Easton Grey

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Easton Grey

The Parish

The parish of Easton Grey lies in the extreme northwest of the county of Wiltshire, the parish forms part of the county boundary with neighbouring Gloucestershire. The village is situated about 3 miles west of the market town of Malmesbury on the B4040 road which links Malmesbury to a string of villages along the valley of the River Avon. Easton Grey is about 100 metres above sea level on the northern slopes of the Avon valley and close to the Roman road "Fosse Way" which cuts southwest to northeast across the landscape. There were clearly Romans in the area as mosaic floors and Samian ware has been recovered from the parish. The parish was small, just over 1000 acres, and the landscape dominated by arable farming although the soils were not exceptional being described as "a stone brash". The parish only supported about 160 parishioners - with the dominant hall probably acting as a brake on population. As befits Easton Grey's long history the village receives a mention in Domesday book having 3 ploughs and being held by Roger Berkeley.

The Church

Easton Grey parish church is at the heart of the village, adjacent to the B4040 and opposite the entrance to the grounds of the hall. Its dedication is a mystery having been lost in time - there is some anecdotal evidence for it having been All Saints. The church is almost totally from the 19th century apart from the western tower which Pevsner doesn't date. Indeed the great man dismisses the church in a couple of lines it clearly having little of architectural interest for him.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	15th November 1755 - 14th October 1812	Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR115/1/3	Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages	Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number	Poor handwriting & segregation of entries make for a tricky read and may lead to one or two misreads or omissions
2	5th May 1813 - 17th May 1837	Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR115/1/4	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Westonbirt St Katherine, Gloucestershire	Shipton Moyne St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire	Shipton Moyne St John the Baptist, Gloucestershire
Sherston Magna Holy Cross		Brokenborough St John the Baptist
Sherston Magna Holy Cross	Foxley	Brokenborough St John the Baptist

