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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Tilshead St Thomas of Canterbury

 

The Parish

The parish of Tilshead is located almost at the centre of Wiltshire. Tilshead is a substantial village sited on the A360 road which crosses \Salisbury Plain from Amesbury to Devizes, Tilshead being about 10 miles southeast of the latter. Most of Tilshead village is set off to the north and east of the main road which bends through the southern outskirts of the village. It would be difficult to pass any modern day description of Tilshead without referring to the presence of the British Army which uses large areas of the surrounding downland for artillery & tank practice, Tilshead is not immune from that presence as the Westdown Army Camp sits just a half mile east. In the past this was an agricultural community eking a living from the rather poor chalky soils in a mixed farming area. Tilshead sits in rolling downland at around 100 metres above sea level in a shallow dry valley, this valley heads southeastwards and at Orcheston a stream arises which eventually becomes the River Till, eventually this heads for the English Channel as part of the Wessex Avon. Parishes in Wiltshire tend towards the large size in chalk country and Tilshead, at almost 3,800 acres, is typical of that type, the parish would have supported around 450 parishioners. In Domesday times most of the land was held directly by King William, it boasted an impressive 27 ploughs and 9 mills making it a rather prosperous place.


The Church

St Thomas' church sits at the heart of Tilshead albeit tucked away to the north behind buildings. The presence of a central crossing tower is an immediate clue as to it being ancient. The use of Early English style on tower and chancel places them to the 13th century. Much else of the fabric dates from thus century or soon thereafter making for a delightful period piece. The Victorians did, of course, make their usual restoration and amendment, the north aisle wall being rebuilt to widen that aisle in 1846 but otherwise St Thomas is a fine Early English style church. The church is accessed off the A360 by a short driveway that leads to an ornate arched gateway in wrought iron, a tarred pathway leads through trees to the building. Once through these trees views open out and there are no photographic restrictions.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 8th October 1754 - 16th February 1790 Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR308/1/5 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 30th May 1790 - 26th July 1813 Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR308/1/6 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 25th July 1814 - 19th March 1837 Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR308/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


West Lavington All Saints
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Market Lavington St Mary
Market Lavington St Mary
Imber St Giles
Chitterne All Saints
Orcheston St Mary
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Orcheston St George

