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| County = Kent
| County = Kent
| Hundred = Chart and Longbridge
| Hundred = Chart and Longbridge
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/WestAshford/ West Ashford]
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/WestAshford West Ashford]
| Registration District = West Ashford
| Registration District = West Ashford
| PRbegin = 1556
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== Parish History ==
== Parish History ==


BETHERSDEN (St. Beatrice), a '''parish''', in the union of West Ashford, hundred of Chart and Longbridge, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 6 miles WSW from Ashford. Here is a place of worship for '''Particular Baptists'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50795#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848), pp. 223-228. Date accessed: 1 July 2013. </ref>  
BETHERSDEN (St. Beatrice), a '''parish''', in the union of West Ashford, hundred of Chart and Longbridge, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 6 miles WSW from Ashford. Here is a place of worship for '''Particular Baptists'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50795#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848), pp. 223-228. Date accessed: 1 July 2013. </ref> <br>


Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethersden Bethersden Wikipedia]
Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent.
St Margaret, Bethersden is an Ancient Parish. Also in the village is the Baptist church (Union Chapel) which dates from the 1790s desire and the 1804/5 building prior to 1806 dedication.<br>
Bethersden was previously well-known for producing Marble and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade. Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethersden Bethersden Wikipedia]<br>
== Resources ==
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Bethersden St Margaret is an Ancient Parish, a map of the parish boundary may be viewed at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/bethersden-st-margaret/ A church near you].
Use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
 
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
The church of St Margaret, Church Hill, Bethersden has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-180655-church-of-st-margaret-bethersden British listed building]
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
 
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
Also in the village is the Baptist church (Union Chapel) which dates from the 1790s desire and the 1804/5 building prior to 1806 dedication. [http://unionchapel.co.uk/ Church website]<br>  
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
 
=== Civil Registration ===
See also [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/00.htm Kent Archeology Society] and Edward Hasted, ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 7 (1798), pp. 485-496 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63437&strquery=Bethersden at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bethersden Kent Churches website]  
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. <br>
 
==== Registration Districts ====
Bethersden was previously well-known for producing Marble and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade. Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace.
*'''1837-1941''' [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/west%20ashford.html West Ashford Registration District]<br>
 
*'''1941-1998''' [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ashford.html Ashford Registration District]<br>  
== Resources  ==
 
=== Civil Registration  ===
 
See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/west%20ashford.html West Ashford Registration District] [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ashford.html Ashford Registration District]  
 
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)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP
 
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].


=== Church Records ===
=== Church Records ===
Bethersden parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


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==== Church of England ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?tab=2 findmypast - (£)]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140324190856/http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/marriages#kentMarriages 'Coverage of Kent parish marriage records'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 6 November 2013.</ref>
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Bethersden Online Parish Records'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeREG - free]<ref>[http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/ken.htm 'Kent Coverage'], ''FreeREG,'' accessed 6 November 2013.</ref>
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''MIDK''' = [http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid-Kent Marriage Index 1754-1911 - free]<ref>[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ 'Mid-Kent Marriage Index 1754-1911,'] ''Woodchurch Ancestry Group,'' accessed 16 January 2014.</ref>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
|}
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Kent
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Kent&recordType=0 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Kent&recordType=1 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Kent&recordType=3 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Parish Registers-Kent
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1952887 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1952887 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1952887 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Find My Past-Kent ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/life-events-bmds/kent-parish-lists#Kent_Marriages_and_Banns 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/life-events-bmds/kent-parish-lists#Kent_Burials 1500s-1900s] </center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Find My Past Banns-Kent ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/life-events-bmds/kent-parish-lists#Kent_Marriages_and_Banns 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''Bethersden Online Parish Records'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8912  1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8913 1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8914 1800s-1900s]</center>  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?tab=2 '''1557-1708''']  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1557-1911''']
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1538-1911''']
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1557-1911''']  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''MIDK'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ '''1754-1911''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |
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'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
==== Land Tax  ====
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
 
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Kent/ Joiner Marriage Index - Kent] ($)
Images Bethersden for are available at FamilySearch Records see [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records]] 1780-1831
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/kent-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records<br>


==== Non-Conformists (All other Religions) ====
==== Non-Conformists (All other Religions) ====
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at FindMyPast ($), index and images (''coverage may vary'')
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at FindMyPast ($), index and images (''coverage may vary'')<br>
 
=== Census Records ===
=== Census Records ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F509890+ Census returns for Bethersden 1841-1891] <br>
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.<br>
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/ukicen Ancestry UK Census Collection]<br>
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys FindMyPast Census]<br>
=== Land Tax ===
*[[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records]] 1780-1831<br>
=== Poor Law Unions ===
*[[West Ashford Poor Law Union, Kent]]<br>


[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F509890+ Census returns for Bethersden 1841-1891]
=== Probate Records ===
 
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|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.<br>  
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through '''[[FHC Portal]]''' Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.<br>
*[[:Category:England Family History Centres]] to locate local Family History Centres in UK<br>
*[[Introduction to Family History Centers]] to locate outside UK.<br>
*Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.
 
Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable)
 
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
 
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/ukicen Ancestry UK Census Collection]
 
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys Find my Past census search 1841-1901]
 
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
 
*[[West Ashford Poor Law Union, Kent]]


=== Probate Records ===
*[[England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records]] <br>


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|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 ==
 
*See [[England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
 
==== Local Family History Centre  ====
 
*[[Canterbury Family History Centre, Kent]]
 
*[[Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent]]
 
:*'''[[FHC Portal]]''' This centre has access to the Family History 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 ==


Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  


*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]<br>
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]<br>
 
== Websites  ==
 


== References ==
== Websites ==
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63437&strquery=Bethersden Bethersden] British History Online<br>
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bethersden St Margaret, Bethersden] Kent Churches<br>
*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/bethersden-st-margaret St Margaret, Bethersden] A Church Near You<br>
*[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-180655-church-of-st-margaret-bethersden St Margaret, Bethersden] British Listed Buildings<br>
== References ==


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[[Category:Kent Parishes]]
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