England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Warmsworth St Peter

The Parish

The parish of Warmsworth lies in southern Yorkshire within the West Riding and not too far from the county's border with neighbouring Nottinghamshire. Warmsworth sits about 3 miles southwest of the industrial town of Doncaster and stands on the A630 road which connects Doncaster with Rotherham. Warmsworth is a much changed place, early maps show a small village clustered around its hall and with most properties lining the course of the A630 which curved around the grounds of the hall, its then parish church stood on the banks of the River Don some half mile away from its parishioners. Pevsner viewed the street pattern around the hall as evidence of a planned medieval settlement. Today Warmsworth has been engulfed by the expansion of Doncaster, continuous urban development follows the A630 making the former village merely the southwesternmost suburb of Doncaster. St the time of this transcript Warmsworth had a mixed economy, largely farmed 2:1 in favour of arable methods over pastoral but underpinned by extensive limestone quarries along the course of the Don, in addition flint from the same quarries was processed in a factory for flint-locks, fire-lighters and similar uses requiring a spark. Modern developments abound around the village, railway tracks criss-cross the area with the line from Doncaster to Mexborough passing to the north without granting Warmsworth a station, in addition the village is cut in two by the course of the A1M, the former bypass of the Great North Road around Doncaster now upgraded to motorway standard. Warmsworth is drained eastwards by the Don which passes through Doncaster before being lost in the man-made channels feeding water to Goole and thence through the Humber Estuary to the North Sea. Warmsworth is sited at around 40 metres above the sea in its valley setting, away from the Don land climbs steadily southwestwards to reach 130 metres in Conisbrough Parks. Warmsworth parish was fairly small covering only a little over 1,000 acres and supporting a population of close to 350 parishioners. Whilst Warmsworth does have an entry in Domesday Book it is regional entry covering many places rather tham just this one manor.

The Church

The medieval parish church of St Peter stood on the banks of the Don to the northeast of the village, that church was demolished and replaced by a 19th century church on the same site, that too was demolished. The current parish church of St Peter stands on the southern side of the A630 just east of the junction with A1M. This church was not the venue for these marriages as it was only completed in 1942. Known locally as the "white church" for obvious reasons it would not look out of place in a spaghetti western being heavily influence by Hispano-Californian flavours making for an eclectic structure that is a little "marmite",it is either loved or hated indiscriminately. The church has a car park signed from the A630 allowing one to escape from the roar of traffic on that busy thoroughfare and to safely park, the churchyard has not obstacles for th photographer.