West Malling, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to West Malling, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| West Malling | |
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| West Malling St Mary Kent | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Larkfield |
| Poor Law Union | Malling |
| Registration District | Malling |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1698 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1716 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Malling |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - Canterbury |
| 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]
MALLING, WEST, or Town-Malling (St. Mary), a parish, the head of a union, and formerly a market town, in the hundred of Larkfield, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 5¾ miles WNW from Maidstone and 29 SE by E from London. Here is a place of worship for Baptists. [1]
West Malling (or in some historical sources Town Malling) is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling District of Kent,see West Malling Wikipedia
West Malling St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester; other churches in West Malling include St Thomas More (Roman Catholic) and the Swan Street Baptist Chapel. The Parish Church boundary map may be found at A church near you
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated as a grade II* listed building British Listed Building and is part of a group of listed monuments surrounding the nave of the church.
See Kent Archaeological Society and Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (1798), pp. 518-533 at British History Online and Kent Churches website
West Malling Free Church Swan Street West Malling has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building
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]
This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district See Maidstone 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)
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[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
| West Malling 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.
Local FamilySearch Centre[edit | edit source]
- 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]
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Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 216-221. Date accessed: 15 April 2013.