Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe, Kent Genealogy

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Parish History
Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway district of Kent and a cross Channel port. Folkestone Wikipedia

Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe is an Ancient Parish; Folkestone Christ Church, Kent Holy Trinity and St Peter were formed from this parish.

A history of the church is available at Church History and an introduction to Folkestone contains further information about the religious development of the town.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel dates from 1866; Independent Baptist and Society of Friends Chapels were also built.

The parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe has been designated asa grade II* listed building British listed building

The parish Church of St Martin Horn Street Folkestone Cheriton Wikipedia dates from a Saxon Church on the site and has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The church of St Paul Sandgate High Street dates from 1849 British listed building See also Sandgate Wikipedia

The Church of St Peter, North Street dates from 1862-1864 has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

The Church of Holy Trinity dates from 1868-1869 designed by Ewan Christian and has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

The Church of St Saviour Canterbury Road dates from 1891-1892 and has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

The church of All Souls which dates from 1894 designed by Ewan Christian has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed Building

The Baptist Church which dates from 1873-1873 has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The United Reformed Church which dates from 1897 designed by Jospeh Gardiner has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady help of Christians dates from 1889 and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

St Marks Garrison Church dates from 1839-1841 and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Civil Registration
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. 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 1635-1840 Batch (P020721) Marriages 1635-1840 Batch (M020721)

Buckland and Capel Wesleyan Church Christenings 1831-1837 Batch (C068281)

Mill Bay Baptist 1797-1837 (Births) Batch (C091641)

Zion Chapel Fenchurch Street 1779-1836 Batch (C068271)

Family History Library film numbers  Note that the search for FamilySearch microfilms returns a large number of results for the town and its records as a specific parish search is not possible in the hierarchy of the catalogue arrangement.

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.

Poor Law Unions
Elham Poor Law Union, Kent

Census records
FamilySearch has online census index collections and a search within the town and surrounding enumerations districts may be easier than referrring to the Family History Library collection of microfilms.

Census Returns for Folkestone 1841-1891

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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Web sites
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