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 08/10/1754 William FORD     Mary BARTLEY Single  
2 02/12/1754 John BAKER   Durrington Ann STRATTON Single  
3 02/02/1755 John PAYNE     Mary MARVEN Single  
4 09/02/1755 James STAPLES     Sarah WHITE Single  
5 21/07/1755 Samuel KYTE     Betty MARVEN Single  
6 22/02/1757 Robert GAMBLEN   Wherwell, Hampshire Sarah DEWEY    
7 10/07/1757 Thomas HAYDOWN     Ann KYTE Single  
8 11/12/1757 Richard STILES   Horton, Dorset Ann COOPER Single  
10 03/03/1758 Robert GERRAT     Jane HAYDEN Single  
9 26/03/1758 George GALE     Betty SEDGE Single  
11 05/08/1758 William GARRET Widower   Mary HAYDEN Widow  
12 26/12/1758 George TAYLOR   Maiden Bradley Mary COOPER Single  
13 30/01/1760 James PAYNE     Penelope HAYTER    
15/11/1761 James KYTE     Jane BAKER Single  
06/02/1762 Thomas KYTE     Jane PAYNE Single  
05/09/1762 Robert PAYNE     Catharine CARTER Single  
07/03/1763 John WISE     Sarah STRONG Single  
05/04/1763 Robert BLAKE     Sarah PAYNE Single  
11/08/1763 William COOPER     Jane PERRY Single  
10/10/1763 James WADDIMS     Jane DIKE Single  
01/11/1763 John BARTLEY     Betty ALEXANDER Single  
05/02/1764 Robert TYLY     Sarah WISE Single  
06/05/1764 Levi BAKER     Mary ALEXANDER Single  
29/07/1764 Samuel MARVEN Widower   Betty PAYNE Single  
11/12/1764 James SPICKETT Widower   Ann KITE Single  
26/12/1764 William HUSSEY   Batcombe, Dorset Betty COOPER Single  
25/04/1765 Thomas JENNINGS     Mary GARRAT Single  
23/10/1765 John KYTE     Frances SPICKETT Single  
08/12/1765 Stephen GALE     Sarah CARTER    
25/04/1766 Mark BAKER     Jane WHATLEY Single  
07/08/1766 Leonard LAWS     Margaret TUFFIN Single  
11/08/1766 John CANNING     Ann MAY Single  
27/10/1766 John FLOWER Widower Chitterne All Saints Sarah ALEXANDER Widow  
12/07/1767 George CANNING     Abigail DEWEY Single  
24/11/1767 William LAWES     Ann BARTLEY Single  
16/02/1768 Anthony SMITH     Mary KITE    
10/10/1768 Samuel JORDAN     Elizabeth HISCOCK Single  
27/08/1769 John KYTE     Chatherine ALEXANDER Single  
26/02/1770 Joseph PAIN     Elizabeth KYTE Single  
29/10/1770 Edward NEWMAN     Sarah DEWEY Single  
10/06/1772 William STRONG   Durrington Martha ALEXANDER Single  
12/10/1772 John SPICKETT     Ann NAISH Single  
19/10/1772 William CANNINGS     Sarah BAKER Single  
10/05/1773 Laurence KITE     Catharine BAKER Single  
01/06/1773 William AUBERY   Chitterne All Saints Mary LAWS Single  
05/04/1774 William BRIANT     Mary DEWEY Single  
30/05/1774 William FOUND     Dorothy NAISH Single  
06/07/1775 Timothy KING Single Netheravon Elizabeth LAWS Single  
03/12/1775 Charles KITE     Jane PHILPOT Single  
29/01/1776 John WEBB   Winterbourne Stoke Jane BAKER Single  
26/01/1777 James ARNEL     Ann EYLES Single  
26/01/1777 Edward MABBET     Mary PAIN Single  
03/02/1777 Edward LAWES Single   Hannah GAY Single  
12/10/1777 Joseph COMPTON Single   Ann BROWN Single  
27/04/1778 William ORAM     Elizabeth DEWEY Single  
02/08/1779 Thomas GAMBLIN     Hannah PAIN Single  
14/11/1779 James NAISH     Hester PAIN Single  
12/06/1780 James CANNINGS Widower   Martha MILLER Widow Chitterne All Saints
23/07/1780 William CANNINGS Widower   Ann HISCOCK Single  
04/09/1780 Charles ARNEL     Mary PAIN Single  
01/11/1780 Jeremiah RALLINGS   Enford Sarah TANNER Single  
25/06/1781 John CANNINGS   Orcheston St Mary Jane ALEXANDER    
22/10/1781 Joshua ARNEL     Ann REEVES    
15/10/1782 James PALMER   Potterne Elizabeth BARTLEY    
27/01/1784 Joseph MASLEN   All Cannings Mary SLADE    
30/01/1785 Thomas BAKER   Shrewton Penelope PAIN    
13/02/1785 Richard BUNDY     Elizabeth HAYDOWN    
