Bromley Holy Trinity, Kent, England Genealogy

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Bromley Holy Trinity

A guide to genealogy in the ecclesiastical parish of Bromley - Holy Trinity in Kent with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc..

Bromley Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish within the town of Bromley in Kent, England.

Bromley Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Bromley Common Kent
Type	Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Kent
Hundred	Bromley and Beckenham
Poor Law Union	Bromley
Registration District	Bromley
Records Begin
Parish registers	1843
Bishop's Transcripts	1892
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	None
Diocese	Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - None
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archive
Kent Record Office

Parish History

Bromley Common Holy Trinity was created as an Ecclesiastical parish in 1842 (built from 1839) to relieve pressure upon Bromley St Peter and St Paul. The District Church was built on the Commons land which had been enclosed by Enclosure Acts of 1764 and 1821. The Bishops of Rochester as Lords of the manor had owned much of the Commons Land; in the period from 1843 land was purchased by prominent families. The church with graveyard was built of flint in Gothic style on junction of the Tunbridge Turnpike Road (later Hastings Road) and the Westerham Turnpike Road (nowadays Oakley Road) The total cost of the church and the later addition in 1843 of the tower are recorded in the Burial Register front page. The District was assigned by an order in Council 10 June 1843 under 59 Geo, III 134 section 16.

The Norman family who purchased most of the land of the Common area and major houses were the major benefactors for the church including an entire re-roofing of the church and gift of a large parcel of land to extend the graveyard. Only part of the land formed an extension the remaining land was never utilized for burials but forms allotment gardens to the present day.

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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• Click on the location pin on the map
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• Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
  

Cemeteries

• Holy Trinity Church, Bromley Common, Kent, Monumental Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration Districts

• 1837-1965 Bromley Registration District
  

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Due to the increasing access of online records:

• Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
  
• Dates in the following table are approximate
  

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Bromley Holy Trinity Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Kent	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Parish Registers-Kent	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Kent ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Findmypast Banns-Kent ($)	-	-	1500s-1900s	-	-	-
Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1800s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

• Bromley Holy Trinity Parish, Christenings 1843-1900 Transcripts Kent Online Parish Clerk
  
• Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
• Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
• The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent ($)
• UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
  

Nonconformist Records

"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.

• 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
  
• England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary

Census

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Poor Law Unions

• Bromley Poor Law Union
  

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Go to Kent Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

• England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records
  

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
  
• Vision of Britain
  

Websites

• Bromley Common, Holy Trinity, Church Lane North West Kent Family History Society
  
• Holy Trinity Bromley Kent Churches
  
• Holy Trinity, Bromley Common, Church of England GENUKI