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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote] Whilst researching my family history I discovered that two of my ancestors, both Heanor residents, had married at West Hallam. I looked up marriages at St,Wilfrid's Church, West Hallam, for the period 1717 to 1770 and found that a surprisingly large number of marriages had taken place there of non-West Hallam residents, a high proportion of whom came from Heanor. Does anyone have any idea of why this should be? Even later than these dates, Heanor people were being married there. What was the reason? Why was St. Lawrence church at Heanor not deemed to be a suitable venue? Does anyone have any theories?[/quote]
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loomis

Why West Hallam?
replied on: 10/19/2007 10:31:13 PM

Whilst researching my family history I discovered that two of my ancestors, both Heanor residents, had married at West Hallam. I looked up marriages at St,Wilfrid's Church, West Hallam, for the period 1717 to 1770 and found that a surprisingly large number of marriages had taken place there of non-West Hallam residents, a high proportion of whom came from Heanor. Does anyone have any idea of why this should be? Even later than these dates, Heanor people were being married there. What was the reason? Why was St. Lawrence church at Heanor not deemed to be a suitable venue? Does anyone have any theories?

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