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Revision as of 05:20, 20 December 2011
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Edenbridge is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent Edenbridge Kent Wikipedia
Edenbridge St Peter and St Paul is a 13th century church which originally was formed as a chapelry of Westerham, Kent Ancient Parish. It became an Ecclesiastical parish in 1814 and includes nearby Marsh Green within its boundary.
The church of St peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade B listed building British listed building
Edenbridge lies on the Eden Brook which is part of the Upper River Medway and was the town central to the mediaeval Wealden iron industry. There are many timber framed buildings in the town. It has two stations on separate railway lines which lead to growth of the town in the nineteenth century.
There are four watermills in the parish, Haxted Mill (now a museum) and Honour's Mill on the River Eden itself and Christmas Mill on a tributary. There is also a windmill.
The western parish boundary forms the Kent/Surrey county boundary with neighbouring parishes of Limpsfield, Surrey and Lingfield, Surrey
See Edenbridge North west Kent Family History Society and Edenbridge St Peter and St Paul
Edenbridge also included
Edenbridge Bethel Baptist Church Edenbridge Bethel Baptist Church High Street History of Baptist Church
Edenbridge Independent church The Ebenezer Chapel High Street Edenbridge has been designated asa grade II listed building British listed Building
St Lawrence Roman Catholic Church High Street Edenbridge St Lawrence The Presbytery has been designated asa grade II listed building British listed building
Marsh Green Presbyterian St John's Greybury church, Marsh Green. Built 1882 Marsh Green Kent Wikipedia St John United Reformed Church
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1546-1602; 1639-1791 1813-1843; 1863 Batches (P020541, C020543) Marriages 1552-1773; 1798-1812 Batches (M020541, M020542)
Edenbridge Independent Christenings 1800-1837 Batch (C068211)
Original deposited registers are held at:
Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX
01622 694363
Fax: 01622 694379
archives@kent.gov.uk
Family History Library film numbers
Edenbridge
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census returns for Edenbridge 1841-1891
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Penshurst Poor Law Union,Kent until 1836
Sevenoaks Poor Law Union, Kent
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.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.