BANNS of MARRIAGE 1838 to 1912 [Ref PE/WSF:RE 4/1]
Transcribed from the Parish Registers held at the Dorset History Centre & donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Kay Kearsey
Researchers should always bear in mind that evidence of Banns is not conclusive evidence that a marriage ceremony subsequently took place
| Year | Month(s) Banns read | Groom’s first name(s) | Groom’s surname | Groom's Parish | Bride’s first name | Bride’s surname | Bride's Parish | Notes |
| 1838 | Nov | Samuel | SNELLING | West Stafford | Ann | TRAVERS | West Stafford | |
| 1838 | Dec & Jan | Thomas | TRAVERS | West Stafford | Susannah | MITCHEL | West Stafford | |
| 1839 | Nov | Adam | DAY | Little Bredy | Elizabeth Gillett | COZINS | West Stafford | |
| 1840 | Feb | Thomas | GILLETT | West Stafford | Mary | OLIVER | Bockhampton [Stinsford] | |
| 1841 | Jan | James | DAY | West Stafford | Mary | GUDGE | West Stafford | |
| 1841 | Jan | John | SNELLING | West Stafford | Elizabeth | GILLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1841 | Oct | William | PORTER | West Stafford | Louisa | BILLETT | Fordington | |
| 1842 | May & Jun | Frederick | TIZARD | West Stafford | Catherine | MILLS | Martinstown [ Winterborne St Martin] | |
| 1842 | Jul | George | DOWNTON | West Stafford | Jane | RANDALL | West Stafford | |
| 1846 | Aug | Charles | TREVIT | Winterborne St Martin | Rebecca | MILLS | West Stafford | |
| 1846 | Aug | Thomas | BEAVIS | West Stafford | Mary | WHITE | Portesham | |
| 1846 | Aug | Richard | RIDOUT | Poole | Harriett | GILLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1846 | Nov & Dec | John | HAYTER | Fordington | Susan | HARRIS[?] | West Stafford | |
| 1847 | Jan | Thomas Hooper | GILLETT | West Stafford | Harriett | STONE | West Stafford | |
| 1847 | Apr | William | PORTER | West Stafford | Caroline | WELLMAN | Woodsford | |
| 1847 | Jul & Aug | William | READ | West Stafford | Martha | COLLIER | West Knighton | |
| 1848 | Sep & Oct | William | LOVELASS | West Stafford | Mary | BURT | Broadmayne | |
| 1849 | Jan & Feb | Robert | DYER | Upwey | Charlotte | TIBBS | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1849 | Feb & Mar | Samuel | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | Elizabeth | CROSS | West Knighton | |
| 1849 | Nov | Joseph | VINCENT | Came | Sarah | PRITY | West Stafford | |
| 1851 | Jan | John | BELKEN | Fordington | Jane | BEAVIS | West Stafford | |
| 1851 | Apr | Charles | READ | West Stafford | Elizabeth Sarah | COLLIER | West Knighton | |
| 1851 | Sep & Oct | Robert Stonely | ANDREWS | St Pauls | Charlotte | BOSLEY | West Stafford | |
| 1851 | Nov | Charles | PORTER | West Stafford | Mary Ann | BLANDEMORE | Fordington | |
| 1852 | Apr & May | Robert | RICKETTS | West Stafford | Ann | TIBBS | West Stafford | |
| 1852 | May | George | HOPKINS | West Stafford | Jane | WATTS | West Stafford | |
| 1852 | May & Jun | Joseph Phillip | PITCHER | Fordington | Elizabeth | GILLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1853 | Feb | Charles | WEADON | West Stafford | Sarah Ann | BARTLETT | Weymouth | |
| 1853 | May | William | BEAVIS | West Stafford | Sarah | PITMAN | Hilton | |
| 1853 | May & Jun | Edwin | OTTER | West Stafford | Harriett | WEADON | West Stafford | |
| 1854 | Apr | James | READ | West Stafford | Rebecca | TIZARD | Woodsford | |
| 1854 | Jul | John | AMEY | West Stafford | Dinah | ALNER | Dewlish | |
| 1854 | Nov & Dec | John | GREENING | West Stafford | Rebecca | STAINER | Fordington | Groom a widower |
| 1854 | Dec | Samuel | QUARRELL | Fordington | Mary Ann | TRAVERS | West Stafford | |
| 1855 | Apr | Edward | FOSSEY | Sydling | Jane | TRAVERS | West Stafford | |
| 1855 | Jun & Jul | John | WATTS | West Stafford | Charlotte | LESTER | Holy Trinity, Dorchester | |
