Difference between revisions of "Kent"

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Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'.

With towns steeped in History, on the south coast of England, Kent is dotted with castles and historic houses, from Leeds Castle to which Henry VIII brought Catherine of Aragon in 1520 to Chartwell in Westerham, the home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until he died in 1965.

Nelsons flagship “HMS Victory” was built at Chatham Dockyards. Five of the original Cinque Ports are to be found in Kent .... Dover, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich, (the other being Hastings in East Sussex.)

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+|Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'.
-'''Kent'''
+With towns steeped in History, on the south coast of England, Kent is dotted with castles and historic houses, from Leeds Castle to which Henry VIII brought Catherine of Aragon in 1520 to Chartwell in Westerham, the home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until he died in 1965.
-County town: Maidstone
+Nelsons flagship “HMS Victory” was built at Chatham Dockyards. Five of the original Cinque Ports are to be found in Kent .... Dover, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich, (the other being Hastings in East Sussex.)
-Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley
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+| Kent has many seaside towns perhaps the most famous being Margate, reputed to be the home of seaside donkey rides. Further round the coast are the famous white cliffs of Dover - epitomised in the wartime song by Vera Lynn.
-Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'. With towns steeped in History, on the south coast of England, Kent is dotted with castles and historic houses, from Leeds Castle to which Henry VIII brought Catherine of Aragon in 1520 to Chartwell in Westerham, the home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until he died in 1965.
-Nelsons flagship “HMS Victory” was built at Chatham Dockyards. Five of the original Cinque Ports are to be found in Kent .... Dover, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich, (the other being Hastings in East Sussex.)
 The Channel Tunnel was at last built between 1987 & 1994 linking Folkestone to Calais, following an attempt in 1880 which was abandoned, fearing a French invasion.
-Kent has many seaside towns perhaps the most famous being Margate, reputed to be the home of seaside donkey rides. Further round the coast are the famous white cliffs of Dover - epitomised in the wartime song by Vera Lynn.
-The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - home]
+'''County town:''' Maidstone
-This site provides links and information to the local bmd database and online certificate ordering service
+'''Other major towns:''' Canterbury, Bexley
-Family History Certifcate information [http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships - Research]
-==Register Offices==
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Kent| Kent Places of Worship]]'''
-=====Maidstone Registration Services=====
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-Invicta House<br>
+| [[Image: EnglandKent.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-Maidstone<br>
+|}
-Kent<br>
+==Resources==
-ME14 1XX
-Tel 08458 247 400<br>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk
-=====Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester=====
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''']
-Medway Register Office<br>
-Ingleside<br>
-Maidstone Road<br>
-Chatham<br>
-ME4 6DJ
-Tel 01634 338899<br>
+*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent Family History Society]
-E-mail register.office@medway.gov.uk
-=====Bexley District Register Office=====
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ County Library Service]
-Manor House<br>
-The Green<br>
-Sidcup<br>
-Kent<br>
-DA14 6BU
-Tel 020 8308 7515<br>
+*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
-Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
-=====Bromley Registration Service=====
+*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
-Civic Centre<br>
-Stockwell Close<br>
-Bromley<br>
-BR31 3OH
-Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
+*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
-E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk
-Council webpage link [http://www.bromley.gov.uk/community/BirthsDeathsMarriagesPartnerships/birth_death_marriage_certificates.htm London Borough of Bromley | Birth, death and marriage certificates]
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
-*1966 and earlier events must be ordered by post or in person at the office,events after 1966 can be ordered online,by post or in person.
-=====Greenwich=====
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-The Register Office<br>
-Town Hall <br>
-Wellington Street <br>
-Woolwich <br>
-London <br>
-SE18 6PW
-Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
+*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/id1.html 1841 Kent Census]
-E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts Transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of Articles from Kent Newspapers 1786-1850]
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
-'''County Record Office Address'''
+*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
-The Centre for Kentish Studies
+*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
-Sessions House
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
-County Hall
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
-Maidstone
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
-ME14 1XQ
+*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
-tel: 01622 694363
+*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
-fax: 01622 694379
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
+*[http://www.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark - Parish Registers]
-*Canterbury:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
-*Deal:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Dover:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Folkestone:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Herne:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
-*Herne Bay:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
-*Medway:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Malling:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Maidstone:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Tankerton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
+*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
