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*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne 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] | *Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent] | ||
Revision as of 07:41, 1 March 2009
| 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 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 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.
Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley |
Resources
Primary Reference
Countywide Interest
Specific Town and Village Interest
- Dover War Memorial Project
Feb 2009
- Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet Feb 2009
- Wrotham Heath New
Maps and Photographs
Books of local interest
Register Office
The main Kent contact site is Kent Registration Services
Maidstone Registration Services
Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX
Tel: 08458 247 400
Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk
Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)
Medway Register Office
Ingleside
114 Maidstone Road
Chatham
ME4 6DJ
Tel: 01634 338899
Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk
Bexley District Register Office
Manor House
The Green
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6BU
Tel: 020 8308 7515
- Council webpage at Bexley Council - Registrars
Bromley Registration Service
Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley
BR31 3OH
Tel 020 8313 4666
E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk
- 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.
Greenwich
The Register Office
Town Hall
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London
SE18 6PW
Tel: 020 8921 4377
E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Canterbury Mary Poppins
- Deal Mary Poppins
- Dover Mary Poppins
- Folkestone Mary Poppins
- Medway McAnne in Kent
- Malling McAnne in Kent
- Maidstone McAnne in Kent
Photo Offers
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
- Folkestone & Romney Marsh Area Gwyn in Kent
- Medway McAnne in Kent
- Malling McAnne in Kent
- Maidstone McAnne in Kent
- Ramsgate/Margate/Broadstairs area hattie
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