Folkestone Christ Church, Kent, England Genealogy

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Folkestone Christ Church

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

Folkestone Christ Church
Type	Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Kent
Hundred	Folkestone
Poor Law Union	Elham
Registration District	Elham
Records Begin
Parish registers	1851
Bishop's Transcripts	1851
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Dover
Diocese	Canterbury
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
Archive
Kent Record Office

Parish History

Folkestone is, ecclesiastically, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Dover.

Christ Church was formed from Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe, Kent Ancient Parish as a church for mariners and fishermen.

The church was consecrated on 27th July 1850 and destroyed by a German bomb on 17th May 1942. As part of the development of the town churches it was followed by Folkestone Holy Trinity and St Peter.

Folkestone Holy Trinity with Christ Church is the United benefice in the Diocese of Canterbury.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel dates from 1866; Independent Baptist and Society of Friends Chapels were also built.

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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Cemeteries

• 1857-1915 Register of Burials in the Burial Ground of the Township and Parish of Folkestone (Kent), 1857-1915(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Removal of Graves and Tombstones for Christ Church Yard, Sandgate Road, Folkestone(*) 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

• 1837-1941 Elham Registration District
  
• 1941-1974 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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Folkestone Christ Church 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.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
  
• Vision of Britain
  

Websites

• Christ Church Folkestone Kent Churches
  
• Folkestone GENUKI
  
• Ruins of Christ Church British Listed Buildings