10/07/1785 Thomas SMITH   Market Lavington Mary FLEWELL    
25/09/1785 John HAYDOWN     Mary GALE    
16/10/1785 James KITE     Elizabeth KITE    
27/01/1787 Richard GALE     Sarah PAYNE Single  
10/06/1787 Robert HARVEY     Letitia SPICKET    
10/06/1787 Stanford BUNDY     Martha KYTE    
21/06/1787 Timothy KING Widower Netheravon Ann LAWS Single  
19/11/1787 Joseph PAYNE Widower   Elizabeth WHATLEY Single  
20/10/1788 Samuel PAYNE     Jane KYTE Single  
30/11/1788 William KYTE     Ann KYTE Single  
26/11/1789 Leonard LAWES     Praxy PAYNE Single  
16/02/1790 Charles KYTE     Hannah KYTE Single  
1 30/05/1790 Thomas BAKER     Sarah HAYDOWN Single  
2 13/02/1791 James MILLORD   Winterbourne Stoke Elizabeth CANNINGS Single  
3 04/05/1791 Levi KYTE     Joan GALE Single  
4 18/10/1791 Edmund COMPTON     Margaret LAWES Single  
5 24/10/1791 Carey GIDDINGS   Market Lavington Mary WISE Single  
6 17/11/1791 Joseph COMPTON     Catharine GAMBLEN    
7 13/08/1792 James MASLEN     Ann BAKER Single  
8 11/10/1792 William KYTE     Elizabeth PERRETT Single  
9 27/05/1793 Thomas LAWES     Mary TAYLOR Single  
10 17/09/1793 James PAYNE     Elizabeth HUSSEY Single  
11 03/10/1793 Richard LEWIS   Codford St Peter Mary SLADE Single  
12 27/02/1794 John HAYDOWN Widower   Avis PAYNE Single  
13 08/05/1794 William SPICKET     Grace CANNINGS Single  
14 27/05/1794 John KYTE     Mary LAWES Single  
15 02/07/1794 Charles WISE     Dinah KYTE Single  
16 19/10/1794 George SAINSBURY   West Lavington Elizabeth REEVES Single  
17 01/02/1795 Daniel COLLETT   Erlestoke Joan BAKER Single  
18 20/07/1795 Robert COLEMAN     Anne LAWES Single  
19 06/02/1797 William JORDAN     Elizabeth ORCHARD Single  
20 10/04/1797 John MULLENS     Catherine PAYNE Single  
21 02/11/1797 William SPICKET Widower   Hannah LAWES Widow  
22 09/04/1798 Samuel MABBET     Celia WISE Single  
22 25/10/1798 Lawrence PAYNE     Betty BLAKE Single  
23 28/09/1800 James HARDING     Ann HAYDOWN Single  
24 17/05/1801 David KITE     Ann NAISH    
25 17/05/1802 Robert BLAKE     Sarah LAWES    
26 02/09/1802 John BARTLEY     Maria SLADE    
27 04/10/1802 James MASLEN     Mary KITE    
28 14/11/1802 George KITE     Sarah MASLEN    
29 02/05/1803 William ROMAN   Urchfont Mary BAKER    
30 30/04/1804 William REEVES   Westbury Elizabeth MABETT    
31 30/04/1804 Peter KYTE   Edington Elizabeth MABETT    
32 21/06/1804 Thomas LEMON   Market Lavington Elizabeth LAWES    
33 23/07/1804 Thomas FORD   Heytesbury Grace CANNINGS    
34 15/10/1804 James ASHER   Potterne Elizabeth PAYNE    
35 08/11/1804 Henry COZENS Widower Durrington Jane WORDLEY Single  
36 09/12/1804 William DRAPER     Jane MABBIT    
37 27/05/1805 James COLLINS Single Timsbury, Somerset Mary Alson LAWS Single  
38 29/07/1805 Elijah HAGUE   Dilton Mary LAWES    
39 04/11/1805 Thomas BULL     Frances NAISH    
40 10/11/1805 John BUNDEY     Charity MUNDEY    
41 11/11/1805 John ORAM Single Wilsford By Amesbury Mary PAYNE Single  
42 14/10/1806 Thomas WHITING   Warminster Henrietta SLADE    
43 12/10/1807 Joseph HISCOCK   Market Lavington Charlotte LAWS    
44 17/07/1808 Henry STEPHENSON   Warminster Emma BAKER    
45 23/01/1809 John BUNDY     Ann GALE    
46 07/10/1810 Samuel LONG   New Windsor, Berkshire Sarah FOYLE    
47 02/11/1810 John CHAPMAN     Frances FOIL    
48 26/06/1811 John CANNINGS     Anne HAYDOWN    
49 01/09/1811 Richard GALE     Jane PAIN    
50 16/11/1812 John BLAKE     Mary BAKER    
51 04/12/1812 William COMPTON     Charlotte MUNDY    
52 26/07/1813 Joshua AISHLEY     Charlotte BARRETT   Milton Lilborne
1 25/07/1814 John PAYNE     Martha DURNFORD    
