Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Rochester City |
| Poor Law Union | Medway |
| Registration District | Medway |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1624 |
| 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
Rochester is a town and former city now within the Medway towns unitary authority of Kent. See Rochester Kent Wikipedia
Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester.
St Nicholas' Church has been converted into the Diocesan offices, but remains consecrated.
See Kent Archaeological Society and Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (1798), pp. 153-182. Date accessed: 30 September 2013. at British History Online and Kent Churches website
The former church of St Peter King Street was created from St Nicholas in 1860; the church dated from 1858-1860 and was demolished in 1973/4. St Peter's and Rochester St Margaret, Kent were recombined into a joint parish in 1953 and in 1971 the parish of St Nicholas with St Clement was absorbed into it. The combined parish is now "The Parish of St Peter with St Margaret" centred on the new (1973) Parish Centre in the Delce (St Peter's) with St Margaret's being retained as a Chapel of Ease. Old St Peter's was demolished in 1974
Resources
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Cemeteries
- Inscriptions on the Exterior of St. Nicholas Church, Rochester, and in the Remains of the Churchyards under the Castle Wall ...(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Rochester St. Maragrets Inscription on Gravestones(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
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.
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
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement 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
"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
- Rochester Bethel Wesleyan International Genealogical Index Christenings 1796-1837 Batch (C068561)
- Rochester Presbyterian International Genealogical Index Christenings1700-1808 Batch (C068821)
Land Tax
- Images for Rochester St Nicholas are available at FamilySearch Records see England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records 1780-1831
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
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
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.
Maps and Gazetteers
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