Kendal Deborah FAWCETT Single  
49 13/06/1835 Thomas WINSTER Single   Ellen CANLEY Single  
50 31/08/1836 Herbert KENDAL Single   Elizabeth SHARPLES Single Sedbergh, Yorkshire
51 22/10/1836 Gilbert BATESON Single Bentham, Yorkshire Agnes RIGG    
52 08/04/1837 Thomas WOOD Single   Mary SEDDON Single  
53 02/05/1837 William MASON Single Kirkby Lonsdale Alice RIGG Single  

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