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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kent]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kent]] [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kent Parishes]] | ||
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
BETHERSDEN (St. Beatrice), a '''parish''', in the union of West Ashford, hundred of Chart and Longbridge, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 6 miles (W. S. W.) from Ashford.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50795#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 223-228</ref> | |||
Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethersden+ Bethersden Wikipedia]<br> | Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethersden+ Bethersden Wikipedia]<br> | ||
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See also [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/00.htm+ Kent Archeology Society] and Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 485-496 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63437&strquery=Bethersden+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bethersden+ Kent Churches website] <br> | See also [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/00.htm+ Kent Archeology Society] and Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 485-496 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63437&strquery=Bethersden+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bethersden+ Kent Churches website] <br> | ||
Bethersden was previously well-known for producing Marble and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade. Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace. <br> | Bethersden was previously well-known for producing Marble and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade. Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace. <br> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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==== Civil Registration ==== | ==== Civil Registration ==== | ||
See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/west%20ashford.html+ West Ashford Registration District] [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ashford.html+ Ashford Registration District]<br> | See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/west%20ashford.html+ West Ashford Registration District] [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ashford.html+ Ashford Registration District]<br> | ||
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. | 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<br>(Certificate Centre)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP <br> | The Mansion House<br>(Certificate Centre)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP <br> | ||
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]. | 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 ==== | ==== Church records ==== | ||
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See also Bethersden Parish Record Society [http://www.bethersden.org.uk/news/145-bethersden-parish-records+ Bethersden Parish Records website]<br> | See also Bethersden Parish Record Society [http://www.bethersden.org.uk/news/145-bethersden-parish-records+ Bethersden Parish Records website]<br> | ||
From Spring 2012 material formerly held at<br>Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX<br>is available at Kent History and Library Centre see [http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/archives_and_local_history.aspx Kent Archives] which also enables a search of the catalogue for Kent Archives material deposited at Canterbury Cathedral Archives<br> | From Spring 2012 material formerly held at<br>Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX<br>is available at Kent History and Library Centre see [http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/archives_and_local_history.aspx Kent Archives] which also enables a search of the catalogue for Kent Archives material deposited at Canterbury Cathedral Archives<br> | ||
Family History Library film numbers<br>{{FHL|England%2C+Kent%2C+Bethersden|subject|disp=Bethersden}} <br> | Family History Library film numbers<br>{{FHL|England%2C+Kent%2C+Bethersden|subject|disp=Bethersden}} <br> | ||
See also [[England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | See also [[England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | ||
==== Land Tax ==== | ==== Land Tax ==== | ||
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Images Bethersden for are available at FamilySearch Records see [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 1780-1831<br><br> | Images Bethersden for are available at FamilySearch Records see [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 1780-1831<br><br> | ||
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==== Census records ==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
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Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives. | 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. <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> | 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 ==== | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ||
[[West Ashford Poor Law Union, Kent]] | [[West Ashford Poor Law Union, Kent]] | ||
==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||
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{{expand section|any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above}} | {{expand section|any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above}} | ||
== Reference == | |||
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[[Category:Kent]] | [[Category:Kent]] | ||