Thank you Michael for responding. I had come across the Monmouth marriage registration for Henry HALL and Lucy WHITTINGTON and wondered if there had been a transcription error. I am applying for the marriage certificate in the hope that it is the right one.

Last month we spent a week in the Forest of Dean and my mother and I had a day at the Gloucestershire Records Office. After searching through Anglican Church records and finding little trace of our HALE family, it crossed our minds whether they could be non-conformist, but as it always does, our time ran out and we had to make our way back to the cottage where we were staying leaving the non-conformaist records for another day.

Thank you again for the baptism information. Now we know which direction to follow. Pity that Lucy's maiden name was not recorded.

Dee