A 19th Century Marriage at Widcombe Church
James Cholmeley Russell, the barrister, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur married Eleanor Catherine Broome at Widcombe parish church on April 26th 1893. She was the daughter of the late Rev Frederick Broome, formerly rector of Kenley, Shropshire and Catherine Elizabeth Broome. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend Canon C H Cholmeley, rector of Beaconsfield church from 1885 until his death in 1895. Russell thus continued the tradition of being married by a cleric from his mother's side of the family
Russell was a key shareholder of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways company from which the Welsh Highland Railway Company ultimately emerged.
See more at http://jamescholmeleyrussell.blogspot.com
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Edith Fenemore of 6 Prior Park Cottages married Stamford Grant Felce on the 24th April 1902 at the Parish Church, Parish of Widcombe, County of Bath. Stamford Grant Felce was a Doctor of Medicine from Cricklewood Villas, Willesden. London and the son of Stamford Felce a Physician. Edith was born in Alcester, Warks. and was a nurse. I have some copy photos of a nurse taken in Bath and would be interested to know what 6, Prior Park cottages was like and also whether the church would be St. Thomas a Becket or St. Matthews. Edith's family were Baptist but on the marriage certificate it does say the Parish Church.
Comment from Wendy Turner on Tuesday, 23rd March 2010.