Parish records for Exeter Devon

[JennMorgon]

Are the parish records for Exeter available on line, or on CD Rom,  anywhere please ? I am looking for a marriage in 1854 but the name William Skinner is a common one and I am reluctant to send for a marriage certificate as it could easily be the wrong one.   
Thanking you
Jenn   

[nanny jan]

I'm not sure if this helps but  https://familysearch.org/search  gives the bride as Mary Ann Hawkings.

Are you certain that he married in the parish church? Register Office marriages are not available on line.

[KGarrad]

There are, or have been, 27 parishes with the City of Exeter.
Do you know which particular parish you are looking for?

I think that all the Exeter Parishes (as well as most of Devon) are now on FindMyPast?
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/devon-parish-records-coverage

[JennMorgon]

William Henry Skinner was born around 1832 and spent most of his adult life in Commercial Road Exeter.  He was a bricklayer and later a master builder.  That would possibly be St Thomas,  St Edmunds, or Mary Arches church.   His wife had the first names of Mary Ann so it could be Mary Ann  Hawkins.

[nanny jan]

If they had children and registered the births you can use the new search facility on GRO to confirm the maiden name of the mother.

[nanny jan]

The FreeBMD entry for the 1854 marriage lists him as William Skinner; not William Henry.

[nanny jan]

Did your William have a daughter Alice Beatrice, born 1873/4?

Using the new GRO search facility; her mother's maiden name is shown as HAWKINGS.

[JennMorgon]

Thank you everyone.  Yes, they did have a daughter called Alice Beatrice born in 1873 so that tends to confirm that I have the correct marriage.  I had no idea that you could use the GRO facility to locate the maiden name of the mother.

Thank you so much for all the help
Jenn

[nanny jan]

It's a fairly recent facility;  you need to register but is free. You can now also see the age on death registrations but sadly months often shown as years.  I have a 9 month old showing just as 9.