Headley Marriage Records : 1539-1903

About these records:

The information up to 1837 came initially from the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS). We have checked their records against a transcription made from the original Registers kept in All Saints' Headley Church Office and made amendments and additions where necessary.

Where a reference to WHL appears in the notes, this relates to comment or annotation by Wallis H Laverty - Headley's Rector from 1872-1928.

Date — The format of dates used here is (yyyy-mm-dd)— but in England until 1st January 1752, the New Year started on 25th March (called 'Old Style'). Therefore, for the years prior to 1752 we have adjusted to 'New Style' dates, by adding '1' to the year of entries occurring between 1st January and 24th March.  
Example: In the section on Ansell, we now show:

but the second of these entries was originally recorded in the Church Registers as 12th February 1539.

Note that for two periods (1643-1645 & 1649-1654) during the Commonwealth regime no marriages were entered in the register.

Surname — Has been transcribed as recorded in the Registers — but in order to sort into 'family' groupings, we have added a Family column. Spelling was not significant until well into the 1800s, and we have used our local knowledge to identify which variations should be grouped together. So, for example, Fifield, Fyfield and Fiffel are all grouped as family FIFIELD; and Piggott, or Pickett are both grouped as PICKETT.
Example for 'Burrows':