Kent
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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
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 linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
County Record Office Address
The Centre for Kentish Studies
Sessions House
County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
tel: 01622 694363 fax: 01622 694379
East Kent Archives Centre
Enterprise Zone
Honeywood Road
Whitfield
Dover
CT16 3EH
Tel:01304 829306
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 linked above.
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
Links
Local History Society
OPC
Archives
- Medway City Ark Medway digital images of parish registers
Family and social history
- Kent Archaeological SocietyRecords, wills and Monumental inscriptions.
- Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851 -and in 1852:-
Maps & Photographs
Countywide interest
- Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus Ideal Homes: Suburbia
Specific Town Village interest
- Barham Genealogy - with some Parish Records
- Folkestone Genealogy Pages Includes some Parish Records
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