Cliffe at Hoo, Kent Genealogy

Guide to Cliffe at Hoo, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Cliffe is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Rochester, in the archdeaconry of Rochester and St. Albans. The church is named for St. Helen with registers commencing 1558.

Cliffe, or Cliffe-at-Hoo, a village and a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent. The village stands on the edge of the chalk ridges, overhanging the marshes of the Thames, 2-3/4 miles northeast of Higham rail station, and 5-1/2 miles north of Rochester; and has a post office under Rochester.

The church dates from about 1200 and was a former collegiate church restored in the early 14th century and was restored in 1853 by George Austin with further additions in 1864 and 1884.

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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.

Registration Districts

 * 1837-1884 North Aylesford Registration District
 * 1884-1923 Strood Registration District
 * 1923-1941 Strood and Hoo Registration District
 * 1941-1997 Chatham Registration District

Church Records
CThe 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
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * 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

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records

 * Census returns for Cliffe 1841-1891
 * Ancestry UK Census Collection ($)
 * Findmypast Census ($)

Poor Law Unions

 * North Aylesford Poor Law Union, Kent (renamed Strood)

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.


 * England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Cliffe at Hoo Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
 * Parishes: St Margaret at Cliffe British History Online
 * St Helen Cliffe Kent Churches
 * St Helen Church, Cliff at Hoo Kent Archeological Society