Longfield, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Longfield is a village in the civil parish of Longfield and New Barn in the Dartford district of Kent Longfield Wikipedia

Longfield St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish; for a history of the church Church website history.

Church website

The church of St Mary Magdalene has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See Longfield North West Kent Family History Society and Longfield St Mary Magdalene

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
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1718-1737; 1806-1875 Batch (C131571) Marriages 1718-1737; 1757-1878 Batches (M131571, M131572)

Longfield, St. Mary Magdalene Christenings Marriages Burials 1757-1972 reference (P231)

digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.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.

Census records
Census returns for Longfield 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Dartford Poor Law Union, Kent

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.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.