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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Staverton St Paul

 

The Parish

The chapelry of Staverton, within the wider parish of Trowbridge, lies in western Wiltshire not too far from its border with neighbouring Somerset. Staverton lies around 2 1/2 miles north of its mother parish and sits on the B3105, by its crossing of the River Avon, which connects Trowbridge with Bradford on Avon. Staverton is a small and compact village with most properties lining the B3105 as it winds its way through. Staverton's economy, like so many, would have been dependent upon agriculture with a mixture of both pastoral and arable farming. Modern developments have come to the area, the Kennet & Avon canal was cut between Staverton and its mother town and the Chippenham to Trowbridge railway line then followed a similar route. Staverton is sited at around 30 metres above the sea but land rises out of the Avon valley to around 70 metres to the north and within a mile or so. Staverton chapelry occupied an area of close to 700 acres within the wider parish of Trowbridge and would have supported close to 200 parishioners, it is fair to say, however, that the majority would have been married in Trowbridge.In Domesday times Staverton was an equally small place, held by one Brictric it could muster just 3 ploughs, the usual meadows and pastures but did possess a mill.


The Church

St Paul's church sits to the west of the B3105 close to its crossing of the Avon and behind the fronting properties. The church was deconsecrated in 2011 and as of 2020 was being offered for sale for conversion into a private dwelling. The church is, sadly, a Georgian replacement for the medieval one that once stood here being built in 1826. It's most noticeable feature is the saddleback roof to the western tower but its architecture was clearly unimpressive as Pevsner's description is terse and covers barely 3 lines of text. The churh was accessed from the B3105 through an arched metal gateway and by following a short pathway but given the present uncertainty over future access potential visitors should check before making a visit.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 26th December 1791 - 25th December 1808 Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - P277/1/2a Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd January 1815 - 12th December 1822 Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - P277/1/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity
Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity
Holt St Katherine
Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity
Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity
Whaddon St Mary
Hilperton St Michael
Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity
Trowbridge St James
Trowbridge St James


Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 26/12/1791 Thomas HEATH Holt Elizabeth COX Trowbridge
2 00/00/1792 James BETHELL Bradford On Avon Elizabeth SMITH
3 18/09/1794 William GRIST Frome, Somerset Catherine PERRY Trowbridge
4 23/09/1794 Joseph CLEMENTS Trowbridge Patience FIELD Trowbridge
5 02/10/1794 Nathaniel BISSEY Martha BEAVEN Semington
6 23/03/1796 James COX Trowbridge Sarah MARKS Trowbridge
7 04/04/1796 Thomas WHITTINGTON Cold Aston, Gloucestershire Elizabeth BATCHELLOR Trowbridge
8 09/06/1796 John DYER Trowbridge Nelly Maria WHITE
9 29/12/1796 William EDWARDS Trowbridge Anne HAYWARD
10 18/06/1797 Edward NEWTH Trowbridge Sarah TUCKER Hilperton
11 04/09/1797 John HERITAGE Trowbridge Lydia LAWRENCE Trowbridge
12 14/03/1799 Richard EDGELL Single Mary WILT Widow
13 27/03/1799 Richard John GOUGH Single Warminster Ann LOVELL Single
14 26/08/1799 John WEST Single Frome, Somerset Joanna TAUNTON Single
15 24/06/1800 Thomas POPE Single Jane SARGENT Widow Brompton, Middlesex
16 09/07/1801 Samuel PEARCE Single Trowbridge Sarah SARGEANT Single Trowbridge
17 02/08/1803 Edward BUTTERWORTH Single Helen PERRETT Widow
18 25/12/1808 Joseph STOKES Single Sarah SHEPPARD
1 03/01/1815 Henry EGGER Single Mary GODBY Single
2 16/05/1815 Hubert GOULD Single Trowbridge Eliza Abigail STILLMAN Single Trowbridge
3 23/05/1815 Nathaniel EDWARDS Single Trowbridge Rebecca TUCK Single Trowbridge
4 14/10/1815 Jacob HURNN Single Mary LEWIS Single
5 14/11/1815 Abraham BOWYER Single Bradford On Avon Esther MARKS Single
6 12/07/1818 Samuel RAWLINGS Single Sarah STOKES Single
7 21/01/1819 Joseph STOKES Widower Elizabeth GRIFFIN Single
8 23/10/1821 George BUCKPITT Single Mary HUNTER Single
9 15/06/1822 Thomas WALKER Single Trowbridge Ann TAYLOR Single Trowbridge
10 08/07/1822 John HUGHES Single St Antholin, City Of London Lydia LAWRENCE Single Trowbridge
11 06/10/1822 Henry Portsmouth ELPHS Single Betty BOLTER Single
12 30/10/1822 James STANCOMB Widower Jane Mary Eliza WORMAN Single
13 12/12/1822 Isaac BESSER Single Ann Miriam COLLINS Single

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