Rochester Precincts of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kent, England Genealogy

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Guide to Rochester Cathedral Precincts, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Rochester Precincts of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary
Type Cathedral
Civil Jurisdictions
County Kent
Hundred Rochester City
Poor Law Union Not Applicable
Registration District Medway
Records Begin
Parish registers 1633
Bishop's Transcripts 1814
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Not Applicable
Diocese Rochester
Province Canterbury
Archive
Kent Record Office


Parish History

The area surrounding the Cathedral and its precincts were extra parochial areas. See Rochester Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kent for the Cathedral Church.

Resources

Civil Registration

Medway Registration District

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 (Certificate Centre)
Grove Hill Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1EP

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

Church Records

Rochester Precincts of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Poor Law Unions

Probate Records

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

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites