Cudham, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to Cudham, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Cudham | |
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| Cudham St Peter & St Paul Kent | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Ruxley |
| Poor Law Union | Bromley |
| Registration District | Bromley |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1653 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1719 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dartford |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - Canterbury |
| 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[edit | edit source]
CUDHAM (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Bromley, hundred of Ruxley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W division of Kent, 7 miles SE by S from Bromley. [1]
Cudham, a village and a parish in Bromley district, Kent. It is an extensive but thinly inhabited parish, nearly seven miles in length. The village stands near the boundary with Surrey, 3 miles southwest of Chelsfield rail station, and 7 miles south-south-east of Bromley and was once a market town.
The manor belonged anciently to the Apperfields.
The Church dates from the 12th century and is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is an old building of flint and brick in the Perpendicular style, with a steeple rising from the middle with 9 bells, the oldest dating from 1490.[2]
The modern parish is part of a united benefice with Downe, Kent in the Diocese of Rochester.
The parish workhouse was situated at Leaves Green.
From this parish was formed the parish of Biggin Hill in the twentieth century development along the Westerham- Bromley Road. Biggin Hill was developed to the north of Aperfield in the twentieth century. [3]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1800-1950 Monumental Inscriptions, Cudham, Kent, England, 1800-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Registration Districts[edit | edit source]
- 1837-1934 Bromley Registration district
Church Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Cudham Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Kent | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Kent | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
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[edit | edit source]
"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[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
- Bromley Poor Law Union The parish workhouse prior to the opening of the Union Workhouse at Locksbottom in 1844 was situated at Leaves Green.
The Cudham Parish Workhouse was built in 1731 at Leaves Green.[4]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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.
croll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Church of St Peter and St Paul British listed building
- Cudham GENUIKI
- Cudham Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
- Ss Peter And Paul Cudham Kent Churches
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 742-746. Date accessed 17 April 2013
- ↑ Kent Online Parish Clerks Cudham Parish Date accessed: 27 Oct 2021
- ↑ Biggin Hill, Kent
- ↑ British Listed Buildings Jasmine Cottage, Ramblers Rest Cottage and Green View