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[[Image:Cudham_St_Peter_&_St_Paul_Kent.jpg|thumb|right|Cudham St Peter and St Paul]] | |||
== Parish History == | |||
Cudham is a village in the London Borough of Bromley [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudham+ Cudham Wikipedia]<br> | |||
Cudham St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish<br> | |||
The Domesday survey mentions the church and the Norman church replaced the Saxon church on the same site. Restoration and additions took place in subsequent centuries. | |||
The church of St Peter and St paul has been designated as a grade B listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-358435-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-bromley+ British listed building] <br> | |||
The parish | The modern parish is part of a united benefice with [[Downe, Kent]] | ||
See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/cudh_plc.htm+ Cudham North West Kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/cudh_c01.htm+ Cudham St Peter and St Paul]<br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
==== Civil Registration ==== | |||
: | |||
: | 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 ==== | ||
Deposited Parish registers are held at Bromley Archives reference P 107 | |||
Bromley Central Library<br>Telephone: 020 8461 7170<br>Fax: 020 8466 7860<br>e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk <br> | |||
[http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Cudham.html+ Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)]<br> | |||
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1719; 1746; 1801-1812 Batch (C166152) Marriages 1719; 1801-1812 Batch (M166152)<br> | |||
Family History Library film numbers<br>{{FHL|England%2C+Kent%2C+Cudham|subject|disp=Cudham}} <br><br> | |||
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. <br> | |||
==== Census records ==== | |||
[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F506926+ Census returns for Cudham 1841-1891]<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 [http://fhc.familysearch.org/ '''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>[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:England_Family_History_Centres] to locate local Family History Centres in UK<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Introduction_to_LDS_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/group/ukicen/UK_Census_Collection.aspx+ Ancestry UK Census Collection] | |||
[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys+ Find my Past census search 1841-1901] | |||
[http://www.1881pubs.com/+ for details of public houses in the 1881 census] | |||
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives. | |||
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The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. <br>Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search.<br>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/census/1911/person?ukwid=394505&sourceid=1&utm_source=Google+FMP+Main_CPC&utm_medium=Key+Keywords&utm_campaign=1911+census+ Find my Past 1911 census search]<br> | |||
==== | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ||
See [[England, Kent, Workhouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
[[Bromley Poor Law Union]] | |||
==== 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. | |||
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. | |||
See [[England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | |||
== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
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://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | |||
== Local Family History Centre == | |||
[[Orpington Family History Centre, Kent]] is within the London Borough of Bromley, located adjacent to Orpington Station and on major bus routes through the borough.<br> | |||
== Web sites == | |||
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above. | |||
[[Category:Kent | [[Category:Kent]] | ||
Revision as of 10:23, 14 March 2012
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Cudham is a village in the London Borough of Bromley Cudham Wikipedia
Cudham St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish
The Domesday survey mentions the church and the Norman church replaced the Saxon church on the same site. Restoration and additions took place in subsequent centuries.
The church of St Peter and St paul has been designated as a grade B listed building British listed building
The modern parish is part of a united benefice with Downe, Kent
See Cudham North West Kent Family History Society and Cudham St Peter and St Paul
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]
Deposited Parish registers are held at Bromley Archives reference P 107
Bromley Central Library
Telephone: 020 8461 7170
Fax: 020 8466 7860
e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1719; 1746; 1801-1812 Batch (C166152) Marriages 1719; 1801-1812 Batch (M166152)
Family History Library film numbers
Cudham
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 Cudham 1841-1891
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.
[1] to locate local Family History Centres in UK
[2] to locate outside UK.
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.
Find my Past census search 1841-1901
for details of public houses in the 1881 census
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.
The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved.
Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search.
Find my Past 1911 census search
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
See England, Kent, Workhouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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.
See England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Local Family History Centre[edit | edit source]
Orpington Family History Centre, Kent is within the London Borough of Bromley, located adjacent to Orpington Station and on major bus routes through the borough.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.