English rural societies and geographical marital endogamy, 1700-1837

Bibliographic Data

ID3137783
AuthorsK D M Snell (corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume55
Issue2
Pages262-298
Publication date2002-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-0289.00221
PMID18030703
OpenAlexW2053796770
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article studies 69 rural parishes in eight English counties, examining changes in geographical marital endogamy. It discovers a consistent upward trend in the proportions of marriages that were parochially endogamous, coupled with a decline in so -called 'foreign' marriages following Hardwickes's Act (1753), and a striking shift towards marriages taking place in the brides' parishes. It explores regional variability in parochial endogamy and stresses the role of settlement sizes. The explanation for rising endogamy highlights factors such as population growth, rising poor relief expenditures, and attitudes resistant to 'outsiders' during a period of precarious subsistence and associated tensions

Agriculture · Archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Endogamy · Exogamy · Genealogy · Geography · Population · Rural population · Settlement (finance) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History