| 1855 | Dec | George | MULLET | West Stafford | Elizabeth | CUFF | Shillingstone | |
| 1856 | Jan & Feb | Richard | TRAVERS | West Stafford | Jane | HOPKINS | West Stafford | Bride a widow |
| 1857 | Jul & Aug | Mark | TRIGG | Brentwood, Essex | Mary Ann | RICKETTS | West Stafford | |
| 1857 | Dec | George | RICHARDS | West Stafford | Elizabeth | SMIDELLES[?] | West Stafford | |
| 1858 | Feb | Levi | DAY | West Stafford | Sarah | READ | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1858 | Apr & May | Robert | READ | West Stafford | Emma | WHITTLE | West Stafford | |
| 1860 | Aug & Sep | Johnathan | LOVELACE | West Stafford | Mary | BAGG | Seavington St Herbot, Somerset | |
| 1861 | Feb | Michall | ELSWORTH | West Stafford | Elizabeth | MARSHFIELD | West Stafford | |
| 1861 | Feb & Mar | George | CHRICHELL | West Stafford | Ann | DAVIS | West Stafford | |
| 1861 | Jun | Francis | TREVESS | West Stafford | Ann Maria | BISHOP | Holy Trinity, Dorchester | |
| 1861 | Nov & Dec | Robert | GREEN | Holy Trinity, Dorchester | Ruth Jane | RANDALL | West Stafford | |
| 1862 | Jul | George | PORTER | West Stafford | Charlotte | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1862 | Sep & Oct | Stephen James | WHITTAKER | Monckton Coombe, Somerset | Sarah | SNELLING | West Stafford | |
| 1863 | June | Samuel | TOMS | West Stafford | Caroline | GAULTON | Dewlish | |
| 1863 | Aug | Uriah | AMEY | Ringwood, Hants | Susan | BUCKLER | West Stafford | |
| 1864 | Jan & Feb | Ambrose | SAMWAYS | Fordington | Adelaide | PIDGEN | West Stafford | Groom a widower. Bride a widow. |
| 1864 | Jul & Aug | Walter | GILLINGHAM | West Stafford | Rachell Sarah | RANDALL | West Stafford | |
| 1864 | Aug | Robert | READ | West Stafford | Martha Ann | CHILDS | Melbury Osmond | |
| 1864 | Oct | William | OLD | Horsmonden, Kent | Eliza | PORTER | West Stafford | |
| 1866 | Jan & Feb | Giles | RANDALL | West Stafford | Eliza | GUPPY | West Stafford | |
| 1866 | May & Jun | John | COX | West Stafford | Mary Ann | SNELLING | West Stafford | |
| 1866 | Jun & Jul | George | DAVIS | West Stafford | Eliza | Hyde | West Stafford | |
| 1866 | Sep & Oct | Richard | HYDE | West Stafford | Emily | SQUIBB | Bockhampton [Stinsford] | |
| 1867 | Feb & Mar | Robert | CHILDS | East Chelborough | Maria | HOWARD | West Stafford | |
| 1867 | Dec | George | LEGG | Church Knowle | Jane | GREENING | West Stafford | |
| 1868 | Aug | Charles | SPRANKLIN | West Stafford | Mary Ann | DAMAN | West Stafford | |
| 1868 | Oct & Nov | George Henry | PIPE | West Stafford | Mary Ann | HALL [?] | West Stafford | |
| 1869 | Oct | George | RAWLINGS | West Stafford | Elizabeth | VINCENT | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1870 | Mar & Apr | Elias | PARK | West Stafford | Elizabeth Dunman | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | |
| 1873 | Jan | Louis | OLIVER | West Stafford | Charlotte Osment | WALDON | Preston | |
| 1873 | Mar | William | LAKE | West Stafford | Matilda | SNELLING | West Stafford | |
| 1873 | Jun | Levi | TURNER | West Stafford | Ellen | PARSONS | East Chickerell | |
| 1874 | Jul | Walter William Marriott | SMITH | West Stafford | Alice Mary | LEY | Kenn, Devon | Groom Lt. In R.Artillery |
| 1874 | Oct | Thomas | VIDLER | West Stafford | Mary Ann | SLADE | Broadwindsor | |
| 1875 | Jan | George | ROLLS | West Stafford | Frances Ann | DOWNTON | Stinsford | |
| 1876 | Jun | William | GOULDSTONE | West Stafford | Mary Elizabeth | PIPE | West Stafford | |
| 1877 | Jan | Edward | BAKER | All Saints, Dorchester | Tabitha Bradford | ROLLS | West Stafford | |
| 1877 | Apr | William | RICKETTS | West Stafford | Sarah Ann | ROBBINS | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1878 | Aug & Sep | Charles | CHERRITT | Lytchett Minster | Mary | MANSFIELD | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1878 | Sep | Thomas | HUMBER | West Stafford | Emily Ann | GARRETT | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1879 | Jul & Aug | Emmanuel | MARSH | West Stafford | Mary | WATTS | West Stafford | |