+*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
+*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
-==Links==
-*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ County Record Office]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html Library Links]
+*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
-*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
+*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/ East Kent Local History Pages]
+*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/elmsted/elmsted_web_page.htm Local History of The Parish of Elmsted and Family Histories of Elmsted and Neighbouring Villages on The North Downs]
+*[http://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent family History society]
+*[http://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/index.htm Farnborough Parish]
+*[http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=155 Faversham History]
 *[http://www.folkfhs.org.uk/ Folkestone & District FHS]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Folkestone Wills 1388-1858]
+*[http://uk.geocities.com/great_mongeham_pc/MongehamGraveyard.htm St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham -Gravestones]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street_Green Green Street Green]
+*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
+*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
+*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
+*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ld_index.htm Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
+*[http://www.margatehistory.blogspot.com/ Margate Historical Society]
 *[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
+*[http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/index.html Northbourne Sources]
+*[http://www.plaxtolhistory.org.uk/index.htm Plaxtol Local History Group]
+*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]
+*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
+*[http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/index.htm Sandwich]
+*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
 *[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
+*[http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history.html Walmer Web]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
+*[http://www.west-malling.co.uk/ West Malling Resource Centre]
-*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html Kent OnLine parish clerks]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
+*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyKent.htm#PageTitle IGI Kent]
+*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]
-*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark ]Medway digital images of parish registers
-*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm  Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/bmd.html Some Kent Parish Records]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Some Kent Baptisms]
+The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
+'''Maidstone Registration Services'''
+Invicta House<br>
+Maidstone<br>
+Kent<br>
+ME14 1XX<br>
-'''Family and social history'''
+Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
+Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/kent/kent_workhouses.htm Kent Workhouses]
+'''Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)'''
-*[http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/kentvad.htm Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)]
+Medway Register Office<br>
+Ingleside<br>
+Maidstone Road<br>
+Chatham<br>
+ME4 6DJ<br>
-*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
+Tel: 01634 338899<br>
-*[http://www.geocities.com/turnerancestors/familytree.html Family tree of the Turners]
+Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
-*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/ Kent Archaeological Society]Records, wills and Monumental inscriptions.
+'''Bexley District Register Office'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851]  -and in 1852:-
+Manor House<br>
+The Green<br>
+Sidcup<br>
+Kent<br>
+DA14 6BU<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1852.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1852]
+Tel: 020 8308 7515<br>
-*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Some Abstracts of Title and draft Wills]
+* Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Some Chelsfield wills 1388-1858]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Some Folkestone wills]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of articles from some Kent newspapers 1786-1850]
+'''Bromley Registration Service'''
+Civic Centre<br>
+Stockwell Close<br>
+Bromley<br>
+BR31 3OH
+Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk<br>
+* [http://www.bromley.gov.uk/community/BirthsDeathsMarriagesPartnerships/birth_death_marriage_certificates.htm London Borough of Bromley] Events from 1966 or earlier must be ordered by post or in person at the office. Events after 1966 can be ordered online, by post or in person.
-'''Countywide interest'''
+'''Greenwich'''
-*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
+The Register Office<br>
+Town Hall <br>
+Wellington Street <br>
+Woolwich <br>
+London <br>
+SE18 6PW<br>
+Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
-*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus ]Ideal Homes: Suburbia
+E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
+*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
-*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History Kent]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Welcome to ancestry Deal & Walmer ]
-*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy] - with some Parish Records
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/elmstead Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy pages]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages] Includes some Parish Records
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm The Parish of Staplehurst]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Deal [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Dover [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Folkestone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm  The Village of Marden]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
+*Folkestone & Romney Marsh Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=317 Gwyn in Kent]
+*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coatguards]
+Back to [[England]]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
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Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers