Longfield, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to Longfield, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| Longfield St Mary Magdalene Kent | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Axton, Dartford and Wilmington |
| Poor Law Union | Dartford |
| Registration District | Dartford |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1558 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1718 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Rochester |
| Diocese | Rochester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester |
| Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LONGFIELD (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Dartford, hundred of Axton, Dartford, and Wilmington, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W division of Kent, 5½ miles SE from Dartford. [1]
Longfield is a village in the civil parish of Longfield and New Barn in the Dartford district of Kent Longfield Wikipedia
Longfield St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish; for a history of the church Church website history.
See Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (1797), pp. 440-444 at British History Online and Kent Churches website
The church of St Mary Magdalene has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building
See Longfield North West Kent Family History Society and Longfield St Mary Magdalene
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
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Dartford Registration District
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.
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
| Longfield 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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| MyHeritage-Archdeaconry of Rochester Birth and Burial Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
- 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]
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. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Local FamilySearch Centre[edit | edit source]
- Orpington FamilySearch Centre, Kent
- Maidstone FamilySearch Centre, Kent
- Gillingham FamilySearch Centre, Kent
- FamilySearch Center Portal This centre has access to the FamilySearch Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these
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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 170-172. Date accessed 19 August 2013.