Boyd's Marriage Index - County details

Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Cumberland | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Huntingdonshire | Isle of Wight | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Middlesex & City of London | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | Nottinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Staffordshire | Somerset | Suffolk | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Westmorland | Wiltshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire

• Bedfordshire
  There were 127 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 8 (6%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Berkshire
  There were 162 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 13 (8%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Buckinghamshire
  There were 206 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 63 (30%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Cambridgeshire
  169 of 171 ancient parishes are indexed in the Main and Miscellaneous Series. There is currently a gap in Cambridgeshire records during 1626-50 and 1651-75. The index currently contains records of over 135,00 Cambridgeshire marriages (270,000 names).
  Most marriages up to 1812 were copied by Rev Evelyn Young (1866-1936). A supplement, 1801-37, was compiled by Thomas P R Layng in 1977, while volunteering for the Cambridgeshire Record Office. We acknowledge the consent of Cambridgeshire Archives Service for use of the supplement.
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• Cheshire
  There were 130 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 18 (14%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Cornwall
  There were 204 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in all are indexed in the Main and Miscellaneous Series. All surviving Bishops' Transcripts 1597-1673 are included.
  
  
• Cumberland
  There were 143 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 37 (26%) are indexed. The index contains records of over 10,800 Cumberland names.
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• Derbyshire
  There were 184 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 80 (43%) are indexed in the Main Series. There is microfilm copy at Derby County Library.
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• Devon
  There were 472 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 170 (36%) are indexed in two volumes for each period in the Main Series. The data are taken from transcripts held by the Devon and Cornwall Record Society, which has a copy of the index in its possession. The index contains records of over 330,000 Devon names.
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• Dorset
  There were 260 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 79 (30%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Durham
  There were 91 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 71 (76%) are indexed in the Main Series; banns are in the First and Second Miscellaneous Series (not yet online). Nearly all the work in this county was done by Herbert Maxwell Wood, MA, FSA (died 1929). Copies are at the Newcastle Public Library, the Cleveland County Central Reference Library in Middlesbrough, Durham County Library and Durham County Record Office. The index contains records of over 230,000 Durham names.
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• Essex
  374 of the 405 ancient parishes have been indexed, 92% coverage (mostly in the Main Series but some 1801-1837 are in Miscellaneous). The index contains records of over 200,000 Essex marriages (over 400,000 names).
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• Gloucestershire
  There were 347 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 222 (64%) are indexed in the Main Series. Included are extracts from the Bristol and Gloucestershire marriage licences and bonds, as well as references to Gloucestershire in the Wiltshire registers published by Phillimore. The index contains records of almost 220,000 Gloucestershire names.
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• Hampshire
  There were 274 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 107 (39%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Herefordshire
  There were 223 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 6 (3%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Hertfordshire
  There were 132 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 49 (37%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Huntingdonshire
  There were 93 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 17 (18%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Isle of Wight
  There were 33 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 28 (85%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Kent
  There were 400 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 130 (32%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Lancashire
  There were 211 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 102 (48%) are indexed in the Main Series There are copies of the index in the Lancashire County Record Office and Wigan Record Office. The index contains records of over 520,000 Lancashire names.
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• Leicestershire
  There were 256 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 140 (55%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Lincolnshire
  There were 627 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 100 (16%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Middlesex & City of London
  There were 177 ancient parishes. The index contains records of over 1 million names. Marriages taking place at varying periods are indexed in the Main and Miscellaneous Series; included are some institutions, London marriage licences and Huguenot registers. A copy is deposited at the Guildhall Library.
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• Norfolk
  Of the 691 ancient parishes, marriages taking place at varying periods in 275 (40%) are indexed in two volumes for each period in the Main Series. 121,000 records (242,000 names) from the Norfolk volumes are available to search online.
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• Northamptonshire
  There were 292 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 43 (15%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Northumberland
  There were 96 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 81 (84%) are indexed in the Main Series. Almost 250,000 names from the Northumberland volumes are available to search online.
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• Nottinghamshire
  There were 220 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 172 (78%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Oxfordshire
  There were 217 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 142 (65%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Rutland
  There were 50 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 23 (46%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Shropshire
  There were 229 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 126 (55%) are indexed in the Main Series, including those registers printed by the Shropshire Parish Register Society before 1929.
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• Staffordshire
  There were 183 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 4 (2%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Somerset
  There were 486 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 123 (24%) are indexed in the Main Series. The index contains records of over 180,000 names.
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• Suffolk
  491 of 504 ancient parishes, over 97%, are indexed in the Main Series, together with one Meeting of (the Society of) Friends. The index contains records of over 277,000 Suffolk marriages (over 554,000 names).
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• Surrey
  There were 146 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 69 (47%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Sussex
  There were 305 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 57 (19%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Warwickshire
  There were 2081 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 31 (15%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Westmorland
  There were 68 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 13 (19%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Wiltshire
  There were 318 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 72 (23%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Worcestershire
  There were 209 ancient parishes; marriages taking place at varying periods in 41 (20%) are indexed in the Miscellaneous Series.
  
  
• Yorkshire
  There were 751 parishes and chapels of ease in Yorkshire; marriages taking place at varying periods in 229 (30%) are indexed in the Main Series. Over 500,000 names are listed in these indexes and the records cover 1538 to 1840.
  
  Many thousands of names which have not been accessible to users of the book version are now available online, unlocked for the first time. The Yorkshire marriages index was initially only typed up by groom's name and no parallel series arranged by brides names was ever produced, until now when these entries have been digitised. Yorkshire is particularly rich in surnames which are peculiar to that county and since marriages generally took place in the bride's parish, this index may now help to pinpoint the place of origin of rare surnames.
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