2 25/07/1814 John MUNDY     Mary MABBIT    
3 29/06/1815 Charles GIDDINGS Single   Hannah WISE Single  
4 24/12/1815 David KITE     Martha MEAD    
5 25/12/1815 John FOYLE     Charlotte FRANKHAM    
6 19/02/1816 Jonah KITE     Jane MABBITT    
7 14/11/1816 William MASLEN Single   Eleanor COMPTON Single  
8 26/05/1817 Charles ASHLEY     Sarah MUNDY    
9 09/02/1820 John COMPTON     Mary MEAD    
10 27/05/1820 James MUNDAY     Jemima MUNDAY    
11 14/10/1820 William HUSSEY Single   Arabella LEWIS Single  
12 23/11/1820 Christopher PAIN Single   Rosalinda PAIN Single  
13 15/02/1821 Isaac MEAD     Ann AISHLEY    
14 08/04/1821 William BAKER     Elizabeth COMPTON    
15 25/04/1821 Elisha BAKER     Mary HAMPSHIRE    
16 17/05/1821 Stephen SHEPPARD   Netheravon Sarah COMPTON    
17 23/07/1821 William KITE     Rosanah DURNFORD    
18 29/10/1821 Benjamin LAWES Single   Elizabeth HARWOOD Widow  
19 13/11/1821 James BRINDSDEN     Rebecca MUNDY    
20 25/12/1821 David MABBIT     Hester LILLY    
21 09/02/1822 John COMPTON     Mary MEAD    
22 11/02/1822 William COLE   Poulshot Anne AYRES    
23 04/05/1822 William HAYDEN Single   Joanna BAKER Single  
24 26/08/1822 William BARNES Single Codford St Peter Sarah LAWES Single  
25 20/10/1822 George BAKER     Jane BAKER    
26 17/08/1823 William MABBIT Single   Jane INGRAM Single  
27 20/10/1823 John WHITE   Berwick St James Prudence LAWES    
28 22/05/1824 Thomas LANSLY   Ludgershall Hannah KITE    
29 14/10/1824 William Henry PEARCE   Longbridge Deverill Mary Anne MORRIS    
30 09/06/1825 George GRANT     Sarah HOARE    
31 28/12/1825 Robert COLEMAN     Martha NORRIS    
32 17/04/1826 Paul Lucy MAGGS     Elizabeth FRANKHAM   Walcot, Somerset
33 26/12/1826 Simon PAIN     Sarah HARROWFIELD    
34 27/01/1827 Thomas KYTE   Maddington Ann BAKER    
35 30/04/1827 John HARRISON   Malmesbury Jane GALE    
36 21/05/1827 John BLAKE Widower   Mary Ann SMITH Single  
37 22/05/1827 Joseph KITE     Martha PAIN Widow  
38 01/05/1828 William WHEELER   Pewsey Mary Ann LAWES    
39 10/07/1828 James JORDAN     Bethia KITE    
40 17/09/1828 Samuel PAYNE     Ann MASLEN    
41 29/01/1829 Thomas ASHER     Frances KITE    
42 08/06/1829 Abraham WILKS   Maddington Elizabeth MILLS    
43 10/06/1829 Richard HAYWARD   Market Lavington Elizabeth COLEMAN    
44 22/07/1829 James FERRIS     Sarah HARDING    
45 20/08/1829 John COLEMAN Single   Mary Ann PEARCE Widow  
46 26/05/1830 George KITE     Mary BAKER    
47 08/12/1830 Richard NORRIS     Mary Elizabeth PARHAM    
48 22/01/1831 Samuel ASHER     Dinisha DUNFORD    
49 21/08/1831 Samuel FOYLE     Harriet KITE    
50 05/11/1831 James KITE     Elizabeth BUNDY    
51 10/06/1832 William DRAPER     Ann BAKER    
52 15/09/1832 Leonard DRAPER   Market Lavington Elenor ASHER    
53 29/12/1832 William POLDEN   Winterbourne Stoke Mary BAKER    
54 20/05/1833 Jonathan STEELE   Kingston On Thames, Surrey Mary DYKE    
55 09/06/1833 William FERRIS     Jane MUNDY    
56 07/12/1833 Richard GILES   Kenton, Devon Elizabeth Chandler BAMFORD    
57 24/12/1833 John MEAD     Harriet COMPTON    
58 12/02/1834 Peter Saunders LAWES     Sarah MORSE    
59 23/06/1834 William MARTIN   Stapleford Rosanna FOUND    
60 19/02/1835 James HAYTER   Imber Sarah Ann PAYNE    
61 20/05/1835 Benjamin LAWES     Henrietta WHITING    
62 04/11/1835 John HUSSEY     Sarah STILES    
63 09/03/1836 James LONG     Eliza OFFER    
64 26/03/1836 John MUNDY     Mary Ann CHAPMAN    
65 07/05/1836 John SHORE   Market Lavington Elizabeth GODDING    
66 08/08/1836 John KITE     Anna CANNINGS    
67 19/03/1837 William GEORGE     Ann KITE    

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