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	15/11/1755	Thomas	KIRBY		Bremilham	Margaret	CLAY
2	20/02/1757	William	BURGH		Sherston Magna	Mary	PERRY
3	14/08/1758	Samuel	MARMAN		Hannington	Elizabeth	CULL
4	21/10/1758	William	BARNES			Betty	ELDRIDGE
5	20/01/1760	John	HOPKINS		Sutton Benger	Ann	TAYLOR
6	02/08/1760	Giles	CHAMBERS		Horsley, Gloucestershire	Mary	DANCEY
7	23/06/1763	Aaron	CHAPPEL			Rachael	CHAPPEL
8	25/01/1764	Richard	JOHNSON			Mary	RANDALL
9	04/09/1764	Robert	SMITH			Ann	CURTIS
10	11/02/1765	Thomas	RUMING			Jane	CHAPEL
11	15/04/1765	Richard	YOUNG			Betty	ROSE
12	02/06/1765	George	BROWN		Tetbury, Gloucestershire	Joan	CURTIS
13	11/11/1766	Thomas	CLAY			Ann	YOUNG		Crudwell
14	22/12/1766	Poole	BATHURST			Ann	HASKETT
15	30/06/1770	Richard	DANCEY			Elizabeth	CAMBRIDGE
16	05/10/1772	John	RUDGELAND		Lacock	Susanna	DERBISHIRE
17	05/10/1772	Robert	WHITE			Mary	THOMPSON
18	26/12/1772	Richard	SHIRTEN			Martha	NICHOLSON
19	26/12/1772	Samuel	VIZOR			Lobesky	LOVELOCK
20	05/01/1774	William	VIZAR			Ann	SULMAN
22	05/08/1774	Joseph	AYLIFFE		Corsham	Mary	VIZAR
23	08/03/1775	Thomas	MASON			Betty	PRITCHARD
21	05/01/1776	Jacob	HIGHRAM		Wapley and Codrington, Gloucestershire	Mary	PITT
24	06/05/1776	Isaac	VIZAR			Mary	COVE
25	09/05/1776	Henry	WHITE			Anne	GUY
26	02/11/1776	Samuel	VIZAR			Ann	BIRD
27	14/06/1777	Jonathan	ALLEN			Joanna	BOLTON
28	09/09/1780	James	MILES			Diana	CHAPEL
29	14/10/1781	William	MATTHEWS			Martha	PARKER
30	07/01/1782	William	HART		Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire	Joanna	FREETH
31	13/10/1783	Simon	PITT			Catherine	JAMES		Westport
32	15/01/1784	Edmund	BECK		Brokenborough	Maria	NIBLETT
33	12/10/1784	William	PRICHARD			Elizabeth	CROOK
34	14/10/1784	John	CANNOCK		Westonbirt, Gloucestershire	Mary	KIRY
35	26/10/1784	William	BEAK			Mary	WHITING
36	07/07/1788	Moses Meigh	BRIDGEMAN			Septimia	NICHOLSON
37	13/10/1788	Simon	HOWSE			Elizabeth	JAMES
38	29/12/1789	William	DUMMING			Elizabeth	DANCEY
39	06/10/1791	Philip	MILES			Sarah	CAMBRIDGE
40	24/10/1791	Richard	WOODWARD			Mary	POOL
42	16/05/1792	Robert	ROGERS			Anne	ADGE
41	17/10/1792	William	BENJAMIN		Foxley	Jane	PRITCHARD
43	21/09/1796	Thomas	WHITE		South Cerney, Gloucestershire	Mary	PLAYER
44	25/03/1798	Thomas	ALIFFE			Sarah	VIZOR
45	14/01/1799	Major	LOVELL			Christian	SMITH
46	05/08/1799	John	HULEMAN		Hullavington	Jane	SMITH
47	18/05/1801	James	HART			Elizabeth	PRITCHARD
48	05/06/1803	Isaac	SMITH			Anne	SMITH
49	20/02/1805	John	SKINNER			Mary	REEVER
50	01/07/1805	William	DURRELL		Sherston Magna	Susanna	BACKBOURNE
51	20/11/1809	John	HANKS			Mary	PRITCHARD
52	20/12/1810	Charles	BROWN			Anne	BURROWS
53	04/02/1811	Charles William	ILES			Mary Anne	AYLIFFE
54	16/12/1811	Thomas	NINEHAM			Mary	ANDREWS
55	14/10/1812	George	MINCHIN			Sarah	CHANDLER
1	05/05/1813	John	SKINNER	Widower		Hannah	ELLIOT	Single	Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire
2	27/09/1813	Thomas	WOODWARD	Single		Anne	VIZAR	Single
3	30/12/1813	James	NEALE	Single	Castle Combe	Jane	VIZOR	Single
4	14/04/1814	Isaac	BEAK	Single		Hannah	REEVES	Single	Barnsley, Gloucestershire
5	16/11/1815	John	VIZOR	Single		Elizabeth	AYLAND	Single
6	21/04/1817	George	CLEMENTS	Single		Rachel	CLARKE	Single	Sherston Magna
7	24/04/1817	Edward	BELL	Widower		Margaret	STUMP	Single
8	06/03/1820	Benjamin	TAYLOR	Single	Withington, Gloucestershire	Elizabeth	TOWNSEND	Single
9	27/09/1821	James	DAVIS	Single		Hannah	VIZAR	Single
10	19/02/1822	William	PRITCHARD	Single		Jane	HARRY	Single
11	15/10/1822	John	PRIOR	Single	Brokenborough	Sarah	TYE	Single
12	11/10/1824	Robert	TANNER	Single		Ann	PORTER	Single
13	04/05/1825	William	AYLIFFE	Single		Mary	RICKINGS	Single
14	07/05/1825	John	GAY	Single		Ann	SKEATE	Single
15	09/10/1826	Jonah	GARLAND	Single		Mary	SAUNDERS	Widow
16	24/09/1827	Josiah Tippens	PAUL	Single	Tetbury, Gloucestershire	Charlotte	HOWES	Single
17	24/11/1828	Thomas	THOMPSON	Widower	Sherston Magna	Mary Ann	SIMS	Single
18	21/04/1830	Robert	BYE	Single		Hannah	TANNER	Single
19	12/04/1832	John	SPILLER	Single	Painswick, Gloucestershire	Charlotte	STEPHENS	Single
20	30/05/1832	Isaac	WOODWARD	Single		Anne	READ	Single
21	12/09/1833	William	NICKLESS	Single		Beata	MILES	Single
22	22/01/1835	Daniel	SKINNER			Elizabeth	CLARK	Single	Sherston Magna
23	23/01/1837	Henry	MOSS	Single		Sophia	HARRIS	Single
24	27/02/1837	Henry	NICKLESS	Single		Jane	SKINNER	Single
25	17/05/1837	James	VIZAR	Single		Ann	SMITH	Single

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