| 1880 | Sep & Oct | Willam | PAUL | West Stafford | Jane | BARTLETT | [H]Allstock | |
| 1881 | Jun | Thomas | KINGMAN | Puddletown | Fanny Maria | KINGMAN | West Stafford | |
| 1881 | Aug & Sep | Robert | HEWLETT | West Stafford | Jane | GILLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1881 | Sep | Henry | PAUL | West Stafford | Elizabeth Annie | BUGLER | West Stafford | |
| 1881 | Nov | Seth | PHILLIPS | West Stafford | Harriett Edith | DAMEN | West Stafford | |
| 1881 | Dec | John | DASHWOOD | West Stafford | Alice | PIPE | West Stafford | |
| 1882 | Jul | William | PAUL | St. Andrews, Islington | Hannah Eliza | MULLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1882 | Dec | William Walter | NOBBS | Holy Trinity, Dorchester | Sarah Annie | GUDGE | West Stafford | |
| 1883 | Apr | James | STEELE | West Stafford | Eleanor Mary | PORTER | West Stafford | |
| 1883 | Jul & Aug | William Loveless | GORDGE | West Stafford | Mary Jane | NEWTON | Corscombe | |
| 1883 | Sep | William | OLIVER | West Stafford | Sarah Jane | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | |
| 1884 | Mar | Joseph | TOMS | West Stafford | Caroline | LEE | West Stafford | Bride a widow |
| 1884 | Mar & Apr | George William | PIPE | West Stafford | Lydia Ellen | ROLLS | West Stafford | Bride a widow |
| 1884 | Aug | John Charles | CUTLER | West Stafford | Ellen | PHILLIPS | West Stafford | |
| 1884 | Sep & Oct | Culedon Philip | EGERTON | West Fordington | Caroline Blanche | Smith | West Stafford | |
| 1885 | Jan | Walter Job | WALDEN | West Stafford | Rosetta Jane | KELLAWAY | West Stafford | |
| 1885 | Mar | Charles | HUTCHIN | St Peters, Eaton Square, London | Catherine | POLE | West Stafford | |
| 1885 | Mar | John William | SAMWAYS | West Stafford | Eliza | CHURCHILL | Upwey | |
| 1885 | Sep & Oct | Daniel John | SYMONDS | Symondsbury | Katherine Sarah | FLOWER | West Stafford | |
| 1885 | Nov | Walter Thomas | WATTS | West Stafford | Emily | LYNE | Tarrant Crawford | |
| 1886 | Nov & Dec | George | ELLIS | West Stafford | Alice | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | |
| 1887 | Feb | William Charles | HAWKINS | West Stafford | Emily | GREENING | West Stafford | |
| 1887 | Oct & Nov | Henry | HANSFORD | West Stafford | Frances | PORTER | West Stafford | Groom a widower |
| 1887 | Nov & Dec | Joseph Henry James | PRYER | Sunninghill Berks. | Catherine Mary | MULLETT | West Stafford | |
| 1888 | Aug & Sep | George Robert | HARDY | West Stafford | Angelena | RIGGS | Tolpuddle | |
| 1888 | Sep | Henry | GORDGE | West Stafford | Kate | SNELGROVE | West Stafford | |
| 1890 | Mar | George Roper | PITFIELD | Eype, Symondsbury | Lilian Maud | FLOWER | West Stafford | |
| 1890 | Apr | Albert | BOYTE | West Stafford | Elisabeth | WONDING | West Stafford | |
| 1891 | Apr | Thomas Nathanie | BARTLETT | West Knighton | Grace Isabel Groves | FLOWER | West Stafford | |
| 1891 | Apr & May | Thomas | ELLIOTT | St Andrews, Plymouth | Catherine | KANE | West Stafford | Bride a widow |
| 1891 | Sep & Oct | William | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | Mary Ann | CROSS | Long Bredy | |
| 1891 | Dec | John Thomas | DOREY | West Stafford | Emma | RANDALL | Troytown, Puddletown | |
| 1892 | Apr | William Purkis | WINCOTT | Datchett, Bucks | Dora Eliza | FULLER | West Stafford | |
| 1892 | Jun | George | GORDGE | West Stafford | Clara Jane | LOVELACE | Tincleton | |
| 1893 | Sep & Oct | Matthew John | SLADE | West Stafford | Francis | HANSFORD | West Stafford | Bride a widow |
| 1894 | Nov | Albert Edward | CLUTTER | West Knighton | Beatrice Mary | TREVETT | West Stafford | |
