Marriage Look Up Request - St John, Newcastle - HAGGERSTON m WALES

[fluffyferret]

Hi Christine,
So sorry for the delay replying.

Thank you so much for checking the entry and confirming the date of their marriage. Thank you too for the info about Hardwickes Marriage Act. I read up about it online fascinating and the start of eloping to Gretna Green 
So many vicars didn't comply with the new act?

Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes,

Carole

[c-side]

I think they must have complied with it in that there would have been witnesses, it's just that they didn't seem to want to put the extra writing into the register.

Not just Gretna Green - there were a few on the east side too - Lamberton Toll springs to mind.  There were many Presbyterians in the north of Northumberland who would hop over the river Tweed and marry in the church of Scotland rather than in their local Parish church.  Finding marriages can sometimes be a nightmare.

Christine

[fluffyferret]

I might have a few of those where I can't find any record of a marriage!

Thank you again for the information and the look up.

Carole