Dunkirk, Kent, England Genealogy

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Dunkirk

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

Dunkirk
Former Christ Church Dunkirk Kent
Type	Extra-parochial
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Kent
Hundred	Westgate
Poor Law Union	Faversham
Registration District	Faversham
Records Begin
Parish registers	For records see surrounding parishes
Bishop's Transcripts	For records see surrounding parishes
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Not Applicable
Diocese	Not Applicable
Probate Court	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
Archive
Kent Record Office

Parish History

DUNKIRK VILLE, an extra-parochial liberty, in the union of Faversham, hundred of Westgate, lathe of St. Augustine, E division of Kent, 5 miles W by N from Canterbury.
Dunkirk is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, see Dunkirk Kent Wikipedia

Dunkirk Christ Church was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish in 1841.

The church was dedicated on 10 June 1841 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and was the work of architect John Whichcord. The 1838 Courtenay riots in Dunkirk, an extra parochial area which was deprived, caused the creation of the parish to meet the needs of local people. For a history of the riots see Battle of Bossenden Wood Wikipedia

The walls contain flints from the Canterbury City walls the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury and removed during renovation of the city walls.

The church is designated Grade II listed building by English Heritage and was declared redundant in 1988 and is now a private residential dwelling.British listed building See Kent Churches website

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

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Civil Registration

See Faversham Registration District

Kent County Council

Registration Services
Invicta House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XX Telephone 08458 247 400
http://www.kent.gov.uk are developing online search for all birth marriages and deaths as a result of a community volunteer effort. Not all events are capable of search but the index is updated annually. Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.

The Mansion House (Certificate Centre)
Grove Hill Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1EP

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.
  
  

Land Tax

Images for Dunkirk are available at FamilySearch Records see England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records 1780-1831

Church Records

Dunkirk is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is Blean.

• Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
• The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.
  

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.

• 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

• Faversham 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.

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

Local FamilySearch Centre

• Canterbury FamilySearch Centre, Kent
  
• Gillingham FamilySearch Centre, Kent
  
• Maidstone FamilySearch Centre, Kent
  

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