Cliffe at Hoo, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Cliffe or Cliffe-at-Hoo St Helen is an Ancient Parish is a village and civil parish on the Hoo peninsula in Kent.

The church dates from about 1200 and wasa former collegiate church restored in the early 14th century and was restored in 1853 by George Austin with further additons in 1864 and 1884. The church has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage.

Malaria was prevalent in the marshes until the farmer Henry Pye drained extensive areas.

Civil Registration
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
Family History Library film numbers

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Census records
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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