BERTHA WHITTENBURY (born c.1806)

[Derbysderek]

Hello Darryl.........an interesting point you make, but i would take some exception with it....St Mary's Bakewell was and is a massive Parish Church, and to label it with a sort of quickie convenience last chance saloon type of policy is totally erroneous........though of course, such marriages would have taken place, there, and in almost any Parish.............I suggest you try Cathedral Church Manchester..where my own GGGrandfather was "conveniently wed in 1826.............

Derek.

[Sarco]

G'day Derek

On my first visit to Matlock in 2010 I was lucky enough to find the marriage of my Stockport ancestors in the Bakewell PR. I think I was also struck by the number of out-of-towners using the church and had a conversation with one of the staff there at the time. It was she who mentioned that Bakewell was known for at the time, and perhaps not the correct term, quickie marriages.

I have no other information upon which to judge Bakewell, other than the magnificent trout that hover around the weir and spillway

Regards

Darryl
Sydney, Australia