Cheriton, Kent, England Genealogy

Cheriton

Guide to Cheriton, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Cheriton
Type	Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Kent
Hundred	Folkestone
Poor Law Union	Elham
Registration District	Elham
Records Begin
Parish registers	1563
Bishop's Transcripts	1812
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Dover
Diocese	Canterbury
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
Archive
Kent Record Office

Parish History

Cheriton was a civil parish from 1894 to 1898 when it was part of Elham Rural district and became a separate urban district. In 1934 this was abolished by a County review order and partly divided between Hythe and Folkestone.^[1]

Cheriton St Martin is the original parish church of the Ancient Parish which now serves as the church for Shorncliffe Army Camp which includes Sir John Moore Barracks, Napier Barracks and Risbourgh Barracks.

All Souls Church was consecrated in January 1895 and was formed as an Ecclesiastical Parish within the Ancient parish ^[2]

Other places of worship in Cheriton include:

Cheriton Baptist Church High St Cheriton Folkestone ^[3]

St Joseph Roman Catholic Church4 Ashley Avenue ^[4]

The Roman Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Name, Sir John Moore Barracks, North Road, Folkestone dates from 1966. ^[5]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Cemeteries

Monumental Inscriptions of Cheriton in Kent(*) 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

1837-1934 Elham Registration District
1937-1974 Folkestone 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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Cheriton 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.

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 Records

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

Poor Law Unions

Elham Poor Law Union, Kent

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.

Websites

Cheriton Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
Church of St Martin British Listed Buildings
Parishes: Cheriton British History Online
St Martin Cheriton Kent Churches
St Martin Church, Cheriton Kent Archeological Service

References

↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,Cheriton (St. Martin) A Topographical Dictionary of England](1848), pp. 569-576. Date accessed: 23 October 2021.
↑ All Souls A Church Near You Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021
↑ Cheriton Baptist Church Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021
↑ St Joseph Roman Catholic Church Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021
↑ Roman Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Name Sir John Moore Barracks British Listed Buildings Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021

[1] Lewis, Samuel A.,Cheriton (St. Martin) A Topographical Dictionary of England](1848), pp. 569-576. Date accessed: 23 October 2021.

[2] All Souls A Church Near You Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021

[3] Cheriton Baptist Church Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021

[4] St Joseph Roman Catholic Church Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021

[5] Roman Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Name Sir John Moore Barracks British Listed Buildings Date accessed: 23 Oct 2021

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