Chelsfield, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Chelsfield is now part of the London Borough of Bromley but until 1934 the village and civil parish included Pratt's Bottom, Cudham, Green Street and part of Orpington. See Chelsfield Wikipedia Cudham Wikipedia Pratt's Bottom Wikipedia

Chelsfield St Martin of Tours is an Ancient parish. Farnborough, Kent was formed as a chapelry in this parish.

Church website includes helpful link to "Chelsfield families" for family historians. A Church near You

Well Hill Mission church is within the parish boundary. Chelsfield also included a Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Green St Green Baptist Church Green Street Green Wikipedia

Chelsfield North West Kent Family History Society and Chelsfield St Martin of Tours

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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1538-1875 Batches (C147551, C147552) Marriages 1538-1881 Batches (M147551, M147552)

Original records ar held at the Bromley Local Studies Library, High Street Bromley, BR1 1EX: Telephone 020 8461 7170 Fax: 020 8466 7860 e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk

Family History Library film numbers

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.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Bromley Poor Law Union

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

Local Family History Centre
Orpington Family History Centre, Kent is within the London Borough of Bromley, located adjacent to Orpington Station and on major bus routes through the borough.

Web sites
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