Sheffield Marriage Locator

The Sheffield Marriage Locator is a free resource that allows you to identify the exact Sheffield church that a marriage was held. The marriage had to be held in the years between 1837 and 1897 and to take place in either of the registration districts Sheffield or Ecclesall Bierlow.

Thanks go to the Sheffield City Library digital collection for hosting the Sheffield Marriage Locator.

  • Go to Free BMD to find the GRO reference of the marriage e.g. September 1848 Sheffield XXII 504
  • Go to Sheffield Marriage Locator and select the file of interest.
  • Scroll the file until you find the year of the marriage.

The page for Sheffield for 1848 in the Marriage Locator shows this table:-

Sheffield XXII     Mar 1848 Jun 1848 Sep 1848 Dec 1848
Holy Trinity Darnall 407 457 463 509
St. Mary Handsworth 409 459,460 465,466 511
St. Peter & St. Paul 411-466 461-522 467-523 513-584
St. George 525 585
St. Philip 527 587
St. Paul 529 589,590
St. Mary Bramall Lane 591
Registrar 467-471 523-528 531-535 593-600

The marriage with GRO reference September 1848 Sheffield XXII 504 took place at St. Peter & St. Paul.