Cobham, Kent Genealogy

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

Parish History
COBHAM (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of North Aylesford, hundred of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 5 miles S by E from Gravesend.

Cobham is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham district of Kent, the village was used as a setting in the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, see Cobham, Kent Wikipedia

Cobham St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester Cobham Deanery. The church dates from 1220 in part with an addition in 1365 and a later tower and restored in 1880 with a new chancel arch.

This parish should not be confused with Cobham, Surrey.

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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

 * 1837-1834 North Aylesford Registration District
 * 1834-1923 Strood Registration District
 * 1923-1941 Strood and Hoo Registration District
 * 1941-1974 Chatham Registration District

Church Records
The 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 Cobham 1841-1891
 * Findmypast Census ($)
 * Findmypast Census ($)

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Cobham GENUKI
 * Cobham Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
 * Cobham: St Mary Magdalene A Church Near You
 * Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene British Listed Buildings
 * Parishes: Cobham British History Online
 * St Mary Magdalene Cobham Kent Churches
 * St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent Kent Archaeological Society