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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: Hemmum on Thursday 27 December 12 22:42 GMT (UK)
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Can anybody please help confirm a marriage which I have an old note for?
Mary LATTER married Thomas PICKETT [?PRICKETT] 15 Sep 1777 Lamberhurst, Kent (Film 7324704 IGI)
Mary Latter may have Mary LATTER bap 30 Oct 1754 Wadhurst f=Richard m=Mary I048432
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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I think there is a site called Woodchurch marriages and this site covers quite a large area in Kent.If the name is wrong try googling Marriage records in Kent and Im sure it will come up.I know it covered Hawkkhurst which isn't far from Lamberhurst.
Ringrose
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I have a cd that has marriages on it from Sussex. It shows a marriage for Mary and Thomas and it give the date as 15/9/1777 in Lamberhurst. It also says that Thomas came from Godstone. I hope this is of help. Poppyann
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Thank you so much Poppy Ann, that is really great. Incidentally is Thomas Pickett or Prickett?
Could you tell me where you bought the CD from and what area it covers?
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Sorry Ringrose forget to say 'Thank you' for the link to the website (must be the overload of Christmas cheer!!
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No problem I was happy to help.He was Thomas Prickett. I got the cd from Sussex Family History Group. It covers marriages in Sussex if you do an online search for the group you can order it on line.
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Sorry if I am being silly but aren't Lamberhurst and Gouldhurst in Kent?
I found the SFHG website but am not sure which one you have (unfortunately cannot afford them all!).
Is it the Sussex Marriage Index CD ref C000?
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Yes, Lamberhurst and Goudhurst are in Kent but near Sussex. I don't know why the Lamberhurst marriages are on the Sussex Marriages cd. This cd is only worth having if you have a lot of ancestors who live in Sussex. The cd is called The Sussex Marriage Index. I hope this info is of use to you. I am a member of the SFHG and looking in my latest magazine it doesn't give a code number so I have looked on their website and it says C000 as you say.
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Thank you for your advise. I was a member of SFHG for a while but as my lot were in the Army and moved around my research covers about 10 counties which gets very expensive. I am tempted by the CD. Does the information contain details of witnesses and parents etc?
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Sometimes it might give witnesses and where they were from - but not always. Going back to the fact that Lamberhurst is in Kent, but a friend said that county boundarys have changed.
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Sorry if I am being silly but aren't Lamberhurst and Gouldhurst in Kent?
To quote from Google:
"Until 1894 the Kent and East Sussex boundary ran through the village [Lamberhurst], when it was decided that the village must belong to either one county or the other. As hop growing was the main industry of the day, and hops in Kent were fetching a better price than in Sussex, Lamberhurst became part of Kent.
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How very interesting. Than you for that snippet!