Whoops! Didn't realise I'd missed out their son's birth! He was born around 1849 in Highley, but I can't seem to lay my hands on the hard copy certificate I got for him.
Trish: that's who I *think* Maria married first. But like I say, Leamington Spa (or Priors, as was) seems a long way away.
To work backwards, double check my facts and show you how I got here:
George Davis (my 2x great grandfather) is listed as living in Patshull Staffordshire in 1901 with his wife, Martha Davis (who I believe to be born Martha Howells, Stottesdon c1849). George is listed as born Highley c1850. I couldn't find anyone of that name born there in 1850, hence the 1849 birth date. I'm pretty much fully confident in the tree up to this point.
The birth certificate record I obtained showed a George Davis being born in 1849 in Highley to father George Davis and a Maria Jackson (formerly Walford).
There is a family living in Highley in 1851:
George Davis | Head | 38 | b. Much Wenlock, Salop
Maria Davis | Wife | 35 | b. Highley, Salop
Sarah Davis | Dau. | 3 | b. Highley, Salop
George Davis | Son | 1 | b. Highley, Salop
Thomas Norrey | Uncle | 75 | b. Much Wenlock, Salop
Elizabeth Walford | Visitor | 21 | b. Highley, Salop
When I got the hard copy birth record, I noted the link in the name Walford with Elizabeth, the visitor.
In the '61 Census, the Davis family are still there, but George the father is a widower. So Maria has to have died between 1851 and 1861.
So I think I'm definitely right on the mother being a Mariah Jackson(Walford), as that seems to fit. Where I'm not confident is that the Maria in Leamington is actually the same one I'm looking for.