Replaced the index to marriages at Whickham St. Mary for 1579-1749 with full details so those 3,199 marriages are now instantly available, including 12 we missed the first time around. Some samples:

• 15 Nov 1579 Anthony Grundy married Flanders Dalkin
• 23 Nov 1650 John Close married Barbary Taylor
• 6 Nov 1701 John Robinson (a soldier) married Jane Harrison, of Whickham, by licence
• 1 Aug 1749 George Bambrough married Elizabeth Wheatly

The third marriage provides a good lesson on how it pays to check the marriage bond when you see that a marriage is by licence. The accompanying bond adds the following useful details:

• 6 Oct 1701 John Robinson (yeoman), of Byermoor Lane, Whickham obtained a licence to marry Jane Harrison (widow), of [Whickham]