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Thanks, Jim - it's interesting that not much seemed to be there at the time. Narrows it down a bit, I guess. I had just assumed it was a street full of more up-market private residences.

Thanks Ms Clark, I' d love to see a photo of the old place if you have one. I'll reply to the message you sent via my 'Whitings' site. Cheers for having a root around too, Chris. I reckon your probably right about the stones being removed - often what happens even in existing churchyards.

Hi Rosie, thanks for those suggestions.

I really just wanted a 'Look up', if anyone has access to transcripts of the registers of St Andrew the Less (e.g from a CFHS CD). If there are no other details in the entry, even the actual date would be just fine.

The reason I'm interested is Martha Argent was a distant relative, ended up marrying a Whiting who I'm connected to. Her first marriage, though, was to Stephen Backler, who was a bit of a character and had a few spells in gaol. They seem to have travelled around a lot after marriage, although they were both living in the Haverhill area before they met as far as I know so I wanted to find out more about why they married in Cambridge.

I have a page for Martha on my site: https://sites.google.com/site/haverhillwhitings/individuals-1/martha-argent-1813

Thanks

Simon

Hi
 this is quite a puzzle considering how good the pic is, how much you know about him, and how distinctive his name is.
The picture shows him with spurs and riding crop, so some involvement with horses..
The Army Veterinary Corps entry from the medal rolls has been investigated by Jim and discounted, the badge doesn't look like a Royal Horse Artillery badge - there are several other Joseph Haines on the medal rolls from this regiment.
..This is just an idea, but how about ordering the birth certificates of one/both of his daughters born during the later stages of the war. They may have his regiment under 'fathers occupation'.
Simon

Hi
Read your last post and saw the picture.. this is quite a puzzle considering how good the pic is, how much you know about him, and how distinctive his name is.
The picture shows him with spurs and riding crop, so some involvement with horses..
The Army Veterinary Corps entry from the medal rolls has been investigated by Jim and discounted, the badge doesn't look like a Royal Horse Artillery badge - there are several other Joseph Haines on the medal rolls from this regiment.
..This is just an idea, but how about ordering the birth certificates of one/both of his daughters born during the later stages of the war. They may have his regiment under 'fathers occupation'.
Simon