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=== Civil Registration === | === Civil Registration === | ||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br> | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br> | ||
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Guide to Challock, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Challock | |
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| Challock St Cosmos & St Damian Kent | |
| Type | Chapelry |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Felborough |
| Poor Law Union | East Ashford |
| Registration District | East Ashford |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1558; For more records see Godmersham |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1564 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Bridge |
| Diocese | Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Canterbury |
| Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CHALLOCK (St. Cosmas and St. Damien), a parish, in the union of East Ashford, hundred of Felborough, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 6 miles S from Faversham.[1]
Challock St Cosmas and Damian was a originally a chapelry in Godmersham, Kent Ancient Parish.
The present church dates from the 13th century rebuilding on the site of a former Saxon church. The church was heavily damaged in the Second World War but has been restored. [2]
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.
The civil registration article tells more about these records.
There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Registration Districts[edit | edit source]
- 1837-1941 East Ashford Registration District
Church Records[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
| Challock 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]
- Challock St Cosmas and Damian A Church Near You
- Church of St Cosmas and St Damian British Listed Buildings
- Parishes: ChallockBritish History Online
- St Cosmas And St Damian Challock Kent Churches
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 545-549. Date accessed: 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Kent Archeological Society and Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 332-340.