Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to Tunbridge Wells, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity | |
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| Trinity Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells Kent | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Rotherfield; Tonbridge Lowey; Washlingstone |
| Poor Law Union | Tonbridge |
| Registration District | Tunbridge |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1533; Separate registers exist for Tunbridge Wells King Charles the Martyr beginning 1745 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1745; Separate records exist for Tunbridge Wells King Charles the Martyr beginning 1745 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | None |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - None |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
TONBRIDGE, or TUNBRIDGE WELLS, a market-town and chapelry, partly in the parish and lowey of Tonbridge, and partly in the parish of Speldhurst, hundred of Washlingstone, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent. The district church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. There are places of worship for the Connexion of the Countess of Huntingdon, Independents, and Wesleyans and a Roman Catholic chapel. [1]
Royal Tunbridge Wells (usually shortened to Tunbridge Wells) is a town and district in Kent. Royal Tunbridge Wells Wikipedia
Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity was created as an Ecclesiastical Parish in 1833 from Tonbridge St Peter and St Paul, Kent.
The church was designed by architect Decimus Burton (1800-1881) and was the first Anglican church in the new Georgian town of Tunbridge Wells.
The church was decommissioned and declared redundant in 1975. The building became Trinity Arts Centre in 1983.
Here is an important jurisdictional perspective by Samuel A. Lewis, "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848) pp. XXX-XXX. Date accessed: 25 November 2013.
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
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Emmanuel Churchyard, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- The Monumental Inscriptions of the Old Churchyard, Paddock-wood, Tunbridge, Kent(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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
| Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity 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[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.
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. 372-377. Date accessed: 22 May 2013.