Kent

Canterbury Cathedral Gate submitted by Mary Poppins

Kent County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Kent

County town: Maidstone

Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley

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 Kent Registration Services - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - home

This site provides links and information to the local bmd database and online certificate ordering service Family History Certifcate information Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships - Research

Register Offices

Maidstone Registration Services
Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX

Tel 08458 247 400
E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk

Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester
Medway Register Office
Ingleside
114 Maidstone Road
Chatham
ME4 6DJ

Tel 01634 338899
E-mail 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

Council webpage link London Borough of Bromley | Birth, death and marriage certificates

• 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
The Register Office
Town Hall
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London
SE18 6PW

Tel: 020 8921 4377
E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Canterbury Mary Poppins
• Deal Mary Poppins
• Dover Mary Poppins
• Folkestone Mary Poppins
• Herne Teresa from the Bay
• Herne Bay Teresa from the Bay
• Medway McAnne in Kent
• Malling McAnne in Kent
• Maidstone McAnne in Kent
• Tankerton Teresa from the Bay

Photo Offers

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• Medway McAnne in Kent
• Malling McAnne in Kent
• Maidstone McAnne in Kent

Links

• Kent Record Office - Archive & Local History Centres

• GENUKI: Kent

• Library Links

• Kent BMD search

• Local History Society Gateway Page

• Kent Genealogy Pages

Local History Society

• Kent FHS

• Folkestone & District FHS

• North West Kent FHS

• Tunbridge Wells FHS

OPC

• Kent OnLine Parish Clerks

• Kent Look-up Exchange

• Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Archives

• IGI Kent

• Here's History Kent

• Medway City Ark- Parish Registers

• Canterbury Cathedral Archives

• Some Kent Parish Records

• Some Kent Baptisms

• Kent Quarter Sessions Index

• Pigots 1840 Kent

• Some early Kent deeds

• Dover Corporation accounts, 1688

Family and Social History

• Kent Workhouses

• Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)

• Kent Churches Online

• Turner Family Tree

• West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650

• Kent Archaeological Society

• Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52

• Some Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills

• Chelsfield wills 1388-1858

• Folkestone wills

• Indices of articles from Kent newspapers 1786-1850

Maps & Photographs

Countywide Interest

• The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex

• Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus

• Kent Genealogy

• This is Here's History - Kent

Specific Town Village Interest

• Welcome to Ancestry Deal & Walmer

• Barham Genealogy

• Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages

• Faversham

• Folkestone Genealogy Pages

• Kemsing Heritage Centre

• Lynsted with Kingsdown Society

• Marden Village

• Family and Local History in Thanet

• Rainham History

• Sandhurst and surrounding Villages

• Staplehurst Parish

• Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey

• Isle of Sheppey Coatguards

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