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Guide to '''Plumstead St Nicholas, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.    | |||
{{England Parish Infobox  | |||
| Place = Plumstead St Nicholas  | |||
| default =   | |||
| image =   | |||
| caption =   | |||
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]  | |||
| County = Kent  | |||
| Hundred = Lessness  | |||
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Lewisham/ Lewisham]  | |||
| Registration District = Lewisham  | |||
| PRbegin = 1654  | |||
| BTbegin = 1744  | |||
| Province = Canterbury  | |||
| Diocese = Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - London  | |||
| Archdeaconry =   | |||
| Archdeaconries =   | |||
| Rural Deanery = Dover  | |||
| Parish =   | |||
| Peculiar =   | |||
| Chapelry =   | |||
| Probate Court = Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)  | |||
| Archdeaconry Court =   | |||
| Bishops Court =   | |||
| Prerogative Court =   | |||
| Archive = [[Kent Record Office]]  | |||
}}  | |||
== Parish History  ==  | == Parish History  ==  | ||
PLUMSTEAD (St. Nicholas), a '''parish''', in the union of Lewisham, hundred of Lessness, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W division of Kent, 10 miles S by E from London. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51217#s1 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 578-586. Date accessed: 27 April 2013.</ref>  | |||
Plumstead is a district of the London Borough of Greenwich [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumstead Plumstead Wikipedia]   | |||
Historically Plumstead included parts of Shooters Hill [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter%27s_Hill Shooter's Hill Wikipedia] and Abbey Wood [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Wood Abbey Wood Wikipedia]  | |||
Plumstead St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish which included the chapelry of [[East Wickham, Kent]]   | |||
The church of St Nicholas St Nicholas Road Woolwich has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-396270-church-of-st-nicholas-plumstead-woolwich British listed building]   | |||
From this ancient parish were formed six other churches and chapels.  | |||
== Resources  ==  | == Resources  ==  | ||
===  | === Find Neighboring Parishes ===  | ||
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]  | |||
{{Block indent|*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''|2}}  | |||
{{Block indent|*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map|2}}  | |||
{{Block indent|*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box|2}}  | |||
{{Block indent|*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>|2}}  | |||
===  | === Civil Registration  ===  | ||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>  | |||
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>   | |||
===  | === Church Records ===  | ||
''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.  | |||
====   | ==== 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'''''  | |||
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|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Plumstead St Nicholas Online Parish Records'''  | |||
|-  | |||
| 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" |  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>  | |||
| 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/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Parish Registers-Kent  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS 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%"|Findmypast-Kent ($)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Kent ($)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s]  </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>   | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
|-  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>   | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>   | |||
|-  | |||
|}  | |||
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>  | |||
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>  | |||
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Kent/ Joiner Marriage Index - Kent] ($)<br>  | |||
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records<br>  | |||
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/kent-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent] ($)<br>  | |||
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical 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.    | ====Nonconformist Records====  | ||
"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.<br>  | |||
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary  | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary  | |||
=== Census Records ===  | |||
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>  | |||
=== Poor Law Unions  ===  | |||
[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See [[Lewisham Poor Law Union, Kent]]   | |||
=== 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.  | |||
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==  | == Maps and Gazetteers  ==  | ||
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>   | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]   | |||
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]  | |||
== Websites  ==  | |||
== References  ==  | |||
<references /> {{Kent}}   | |||
[[Category:Kent]]  | [[Category:Kent Parishes]]  | ||
Latest revision as of 01:24, 20 August 2025
Guide to Plumstead St Nicholas, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Plumstead St Nicholas | |
| Type | Ancient Parish | 
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent | 
| Hundred | Lessness | 
| Poor Law Union | Lewisham | 
| Registration District | Lewisham | 
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1654 | 
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1744 | 
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dover | 
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - London | 
| Province | Canterbury | 
| Probate Court | Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory) | 
| Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
PLUMSTEAD (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Lewisham, hundred of Lessness, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W division of Kent, 10 miles S by E from London. [1]
Plumstead is a district of the London Borough of Greenwich Plumstead Wikipedia
Historically Plumstead included parts of Shooters Hill Shooter's Hill Wikipedia and Abbey Wood Abbey Wood Wikipedia
Plumstead St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish which included the chapelry of East Wickham, Kent
The church of St Nicholas St Nicholas Road Woolwich has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building
From this ancient parish were formed six other churches and chapels.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
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
| Plumstead St Nicholas 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  | 
||||
| 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]
 See Lewisham 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.
 
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 578-586. Date accessed: 27 April 2013.