George COOK marries Constance GREEN, Aston Ingham, 1852 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, August 12, 2012, 19:11 (4489 days ago) @ m p griffiths

For thread completeness, from this site's PRs:

Record_ID: 35208
Entry_Number: 102
Year: 1852
Month: Nov
Day: 20
Grooms_Surname: COOK
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age: of age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Blacksmith
Grooms_Residence: Aston Ingham
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Cook
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: James
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Blacksmith
Brides_Surname: GREEN
Brides_Forenames: Constance
Brides_Age: of age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: Gloveress
Brides_Residence: Aston Ingham
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Green
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Elisha
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Farmer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Harriett Gardner
Witness_2: John Pearce
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Hy L Whatley
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AR90/7
Page_Number: 51
Parish_Chapel: Aston Ingham
Soundex_Groom: C200
Soundex_Bride: G650

Record_ID: 237933
Entry_Number:
Year: 1830
Month: Jun
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: GREEN
Child_Forenames: Constance
Fathers_Forenames: Elisha
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Gorstley
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AR91/5
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Linton
Soundex: G650

Record_ID: 32468
Entry_Number: 50
Year: 1827
Month: May
Day: 15
Grooms_Surname: GREEN
Grooms_Forenames: Elisha
Grooms_Age: not stated
Groom_Condition: not stated
Grooms_Occupation: not stated
Grooms_Residence: this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: not stated
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: not stated
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: not stated
Brides_Surname: BISHOP
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: not stated
Brides_Condition: not stated
Brides_Occupation: not stated
Brides_Residence: this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname: not stated
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: not stated
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: James Jones
Witness_2: Mark of Mary Jones
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Theophilus Prosser Curate of Upton Bishop
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AR91/7
Page_Number: 17
Parish_Chapel: Linton
Soundex_Groom: G650
Soundex_Bride: B210

Possibly this Elisha,
Record_ID: 433419
Entry_Number:
Year: 1804
Month: Feb
Day: 26
Parents_Surname: GREEN
Child_Forenames: Elisha
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Tho[ma]s Davies Minister
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P241 IN 1/3
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Oxenhall
Soundex: G650

(NB: nowadays for Gorstley (as it's pronounced) read Gorsley, a village a few miles northeast of Mitcheldean into Herefordshire)
http://gorsley.com/

For details and photos of nearby Aston Ingham see http://astoningham.org.uk/

Linton Chapel, St Mary's, is perhaps (in)famous for having "been blessed in the 19th century by the energetic ministry of the Revd Edward Palin, great-grandfather of the comic actor" (who I greatly enjoy !).
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/linton-st-mary/
http://www.lintonpc-herefordshire.gov.uk/

Genuki is an excellent reference site to browse for Victorian Parishes etc.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Linton/Gaz1868.html
http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/nearby?CCC=HEF,GRIDREF=SO660250,DISTANCE=5,PN=Linton

I see Constance was a Gloveress, a female glove maker, often a local “cottage” industry, very prevalent in this area at the time. Altho' from out of the area (North Oxfordshie in fact, so not too far distant) this contemporary account maybe of interest.

"GLOVING (from Stonesfield, by G H Powell)
Gloving was the principal occupation of all the unmarried women of Stonesfield and many continued this work after marriage. Miss Thornett provides these details.
Miss Thornett learned from her mother and started to help with the stitching at the age of twelve. Many girls started as a part-time job as soon as they left school. In fine weather one would see the women sitting at their cottage doors for the best light with the ?Tranks? resting on a cloth spread on their knees to fold over the work when put aside. The front and back halves of the gloves were cut in one piece, joined by the side seam, and were cut out by a knife going round a kind of metal template. This unsewn shape was called a ?trank? and included with each trank were three quirks to go between the four fingers, and the ?forjets? (fourchettes) to go up the sides of the fingers, the thumb to be sewn in separately, and a welt to be sewn round the wrist.
The gloves had to be sewn by hand with cream cotton and the welts with brown cotton. Every stitch had to touch the last, back and front, as if machine sewn. To sew one pair of tranks complete took five hours, and for this the gloveress received 5d. with an extra farthing for sewing the button holes, which had to have a kind of narrow binding stitched round them. The gloveress did not have to add the buttons.
When finished, many of the gloveresses had to cycle (walk in earlier years) five miles each way to Woodstock to take in the gloves and get a fresh supply of unsewn tranks, small parts, and cottons. Gloving has been known in Woodstock as early as 1580. In the 19th century several firms sent out the unsewn gloves to over 1400 women in the surrounding villages, but Stonesfield was the most noted for its hand-sewing. As you will see, gloveresses, although skilled, were at that time the equivalent of factory hands and very poorly paid."

Also see http://www.worcestercitymuseums.org.uk/mag/spirit/spglov.htm
It should be noted that some villages not far from Gorsley & Linton, tho' clearly Herefordshire/Glostershire nowadays, until 1931 they were considered as outlying enclaves of Worcestershire !. My mother's line is from nearby Redmarley, as this Census shows the majority of the ladies within this apparently farming village were glove-making as late as 1871.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/RedmarleydAbitot/Census71-1.html