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Enshaw/Henshaw looks like a good bet

Eleanor Henshaw
Parents: William & Ann Henshaw
20 January 1771
Dormston, Worcestershire, England

Dormston about 2.5 miles distant from Stock & Bradley her reputed birthplace

Joseph Edginton married Olave Pitt at Crowle in 1788 (banns read in October-November 1787); witnesses Thomas Green and John Smith

Thank you, I'll look into that one.

Fathers names were not shown on marriage entries prior to 1.7.1837 when Civil Registration was introduced

I've found that they're sometimes shown on parish marriage records. I suppose it depended on the priest and what he decided to record.

Regardless, I'd still be interested in Eleanor's surname.

Marriage certificate for John Williams and Catherine Jones. They married on 13th February 1893 at the parish church in Holyhead.
John was 25 years old and was working as labourer, he was living at 2 Parliament Street, Holyhead. His father was Owen Williams, also a labourer.
Catherine was 20 years old and has no occupation listed, she was living at 14 Summer Hill Terrace, Holyhead. Her father was Evan Jones, a labourer.

I followed the wrong family from the 1911 census and that was how I ended up with the certificate. I do know that they went on to have four children - Owen Williams (1894), Jane Ellen Williams (1896), Evan Williams (1898) and John Williams (1899), all born in Holyhead. In 1901 they lived at 4 Hill Street, Holyhead and in 1911 Catherine and the children lived at 7 Baker Street, Holyhead.

I also have a pdf of their son John's birth certificate that I've listed in a separate thread.

The curse of having ancestors with extremely common names

My dad used his step-father's surname and listed his step-father, Alec, as his father on his marriage certificate. My gran didn't marry Alec until my dad was 2 years old, and he definitely wasn't my dad's father. There's no father listed on his birth certificate (though the family knew who his father was - it was a short wartime romance). Anyone researching in the future, without the benefit of family knowledge and DNA, would probably assume that Alec was the father and would research that whole line.

My great grandfather lied about his age on his marriage certificate. He was 19 when he married, but he said he was 21. He and my great gran already had a child and were living with her parents. I assume he lied so that he didn't have to get his parents permission for the marriage.

Was it The Long, Long Trail - https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/