| 1895 | Mar & Apr | Samuel | MATTHEWS | West Stafford | Annie Rogers | DAVIS | West Stafford | |
| 1895 | Oct & Nov | Harry George Guppy | WARR | West Stafford | Eliza | DAVIS | Broadway | |
| 1896 | Nov | John | ELLERY | West Stafford | Lavinia Blanche | LAKE | Godmanstone | |
| 1896 | Dec | Walter | BAILEY | West Stafford | Louisa Charlotte | SEYMOUR | West Stafford | |
| 1897 | Jan | William | CHILDS | West Stafford | Edith Jane | HANSFORD | Upwey | |
| 1897 | Mar & Apr | Frederick | SPRACKLIN | West Stafford | Agnes Emily | WALLIS | Athelhampton | |
| 1897 | Apr & May | George | HOLT | West Stafford | Dorcas | CROSS | West Stafford | |
| 1897 | Aug & Sep | William Thomas | MATTHEWS | West Stafford | Annie Francis | SPRACKLIN | West Stafford | |
| 1899 | Mar | Robert Henry | PALMER | Puncknowle | Octavia Evelyne Aldridge | FLOWER | West Stafford | |
| 1899 | Mar & Apr | Samuel George | FOOT | West Stafford | Susanna Elizabeth | COUSINS | West Stafford | |
| 1899 | Jun & Jul | Frederic George | WYATT | West Stafford | Mary Jane | HARWOOD | West Dean, near Salisbury | |
| 1899 | Jul | James Henry | ROBINS | West Stafford | Helen | TOMS | West Stafford | |
| 1899 | Aug | Charles Richard | OLIVER | West Stafford | Sarah Harriet Emma | COUSINS | West Stafford | |
| 1901 | Mar | George | FRAMPTON | Broadmayne | Ann | HANSFORD | West Stafford | |
| 1901 | Mar | Thomas Garland | CLEALL | West Stafford | Susan | PHILLIPS | West Stafford | |
| 1901 | May & Jun | William George | CADDY | Longfleet | Elizabeth Ann | PUDWELL | West Stafford | |
| 1901 | Jun | James | ADAMS | Melcombe Regis | Mary Letitia | HELLIER | West Stafford | |
| 1902 | Feb & Mar | George John | LEE | West Stafford | Agnes Annie | HILL | Charminster | |
| 1902 | Mar | Edward John | LEE | West Stafford | Elizabeth | INGRAM | St Michaels. Hamworthy | |
| 1902 | Oct | Herbert | NEWMAN | West Stafford | Sarah Rose | HEMS | Elsfield, Near Oxford | |
| 1903 | Apr & May | Henry Robert | WALLIS | West Stafford | Harriet | HANSFORD | West Stafford | |
| 1904 | Dec | William John | DAMEN | West Stafford | Eliza Jane | WALLIS | West Stafford | |
| 1905 | Aug | George William | FLOYER | West Stafford | Emily Gertrude | SHIRLEY | Affpuddle | |
| 1905 | Aug & Sep | Elliott Tom Walbridge | MELLISH | Powerstock | Lavinia Harris | GODDARD | West Stafford | |
| 1905 | Aug & Sep | Herbert William | CROSS | West Knighton | Ethel Rose | WHITE | West Stafford | |
| 1905 | Nov & Dec | Harry | MOORE | West Stafford | Mary | SAMWAYS | West Stafford | |
| 1906 | May | Henry George | PURSEGLOVE | Stinsford | Florence Lily Maud | CROSS | West Stafford | |
| 1906 | Nov | Harry | SAMWAYS | West Stafford | Florence Mabel | CUFF | West Stafford | |
| 1906 | Dec | John Thomas | HALLETT | West Stafford | Beatrice Mary | BURT | Askerswell | |
| 1907 | Nov & Dec | Henry Job | FOWLER | West Stafford | Kate Maud | CROSS | West Stafford | |
| 1907 | Nov & Dec | Frank | GANNAWAY | West Stafford | Ann Jane | CADDY | West Stafford | |
| 1908 | May | Water George | OLD | West Stafford | Maud Alberta Matilda | HARVEY | St Marys West Fordington | |
| 1909 | Jul | Richard Portifield | AVIS | West Stafford | Maud | RAYWORTH | West Stafford | |
| 1910 | Mar & Apr | William Reginald | FLOWER | West Stafford | Agnes Mary | MELON | St James, Clapton | |
| 1910 | May | George | SAMWAYS | West Stafford | Ellen Maria | CRITCHELL | Abbotsbury | |
| 1910 | Sep | Charles | LEE | West Stafford | Susanna Elizabeth | RAWLINGS | St Peters, Blandford | |
| 1911 | Mar & Apr | Herbert William | HARRIS | St Anne, Dropmore | Ada Annie | OLD | West Stafford | |
| 1911 | Dec | James John | MITCHELL | West Stafford | Leah Elizabeth | KIDDLE | Milton Abbas | |
| 1912 | Jul & Aug | Louis William Lancelot | WALKER | Upchurch, Kent | Janet Gordon | BALDIE | West Stafford | Groom Chaplain RN, HMS Actaeon. |